In 1955, Marian Anderson was asked to sing with the New York Metropolitan Opera company.

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In 1954, Marian Anderson became the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.

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In the spring, when its celebrated opera company is on hiatus, the Metropolitan Opera House is home to the American Ballet Theatre.

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The first time Peter Gelb went to the Metropolitan Opera was in 1967, a year after the company had moved from its old theatre, on Thirty-ninth Street, to Lincoln Center.

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