One of the world's great opera companies, the Met was established in
1883. Arturo Toscanini, Gustav Mahler, Artur Bodanzky, Bruno Walter, and
Dimitri Mitropoulos have been among its most well-known conductors. The
most famous artists have sung leading roles here, from Enrico Caruso to
Placido Domingo to Christine Nilsson. The Metropolitan Opera features
over 200 hundred performances of opera annually, and in addition to the
800,000 annual attendees, countless millions watch both the occasional
televised and listen to the frequent radio productions. The Met moved
from its original location on 39th Street to its current location at
Lincoln Center in September of 1966. James Levine made his debut here in
1971 and has been Artistic Director since 1986. The Metropolitan Opera
House is itself an iconic part of
Lincoln Center's landscape.
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