(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, November 20, 2012 ) New York, NY – A man or woman of culture cannot go to New York without a visit to one of the most famous and respected opera houses in the world, the Metropolitan Opera House. This landmark is located right on Broadway at Lincoln Square in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Metropolitan Opera House is confirmed to be the venue for the following operas scheduled from November 2012 – April 2013: Un Ballo in Maschera, La Clemenza di Tito, The Tempest, Le Nozze di Figaro, Aida, Don Giovanni, Les Troyen, The Barber of Seville, Maria Stuarda, Turandot, Il Trovatore, La Rondine, Le Comte Ory, Rigoletto, L’Elsir d’Amore, Carmen, Parsifal, Don Carlo, Francesca di Rimini, Otello, La Traviata, Faust, Giulio Cesare, Die Walkure, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung, Das Rheingold, and Dialogues des Carmelites. Also available are tickets to the American Ballet Theatre in the Metropolitan American House, for classic ballets like Onegin, Symphony in C, Le Corsaire, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sylvia, and The Sleeping Beauty.
The Metropolitan Opera House’s theatre opened in 1966, and it is a part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This opera house replaced the former Metropolitan Opera House that used to stand on Broadway and 39th St., and is currently the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
This legendary opera house opened with a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West with actors Cesare Bardelli, Gaetano Bardini, and Beverly Bower. The Metropolitan Opera House also hosted touring ballet and opera companies such as the Kirov, the La Scala, and the Bolshoi companies, and has been the chosen venue for recitals by esteemed classical musicians such as Kathleen Battle and Vladimir Horowitz, among others.
Because of its fame as one of the cathedrals of the performing arts, millions and millions of people flock to the Metropolitan Opera House every year to enjoy a night of music, theatre, and culture. Getting tickets to the venue can be a bit difficult, but by logging onto VeryCheapSeats.com, you will get good prices for Metropolitan Opera House tickets without going through all the hassles of regular ticket-buying.
The Metropolitan Opera House has nearly 4,000 seats and 195 standing room places, designed by the famous architect Wallace K. Harrison. The building itself is parallel to the block from West 63rd Street to West 64th Street, granting it a prominent place in Manhattan, New York city. The entrance to the Metropolitan Opera House is located right at Lincoln Center Plaza, and can be recognizable with its white travertine façade with a distinctive series of five arches.
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