Opera entertainment in New York City
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Metropolitan Opera House
New York’s premier opera company, the Metropolitan Opera is the place to see classics such as Carmen, Madame Butterfly and Macbeth, not to mention Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The Opera also hosts premieres and revivals of more contemporary works, such as Peter Sellars’ Nixon in China, which played here in 2011. The season runs from September to April.
Ticket prices start at $30 and can get close to $500. Note that the box seats can be a bargain, but unless you’re in boxes right over the stage, the views are dreadful. Seeing the stage requires sitting with your head cocked over a handrail – a literal pain in the neck.
For last-minute ticket-buyers there are other deals.…
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American Opera Projects
Performing in venues around town, including the Lincoln Center’s Juilliard School, this Brooklyn-based company is dedicated to bringing affordable and free productions to the masses, usually premiering new works by up-and-coming librettists. Smaller performances and libretto readings are held on-site.
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Bleecker Street Opera
After the Amato Opera Theater closed, two spin-off companies formed – Bleecker Street Opera amd Amore Opera – promising quality operas for just a fraction of what you'd pay uptown.
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Amore Opera
This new company, formed by several members of the recently defunct Amato Opera, presents affordable ($35) works. Its inaugural season offerings included La Bohème, The Merry Widow, The Mikado and Hansel and Gretel, performed at its East Village theater.
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BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
In addition to its excellent film, dance, music and theater programming, the Brooklyn Academy of Music regularly presents a small program of operas, with music by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, as well as live HD simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera. The New York City Opera regularly performs here.
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