2 However, others found the “Old” Metropolitan Opera House’s intimate interior appealing. Cady, it was nicknamed “The Yellow Brick Brewery” for its industrial looking exterior.
1 Occupying the entire western side of the block between West 39 th Street and West 40 th Street, the “Old” Metropolitan Opera House opened on October 22, 1883.
In all, 70 shareholders provided the $1.7 million required to buy the land and build the opera house at West 39 th Street and Broadway. The greatest figures of post-war opera (Callas, Tebaldi, Schwartzkopf, de Los Angeles, Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Nilsson, Corelli, Gobbi, Bergonzi.) contributed to the building of the myth.In 1880, dissatisfied with the location and seating capacity of the 1854 Academy of Music opera house near Union Square, a group of wealthy businessmen opted to build their own.
In 1955, for the first time, a black singer, Marian Anderson, performed in a leading role. A whole American school of singing was also born (Rosa Ponselle, Lawrence Tibbett, Geraldine Farrar.) The Met has always cultivated its reputation for excellence by inviting the world's best artists to the stage: Mahler, Toscanini, Gigli, Thill, Pons, Pinza. In 1891, the French and Italian repertoires were established as the first international glories: Lilli Lehmann or the mythical Caruso. Leopold Damrosch was appointed Artistic Director to mount a German season. The theatre opened on Broadway on 22 October 1883 with Gounod's Faust, but it was not a financial success. The Met's reputation as the best opera house in the world is well established. The greatest artists take up residence there each season in productions that are open to modernity. Find the complete 2022-2023 Metropolitan Opera Season and book your tickets online now.Ī spectacular stage, a gigantic hall, the Metropolitan is the opera of superlatives.
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