The New York City Landmarks Association considered the opera house as one of their first buildings ... Check out more photos of the theater in the gallery below!

The Astor Place Opera House could fit an audience of 1,100 ... Image from NYPL Digital Collection. The New York City Police Department knew right away that they were not going to be able to ...

Getty Images Metropolitan Opera House, New York City (Credit: Getty Images) Metropolitan Opera House, New York City The most prestigious opera house in North America was founded in 1883 and moved ...

This year marked the 70th anniversary of the New York City Opera, which opened in 1943 as the second opera house in the city. The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1880.

Explore the rich history of the Met Opera’s Lincoln Center home and the cultural life of 1950s-60s New York City. Features famed ... of building a new opera house, but the creative challenges ...