Metropolitan Opera

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1. The most prominent opera company in the United States, often called “the Met” for short. It is based in New York City.

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Metropolitan Opera

James Levine had become an operatic legend as music director of the Metropolitan Opera for nearly three decades and had been a mentor to and champion of Conlon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

He is the principal conductor and music director of the Metropolitan Opera, which earlier this month finished a season so depressing that even long-in-the-tooth opera-goers can’t remember its like.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

London and New York saw “Traviata” the next year, and in 1883 it was featured with a more contemporary setting in the first season of the Metropolitan Opera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

His shift toward classical singing was cemented after he won first place in the Metropolitan Opera’s Los Angeles regional auditions, leading to a debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1990.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

Its theater contained more than four thousand seats, twelve hundred more than New York’s Metropolitan Opera House.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson