The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera_House_(Lincoln_Center)" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)">Metropolitan Opera House</a> opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera <i id="mwqw"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra_(1966_opera)" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antony and Cleopatra (1966 opera)">Antony and Cleopatra</a></i>.