The Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera, founded in 1883, is the largest classical music organization in North America and one of the most important opera companies in the world. It presents some twenty-five operas across roughly 200 performances each season at its house at Lincoln Center. The Met is renowned for the scale and lavishness of its productions, its vast orchestra and chorus, and its ability to assemble the leading singers of the age. Its Live in HD cinema transmissions, launched in 2006, reach audiences in cinemas across dozens of countries, transforming global access to opera. The repertoire spans the full canon — Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Strauss — alongside contemporary works and new productions that regularly set the agenda for the operatic world.