‘A lot of these rooms were made before sound reinforcement, and the acoustics are going to be excellent,’ says Clair Brothers, Josh Sadd. Also, 835 of the floor seats in front of the stage can be removed for standing room that brings the capacity for general admission shows to as much as 4,000. The space is made intimate by curtaining off sections of the two-level balcony which creates a room with a capacity of 2,700 or 1,900. Today, the 3,400-seat Metropolitan Opera is versatile in its ability to accommodate all types of audience. The church continues to hold services at the Met.Ī massive renovation project was begun in 2017 with the goal of retaning the original interior and exterior design, including original plasterwork and the gold-painted rosettes adorning the 38ft proscenium arch above the stage. Its run lasted for decades but eventually succumbed to neglect and became derelict. It remained in virtual ruin until 1995, when the local Holy Ghost Church began holding services there while helping to stabilise the building for their purposes. Philadelphia’s Met opened its doors in 1908 at the behest of the theatre impresario Oscar Hammerstein I and met with instant success, quickly becoming the area’s preeminent opera and orchestral theatre.
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