The Metropolitan Opera

Buy tickets | Booking room | The Metropolitan Opera, commonly known as the Met, is an American opera company located in New York City. It is currently based at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The Met is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb serving as the general manager, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin as the current music director as of 2018. The Met was founded in 1883 as an alternative to the previously established Academy of Music opera house and made its debut in the same year in a new building on 39th and Broadway, now known as the “Old Met.“ In 1966, it moved to its current location at Lincoln Center. As the largest classical music organization in North America, the Met presents about 27 different operas each year from late September through May, until 2019. The operas are presented in a rotating repertory sc