The Metropolitan Opera Opens

1883

The Metropolitan Opera Opens

New York · United States · Cultural · The Modern Age

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The Met opened on 22 October 1883 with Gounod's Faust before a glittering, rivalrous audience.

It became America's operatic flagship and a pioneer of broadcasts carrying opera to millions.

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