Metropolitan Opera

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” one of the most important new operas of this century, finally made it to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday in a superb performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Krause, whose website dubbed the Queen of the Night in “The Magic Flute” as her signature role, debuted in that role at the Metropolitan Opera over the holidays.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

He now serves as artistic director of Detroit Opera and has relocated to New York City as he prepares to mount Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” at the Metropolitan Opera in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Harry Cat, who had crept into the Metropolitan Opera House a few times and knew how people acted there, shouted, “Bravo, Chester! Bravo!”

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden