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The Metropolitan Opera House (MOH) is a historic opera house located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 858 North Broad Street. It has been used for many different purposes over its history. As of 2017 the theater is under renovation and is planned to reopen as a concert venue, managed by Live Nation, in September 2018.
Built over the course of just a few months in 1908, it was the ninth opera house built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I. It was initially the home of Hammerstein's Philadelphia Opera Company, and called the Philadelphia Opera House. Hammerstein sold the house to the Metropolitan Opera of New York City in 1910, when it was renamed. The Met used the MOH through 1920, after which various opera companies used the house through 1934. For over five more decades it remained in constant use in turn as a movie theater, a ballroom, a sports venue, and a church. The MOH then fell into serious disrepair and was unused and vacant from 1988 until 1995, when it became the "Holy Ghost Headquarters Revival Center at the Met". The church stabilized much of the building, eventually paving the way for the latest renovation of the opera house in 2017.
The MOH has been included in the National Register of Historic Places since 1972.
Note: The above descriptive information came from Wikipedia.
In The News
- Here's what the new Met Philly will look like, Curbed Philadelphia, July 27, 2018.
- The Rise, Fall, & Revival Of North Broad’s Opera Palace, Hidden City Philadelphia, June 14, 2018.
- With $56 million loan, the Met on North Broad will reopen in 2018, Philly Voice, January 28, 2018.
- Renovation of Philly's Metropolitan Opera House moves forward, Philly dot com, January 26, 2018.
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