Crystal Chandeliers That Rise Before The Curtain
Catch a performance in a red-and-gold auditorium where crystal chandeliers climb to the ceiling as the house lights fall.
✨ The rising chandeliers
The house anchors the west side of Lincoln Center, its lobby framed by tall arched windows and a pair of Marc Chagall murals. Inside, red velvet seats fan out beneath a gold sunburst ceiling, and Austrian crystal chandeliers hang low over the orchestra. Minutes before the downbeat, the starburst fixtures glide up to the ceiling, and the auditorium settles into the dark. Supertitles on the seatback screens translate each line, and the repertory runs from Verdi to new commissions across the fall-to-spring season. Standing-room tickets sell for a fraction of orchestra seats.
