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The Metropolitan Opera, housed in an elegantly-appointed building in New York's Lincoln Center, complete with deep red carpets and spiral staircases, has been offering the best in culture to the city and its visitors since it opened in 1883 with Gounod's opera, Faust. Today, the stars of the Metropolitan Opera still present such classics but also offer the best in contemporary opera as well. Because an opera singer's ultimate goal is to "sing at the Met", audience members are guaranteed the best of the art and the season is varied enough so that new opera-goers, including adolescents, can choose an appropriate "first-time" opera that's easy to understand. For families who'd prefer to pass on the opera, consider the backstage tour. Kids are welcome and tour attendees have the opportunity to view the production areas not seen by the general public and learn how such elaborate productions can go off without a hitch. The onsite Opera Shop offers wonderful recordings of the world's most famous operas, books and opera libretti, Met merchandise, opera art, and other fine gifts, including children's books about dance and opera and other items for the younger set. |
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