# 2054 - 1983 20c Metropolitan Opera
20¢ Metropolitan Opera
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 112,525,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Yellow and maroon
Metropolitan Opera House Opens
In the 1880s, the only opera house in New York City was the Academy of Music. It was small and didn’t have enough private boxes to accommodate all of the city’s up-and-coming wealthy patrons.
In the 1930s, the Met reached an even larger audience. The financial strain of the Great Depression prompted the opera company to seek national exposure. So it began live network radio broadcasts of its performances. By 1960, it had its own radio station – the Metropolitan Opera Radio Network. The Met now also broadcasts on satellite radio and live video performances are streamed in high-definition to movie theatres around the world.
The new 3,800-seat Met opened in the Lincoln Center in the Upper West Side on September 16, 1966. That night the Met hosted the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s Anthony and Cleopatra.
Click here for more from the Met’s website.
20¢ Metropolitan Opera
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 112,525,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Yellow and maroon
Metropolitan Opera House Opens
In the 1880s, the only opera house in New York City was the Academy of Music. It was small and didn’t have enough private boxes to accommodate all of the city’s up-and-coming wealthy patrons.
In the 1930s, the Met reached an even larger audience. The financial strain of the Great Depression prompted the opera company to seek national exposure. So it began live network radio broadcasts of its performances. By 1960, it had its own radio station – the Metropolitan Opera Radio Network. The Met now also broadcasts on satellite radio and live video performances are streamed in high-definition to movie theatres around the world.
The new 3,800-seat Met opened in the Lincoln Center in the Upper West Side on September 16, 1966. That night the Met hosted the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s Anthony and Cleopatra.
Click here for more from the Met’s website.