The Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is an incredible building. From the moment you walk through the grandiose entrance, you are welcomed by a sea of red. The thick, plush red carpets are an inviting cocoon that want to swallow your whole being. As you continue into the building, you start to grasp the true grandeur of the opera house. The winding staircases seem to stretch on forever. As you ascend the steps towards your seat, you pass vast expanses of space with exciting and eclectic outlets: restaurants, bars, bronze water fountains, marble sinks, and crystal chandeliers. The true size of the enormous building does not dawn on you until you enter the main theater.
The main theater is huge. There are four towering balconies, each containing hundreds of seats and one floor of orchestra seats. The immense gold curtains hug the enormous stage that seems to be able to encompass 50,000 people. Along the walls run hundreds of private booths for the fabulously wealthy. Each of the thousands of seats in the hall has deep and plush red seats that invite the attendees to sit back and relax. There are mini screens in the back of each scarlet seat that display the lyrical translations of the play. The mix of gold and red bright colors create a vision of an alien planet, a planet where anything is possible.
The Met Opera House is an incredible venue that helps to set the stage for the show that is about to be performed. The opera house helps to set the scene of the performance and transports you to a new world where anything is possible. The grand chandeliers that line the opulent ceiling are utterly incredible, but their true majesty only becomes clear once the show is about to begin; the chandeliers come to life and rise to the ceiling. The chandeliers are the culmination of the first act of the night, the theater itself.
