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The Metropolitan Opera, commonly referred to as "the Met", is a company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager. The music director is James Levine. It was founded in 1880 as an alternative to the previously established Academy of Music opera house.
The Metropolitan Opera is the largest classical music organization in North America. It presents about 27 different operas each year in a season which lasts from late September through May. The operas are presented in a rotating repertory schedule with up to seven performances of four different works staged each week. Performances are given in the evening Monday through Saturday with a matinée on Saturday. Several operas are presented in new productions each season. Sometimes these are borrowed from or shared with other opera houses. The rest of the year's operas are given in revivals of productions from previous seasons. The 2012-13 season comprised 209 performances of 28 operas.
An opera house is a theatre building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building. While some venues are constructed specifically for operas, other opera houses are part of larger performing arts centers.
The first public opera house came into existence in 1637 as the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice, Italy, in a country where opera has been popular through the centuries among ordinary people as well as wealthy patrons; it still has a large number of working opera houses. In contrast, there was no opera house in London when Henry Purcell was composing and the first opera house in Germany was built in Hamburg in 1678. Early United States opera houses served a variety of functions in towns and cities, hosting community dances, fairs, plays, and vaudeville shows as well as operas and other musical events.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, opera houses were often financed by rulers, nobles, and wealthy people who used patronage of the arts to endorse their political ambitions and social positions or prestige. With the rise of bourgeois and capitalist social forms in the 19th century, European culture moved away from its patronage system to a publicly supported system. In the 2000s, most opera and theatre companies raise funds from a combination of government and institutional grants, ticket sales, and private donations.
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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3-acre (6.6-hectare) complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
A consortium of civic leaders and others led by, and under the initiative of, John D. Rockefeller III built Lincoln Center as part of the "Lincoln Square Renewal Project" during Robert Moses's program of urban renewal in the 1950s and 1960s. Respected architects were contracted to design the major buildings on the site, and over the next thirty years the previously blighted area around Lincoln Center became a new cultural hub.
Rockefeller was Lincoln Center's inaugural president from 1956 and became its chairman in 1961. He is credited with raising more than half of the $184.5 million in private funds needed to build the complex, including drawing on his own funds; the Rockefeller Brothers Fund also contributed to the project. The center's three buildings, David Geffen Hall, David H. Koch Theater (formerly the New York State Theater) and the Metropolitan Opera House were opened in 1962, 1964 and 1966, respectively.
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During the finale of the 50th Anniversary Gala—the Act II Finale from "Aida"—the Met paid tribute to some of the great artists who have contributed so much to the company’s success over its first five decades in Lincoln Center. May 7, 2017.
The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Complex in New York City.
March 2013 The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Swan Lake Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NYC 6/25/09
It's one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world and it's celebrating fifty golden and glorious years at the Lincoln Center in New York. The Metropolitan Opera House, or simply the Met, marked the "occasion":http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-metropolitan-opera-celebrates-itself, a jubilee event on May 5, with a grand evening of 31 operatic numbers over five hours in front of 3,800 fans. Formed 134 years ago, its first season at the Lincoln Center was in 1966. Forty ic… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/18/the-met-celebrates-50-years-at-the-lincoln-center What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtub...
A tour of the Metropolitan Opera House, with Ryan Speedo Green and Susanna Phillips, 7 Oct, 2016.
New York, United States of America (USA). Various shots of the opera singers in costume and makeup getting ready to go on stage and singing as they are preparing. Various shots of the people queuing outside Opera House for the box office to open. Various shots of the people arriving in evening dress at the Metropolitan Opera House - evening shots. They then take their seats inside. Various shots of the performance on stage and the work behind stage during the show. Panning shot across the audience. Curtain falls at the end. Various views inside and out of the new Metropolitan Opera House which has been erected in the Lincoln Centre. The large modern theatre which will seat nearly 4,000 people. (Fine Grain.) Date found in the old record - 27/03/1966. FILM ID:3197.1 A VIDEO FROM...
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Nathan Gunn performs in Julie Taymor's production of "The Magic Flute" at the Metropolitan Opera. Watch the entire performance on Met Opera on Demand: http://bit.ly/V6u8ft Production: Julie Taymor Conductor: James Levine The Metropolitan Opera 2006-07 Season
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When it comes to world class cities in South America few can compete or even compare to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires features pulsating nightlife, distinct neighborhoods (barrios), European architecture and fine dining options. Having a month in the city allowed us to really discover what the city has to offer from its parrillas (steaks), tango, shopping & parks. In this top attractions travel guide to Buenos Aires we cover neighborhoods such as San Telmo, Recoleta, Palermo and La Boca. We eat Buenos Aires food such as empanadas, pizza, asado, milanesa and alfajores. The following is a complete guide from 1-50 including specific timings for each item. Watch it all or skip ahead to an item of interest. GEAR Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: http://amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: http://amzn.to/1Yd...
Explore New York City's five boroughs and visit the Big Apple's famous attractions: Empire State Building, Times Square, Broadway, Central Park, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Harlem, Carnegie Hall, Yankee Stadium, Coney Island, Shea Stadium, Brooklyn Bridge, Staten Island Ferry, Bronx Zoo, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Columbia University, NYU, Fordham, Yeshiva University, Julliard School, Flatiron Building, National Tennis Center, 42nd Street, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Wall Street Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, Grant's Tomb, Chrysler Building, NYC Opera, Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theatre, NYC Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center, Freedom Tower, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Greenwich Village, NYC Public Library Historical Society, TriBeCa, Soho, Newtow...
Travel to the land that time forgot and set out on the journey of a lifetime in Patagonia, where Mother Nature runs the show. Patagonia, the fabled ‘edge of the world’, spans the southernmost regions of Chile and Argentina and can be rugged and desolate as well as breathtakingly beautiful and inviting. This last frontier of South America is a colorful mosaic of snow-capped mountains, icebergs, volcanoes, glaciers, forests, lakes and vast steppe plains. On the Argentinean side, the scenic Road of the 7 Lakes takes you from San Martín de los Andes to Villa La Angostura and finally San Carlos de Bariloche, a popular ski resort on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapi. El Chaltén, in the southern Andes, is Argentina’s trekking capital. Trails lead to Laguna Capri, Fitz Roy Mountain and the fea...
http://www.expedia.com/Buenos-Aires.d178242.Destination-Travel-Guides Named for good sailing winds, Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, and home to nearly a quarter of the country’s two million residents. Come for the stunning European architecture, and stay for delicious cuts of meat, the city’s zest for soccer, and, of course, the tango. “The Paris of South America” boasts outstanding shopping and a friendly populace. A tour of Buenos Aires should cut through La Boca Harbor, where you’ll find numerous street vendors, restaurants, and street dancers willing to give you a spin. Wander down the streets to take in colorful artwork, and make a game out of asking the locals what neighborhood you should tour next. Here’s a hint: with so much to see, everyone will give you a different a...
Exploring Italy’s most remote and romantic stretch of Riviera, we visit five tiny port towns: dramatic Vernazza, surrounded by vineyards; reclusive Corniglia, high on its bluff; pastel Manarola; hardscrabble Riomaggiore; and the pint-sized resort of Monterosso. Fishing for anchovies, sipping wine out of rustic barrels, and savoring twinkling Mediterranean vistas, we enjoy the ultimate Riviera adventure. | © 2014 Rick Steves' Europe At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
The Opera Guide introduces 110 famous operas composed by 48 composers. Each opera has a stage photo, a full synopsis, year of composition and premiere. A detail description of each opera from Wikipedia, a full opera video and two excerpt videos from Youtube. Wikipedia and Youtube need internet connection. For your understanding, there is a synopsis of each opera telling the story. There is also a description of each composer, and details about what is opera. Selection of operas from Baroque to 20th century. Opera composers includes Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Donizetti and many more. Opera includes La Traviata, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Turandot, Lucia di Lammermoor and many more. Regular length of each is about two hours, 110 operas give you 220 hours of entertainment! The opera video are s...
A walking tour around the city of Paris, France. The film chronologically progresses from morning to the small hours of the night, showcasing daily life around Paris. For those planning on visiting, those who’d like to visit but cannot or those who might be nostalgic and want to re-live their past visits / life there, hopefully this film shall satisfy, time and time again. A person MUST experience the city at least once in their lifetime. Paris is the capital and the most populous city of France, with over 2.2 million people within the city limits. The Paris metropolitan region is home to more than 12 million people. In 2015 Paris received 22.2 million visitors, making it one of the world's top tourist destinations. The most visited art museum in the world, the Louvre, is located in...
Four hundred miles west of Moscow is St. Petersburg, Russia. A striking city resting on the banks of the Neva River, St. Petersburg has long been a draw for lovers of architecture, as St. Petersburg tours often begin with the city's legendary structures. Enter a world of towering cathedrals, palaces, and gardens, many of them set down by the order of Peter the Great in the 18th century. As the decades passed, later members of Russian royalty added to the city's opulence by constructing additional marvels. Walk through the Palace Square, located in the heart of St. Petersburg and home of the Winter Palace, the sprawling home of Catherine the Great. Next, pay a visit to St. Isaac's Cathedral and its gold-plated dome, which glitters in the sunshine. If you walk to the top of its dome, you wi...
http://www.expedia.com/Miami.d178286.Destination-Travel-Guides With its pristine beaches and palm tree-lined streets, Miami is one of the top tourist destinations in the country. Start your Miami tour out right with a sample of delicious Cuban cuisine, followed by some Latin dancing. You’ll find plenty of places all over the city to indulge in both, as well as art galleries, theaters, and numerous murals that contribute to Miami’s artistic spirit. Visit South Beach, or SoBe if you’re a local, and admire its Art Deco district, which is full of remarkable pre-World War II architecture. Continue your Miami sightseeing at iconic Miami Beach, where the streets are lined with palm trees, exotic hotels, and eye-popping cars. Move on to the white sands of the beach itself and lay out in the su...
During the finale of the 50th Anniversary Gala—the Act II Finale from "Aida"—the Met paid tribute to some of the great artists who have contributed so much to the company’s success over its first five decades in Lincoln Center. May 7, 2017.
The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Complex in New York City.
March 2013 The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Swan Lake Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NYC 6/25/09
It's one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world and it's celebrating fifty golden and glorious years at the Lincoln Center in New York. The Metropolitan Opera House, or simply the Met, marked the "occasion":http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-metropolitan-opera-celebrates-itself, a jubilee event on May 5, with a grand evening of 31 operatic numbers over five hours in front of 3,800 fans. Formed 134 years ago, its first season at the Lincoln Center was in 1966. Forty ic… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/18/the-met-celebrates-50-years-at-the-lincoln-center What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtub...
A tour of the Metropolitan Opera House, with Ryan Speedo Green and Susanna Phillips, 7 Oct, 2016.
New York, United States of America (USA). Various shots of the opera singers in costume and makeup getting ready to go on stage and singing as they are preparing. Various shots of the people queuing outside Opera House for the box office to open. Various shots of the people arriving in evening dress at the Metropolitan Opera House - evening shots. They then take their seats inside. Various shots of the performance on stage and the work behind stage during the show. Panning shot across the audience. Curtain falls at the end. Various views inside and out of the new Metropolitan Opera House which has been erected in the Lincoln Centre. The large modern theatre which will seat nearly 4,000 people. (Fine Grain.) Date found in the old record - 27/03/1966. FILM ID:3197.1 A VIDEO FROM...
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Nathan Gunn performs in Julie Taymor's production of "The Magic Flute" at the Metropolitan Opera. Watch the entire performance on Met Opera on Demand: http://bit.ly/V6u8ft Production: Julie Taymor Conductor: James Levine The Metropolitan Opera 2006-07 Season
For more, visit: http://evannex.com/blogs/news/64109573-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-faces-off-with-billionaire-investment-legend-ron-baron Disclaimer: I’m a huge fan and investor in Ron Baron’s funds and Tesla Motors (TSLA) and I couldn’t have been more happy to see these two mavericks take the stage for an in-depth “back and forth” at this year’s investment conference. It’s hard to hold back my admiration and respect for these two, but, without editorializing (too much) I wanted to provide you with a recap of these two "facing off" in this epic convergence of two genius thinkers. Famed mutual fund manager and investment icon Ron Baron of Baron Capital is known for his relatively conservative, long-term approach to stock picking. He's been compared to Warren Buffett (both for his investing styl...
Taken from a couple Batman reruns, Beauty and the Beast, and Wiseguy. 1. Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers closing credits 2. Growing Pains syndication promo bumper 3. Kellogg's Frosted Flakes 4. Mr. Clean 5. Operation Wolf by Taito for the NES 6. Sky Shark by Taito for the NES 7. Berger & Associates Attorneys 8. Kentucky Fried Chicken 9. Born In East L.A. promo 10. Today In Music History: The Metropolitan Opera House moves to the Lincoln Center (1967) 11. Tic Tac 12. Another Kentucky Fried Chicken 13. Tango & Cash movie trailer 14. That Championship Season promo 15. Easy Bed 16. A&P; 17. Domino's Pizza 18. Whirlpool 19. Carnation Coffee-mate 20. Betty Owen Schools 21. (same as #9) 22. Foodtown 23. Room Plus 24. Another Domino's Pizza 25. Cheers syndication promo (with Rob Paulsen providing th...
Guía de Nueva York con consejos o tips para un viaje perfecto. ¿Cuánto cuesta ir desde el aeropuerto hasta Manhattan? ¿Cómo encontrar alojamiento barato? ¿Merece la pena el New York Pass, City Pass, etc? ¿Un lugar con vistas impresionantes de Nueva York gratis? Día 1: Llegada al aeropuerto de JFK. Desembarco en nuestro apartamento en East Village. Paseo hasta Madison Square Park. Parada en una terraza con vistas increíbles del Empire State Building. Visita rápida de Times Square. Día 2: Midtown Manhattan. Grand Central Terminal con su mercado y el Oyster Bar. A sólo unas manzanas el rascacielos Chrysler. Bryant Park y la New York Public Library. Imprescindible la Rose Reading Room. Hacia el Norte tenéis el Radio City Music Hall, NBC Studios, Rockefeller Plaza y Top Of The Rock. Por la n...