The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883, and is currently under the direction of General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Each year, the Met stages more than 200 opera performances in New York, and transmits 10 productions to movie theaters around the world through the popular Live in HD series, reaching more than 2,000 venues in 73 countries across six continents. Th
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