page_title: Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) / History
caption_attribution_description: Metropolitan Opera (Lincoln Center), staircase
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Opera House is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the theater was designed by Wallace K. Harrison. It opened in 1966, replacing the original 1883 Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th Street. With a seating capacity of approximately 3,800, the house is the largest repertory opera house in the world. Home to the Metropolitan Opera Company, the facility also hosts the American Ballet Theatre in the summer months.
caption: Lobby staircase from above
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