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The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred to colloquially as "the Met" [ a ] , the company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as the general ...
Berger the Treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Opera and a member of the Executive Committee. [32] Berger is a Trustee of Brandeis University and Chair of the Resources (Finance) Committee. [33] Berger received the 2023 New York Citizen’s Budget Commission Felix Rohatyn Award for Public Service. [34]
He is also managing director of the Metropolitan Opera's board of directors. Kovner founded and was chairman of the School Choice Scholarships Foundation, which awarded scholarships to financially disadvantaged youth in New York City. [ 12 ]
Note: This category contains articles about important staff members and directors of the Metropolitan Opera of New York City. With the exception of those who also held staff or director positions with the company, Met performers are not included. For performers see: List of performers at the Metropolitan Opera.
The Metropolitan Opera Guild was established in 1935 to broaden the base of support for the Metropolitan Opera, promote greater interest in opera, and develop future audiences by reaching out to a wide public and serving as an educational resource that provides programs, publications, materials and services to schools, families, individuals, and community groups nationwide.
James Stewart Marcus (15 December 1929 – 5 July 2015) was an American philanthropist and investment banker at Goldman Sachs who supported classical music, opera, and the vocal arts in and around New York City. He served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera for eight years.
As a member of the board of directors of The Metropolitan Opera, [7] Iseman underwrote the production of Dimitri Shostakovich's The Nose for the 2009–2010 season. [8] He was also on the board of trustees of Carnegie Hall [ 9 ] and was chairman of the Mariinsky Foundation of America. [ 10 ]
The Metropolitan Opera House (also known as The Met) is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of Lincoln Center, the theater was designed by Wallace K. Harrison. It opened in 1966, replacing the original 1883 Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th