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Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House
(at Columbus Avenue)
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 362-6000
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The Metropolitan Opera's foremost goal is to present the highest quality performances of grand opera each season featuring the world's most talented artists and conductors. The Met is committed to presenting works from the broadest range of the operatic repertory and making its programs available to a wide audience through national and international broadcasts on radio and television, free summer performances in parks in the New York metropolitan area, and educational programs for students and aspiring young singers.
Two hours before curtain time for regular performances Monday through Thursday (excluding galas, special events, and opening nights), the Met box office sells 200 orchestra seats for $20 (50 of these tickets are are set aside for senior citizens). Learn more here.
Senior citizens can reserve $20 tickets to regular performances held Monday through Thursday by calling 212-362-6000, beginning at noon on the day of the performance. This offer is restricted to two tickets per order, and proof of age is required when tickets are picked up at the box office. To purchase these tickets online, click here.
$25 weekday performances, $35 Fri/Sat performances. Tickets must be purchased in advance at the box office; two tickets per student ID; subject to availability; offer only available for full-time students under the age of 30
- Box Office: Mon-Sat 10 am --8 pm; Sun noon--6 pm
- Disability Access: Fully Accessible. To make advance arrangements for wheelchair location tickets, call (212) 362-6000. For information and to arrange wheelchair assistance, call (212) 799-3100, x2204. The wheelchair access entrance is on the Concourse level (Founders Hall). There is a wheelchair accessible telephone in Founders Hall and an accessible ladies' rest room in Founders Hall and gentlemen's and ladies' rest rooms on the Dress Circle level. For information on parking in the "yellow" wheelchair accessible section reserved through Lincoln Center parking, call (212) 874-9021. Enter on Amsterdam Avenue, one hundred feet North of 62nd Street.
- Gift Shops: The Metropolitan Opera Shop, with a wide array of music, books, and more, is in the North Lobby of the opera house.
- On-Site Food: The Grand Tier Restaurant is open to Met ticket holders for pre-curtain dinner and intermission refreshment. For more information and reservations, call (212) 799-3400. The Belmont Room is available for pre-performance dining and intermission cocktail service for Guild Members at the Contributing level (or higher) and Met Patrons. Pre-curtain and intermission bars are located in Founders Hall and on the Orchestra, Parterre (Parterre Box ticket holders only), Grand Tier and Family Circle levels. Snacks are available. A pre-curtain and intermission bar is available in the Board Room for the members of The Metropolitan Opera Patron Program.
- On-Site Parking: The Lincoln Center "park and lock" parking garage is underneath Lincoln Center. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. The entrances are on West 65th Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues) and West 62nd Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues). For more information, call (877) 909-PARK. To make parking reservations within three weeks of a performance date, call Centercharge at (212) 721-6500. Call (212) 874-9021 for reservations if you require a parking space in the "yellow" wheelchair accessible section. The entrance for this section is on Amsterdam Avenue, one hundred feet North of 62nd Street.
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Metropolitan Opera Listings
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Please check full listing for event date and times Anna Netrebko stars in the most popular opera in the repertory. Piotr Beczala, who signaled his arrival as a top lyric tenor in last season’s Lucia di Lammermoor, sings his first Met Rodolfo in Franco Zeffirelli’s legendary production.
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Please check full listing for event date and times Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their acting and singing skills to two of Shakespeare’s unforgettable characters. Dessay plays the volatile Ophelia, who gets to show off her chops in the extended mad scene. Louis Langrée conducts.
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Please check full listing for event date and times Champion of the Verdian tradition Riccardo Muti makes his Met debut with one of the composer’s rousing early operas. This story of civilization’s encounter with barbarism is explored in a new production by director Pierre Audi.
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