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

Lauren Snouffer, a soprano who recently made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, appears in the Abrahamsen.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gian Carlo Menotti’s evergreen chamber opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” is the epitome of family-friendly holiday fare, and Lincoln Center Theater, in association with the Metropolitan Opera, is presenting a luxuriously cast production of it through Jan. 4, 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal

Major orchestras and opera companies — San Francisco Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, among them — feared fraught contract negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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