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The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza

The Metropolitan Opera Association is a famous group in New York City that puts on opera shows. People often call it The Met. Its home, the Metropolitan Opera House, is one of the most well-known opera houses in the world. The Met started a long time ago, in 1880.

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    Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center

  • Gatti Casazza

    Giulio Gatti-Casazza

  • Metropolitan Opera Schedule March 22-29, 1935

    Gatti-Casazza's last week at the Met (March 22–29, 1935)

  • Artur Bodanzky at the Metropolitan Opera in 1915

    Artur Bodanzky at the Metropolitan Opera in 1915

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 102-07682, Otto H. Kahn

    Otto Hermann Kahn in Berlin, 1931

  • Metropolitan opera 1905 crop

    Metropolitan Opera House in 1905

  • Metropolitan Opera staircase from above

    The new Met Opera House

  • Metropolitan Opera House staircase

    Staircase

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