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===Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia===
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To provide a home for its regular Tuesday night performances in Philadelphia, the Met purchased an opera house originally built in 1908 by [[Oscar Hammerstein I]], the Philadelphia Opera House at North Broad and Poplar Streets.<ref name="Anonymous1910">{{cite news |title=Hammerstein Offer to Metropolitan; Says He's Willing to Sell His Philadelphia Opera House, Giving Rivals Control |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1910/02/10/archives/hammerstein-offer-to-metropolitan-says-hes-willing-to-sell-his.html |date=February 10, 1910 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005713/https://www.nytimes.com/1910/02/10/archives/hammerstein-offer-to-metropolitan-says-hes-willing-to-sell-his.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Renamed the Metropolitan Opera House, the theater was operated by the Met from 1910 until it sold the house in April 1920.<ref name="Anonymous1920">{{cite news |title=Will Sell Opera House.; Philadelphia Metropolitan Building to be Auctioned April 28 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/04/03/archives/will-sell-opera-house-philadelphia-metropolitan-building-to-be.html |date=April 3, 1920 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214359/https://www.nytimes.com/1920/04/03/archives/will-sell-opera-house-philadelphia-metropolitan-building-to-be.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Met debuted at its new Philadelphia home on December 13, 1910, with a performance of Richard Wagner's ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]'' starring [[Leo Slezak]] and [[Olive Fremstad]].<ref name="Anonymous1910a">{{cite news |title=Philadelphia Opera Opens.; Metropolitan Company Gives "Tannhaeuser" Before Big Audience. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/14/archives/philadelphia-opera-opens-metropolitan-company-gives-tann-haeuser.html |date=December 14, 1910 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214820/https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/14/archives/philadelphia-opera-opens-metropolitan-company-gives-tann-haeuser.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Philadelphia Met was designed by noted theater architect [[William H. McElfatrick]] and had a seating capacity of approximately 4,000. The theater still stands and currently functions as a church and community arts center.