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Read through the details below
regarding each part of Lincoln Center and click on the corresponding
links to find out more info and to purchase tickets to performances.
Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts
Constructed between 1959 and 1972, Lincoln Center, a nonprofit
performing arts complex consists of many buildings, including
the Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, New York State
Theater, Juilliard School, Alice Tully Hall, Vivian Beaumont
Theater, Library-Museum of the Performing Arts, Guggenheim
Bandshell in Damrosch Park, and a number of Fordham University
buildings.
New York City Opera
Founded in 1943 to provide accessible opera to a wide audience,
New York City
Opera is committed to presenting innovative repertory choices
and promoting
American composers and artists.
Metropolitan
Opera
Never at a loss for giving each day a new name, Mayor Giuliani
proclaimed September 16 1996, as Metropolitan Opera Day. With
more than 200 hundred operatic performances each season, the
Metropolitan Opera (the MET) brings in over three quarters
of a million people per season. On top of this, its programs
are seen and heard the world over through different media
such as television, radio, tours and recordings. Being the
second location for the MET, Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts hosted the MET's opening on September 16, 1966.
Jazz
at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is the world's largest not-for-profit
art organization committed to promoting the appreciation and
understanding of jazz through performance, education, and
preservation. Since the early 1990's it's provided year round
jazz programming. On May 23, 2000, our Mayor participated
in a ceremony to unveil the design for Jazz at Lincoln Center's
new home. It's to be at Columbus Circle and expected to be
finished by the fall of 2003.
Lincoln Center is Located between 62nd and 66th streets just
west of Broadway.
To get there: 1 or 9 train line to 66th
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