The mayor, with a video filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, joins the Met in announcing a program to give away 70,000 tickets a year.

New York's Metropolitan Opera will give away thousands of tickets to open the prestigious cultural institution up to people who could not otherwise afford it, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday.

Have you ever wanted to see a show at the Metropolitan Opera but found it too expensive? Now, New Yorkers have a chance to ...

The initiative follows similar lotteries for Broadway, the World Cup, and the U.S. Open.

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite encouraging box office figures for the season's first half, the financially strapped Metropolitan Opera scaled back its 2026-27 schedule with its fewest productions in at least ...

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Commissioner Diya Vij ...

The "Opera for All" lottery will be for New Yorkers who haven't attended a performance at the Met since 2019.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces "Opera for All," offering 70,000 free Met Opera tickets for New Yorkers who haven't attended since 2019. Enter the monthly lotter ...

As part of "Opera for All," the Met will release 10,000 tickets each month throughout the 2026-2027 season via a lottery.