Metropolitan Opera

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The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred to colloquially as the Met, the company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager. The company's music director has been Yannick Nézet-Séguin since 2018. The Met was founded in 1883 as an alternative to the previously-established Academy of Music opera house, and debuted the same year in a purpose built building on 39th and Broadway (now known as the "Old Met"). The company moved to its present Lincoln Center location in 1966. The Metropolitan Opera is the largest classical music organization in North America. The company presents about 18 different operas each year; these are staged during the 'season' of the company — typically from late September through early June of the following year (though, recently, February performances have...

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