Standing Room: Three rows behind orchestra rear which don't offer a physical seat for patrons but a standing area to watch the performance.Orchestra Rear: The last three rows in the orchestra section, including seats at the sides.Orchestra Balance: The corner seats behind and to the sides of the sections listed above.Orchestra Front Side: A small number of seats at the far side of row C through O.Orchestra Prime: This subsection wraps around the orchestra premium subsection on sides and at the back.

The tickets, in prime seating locations, are available on a first-come, first-served basis for. Orchestra Premium: The center seats in the first twenty rows of orchestra constitute this subsection. 25 - Rush Tickets are offered daily online on the Met website.Orchestra Premium Aisle: Two seats on each side of the aisle in the first twenty rows.Within the orchestra section, there are different subsections, each offering views of varying quality. There are 33 rows in this section starting from A and ending with EE. The Orchestra section is the largest seating area in the Metropolitan Opera House with a seating capacity of 1583, along with an additional 100 standing places. Seats 5 and 6 are separated by height and a railing from other seats in the same box.

Metropolitan opera house seating map