Metropolitan Opera

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

Example Sentences

Those include dance performances by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and recitals by the Metropolitan Opera.

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In September Mr. Schumer appeared at the Metropolitan Opera and was booed.

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Her first foray on the Metropolitan Opera stage was the result of a happy accident: the storied institution's general manager offered her the role after seeing her perform Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" in the open-air theater in Central Park this summer.

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Like many contemporary operas, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Mason Bates, a commissioned work that opened the Metropolitan Opera season on Sunday evening, walks the line between novelty and tradition without embracing either.

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Mr. Pati, who has sung in many European houses, got a quick Metropolitan Opera debut this January with a few performances as the Duke in “Rigoletto”; given the warmth and expressiveness of the instrument on display at the Armory, I hope he’ll be back there soon.

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