23 Rare Vintage Photos of Celebrities at the Opera

Jackie O. was photographed many times throughout the years enjoying the opera. Here she is in 1973, leaving the Metropolitan Opera House after a performance.

Hollywood star Sharon Stone dressed to the nines to attend the 1994 season-opening gala at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Princess Grace and her husband, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, are pictured here at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. The Opéra de Monte-Carlo was founded in the 1870s and remains a cultural fixture in Monaco.

Of course, Bianca Jagger looked glamorous even at the opera. The actress and human rights advocate is pictured at an opening party for the Peking Opera House at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House.

Kennedy Onassis was photographed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1976. The socialite flashed a smile to cameras in a glamorous black outfit with oversized gold earrings after attending a performance.

Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth, was snapped arriving at London’s famed Royal Opera House in a gorgeous strapless gown, matching fur stole, and plenty of diamond jewelry.

Famous dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and actress and model Isabella Rossellini attended a 1986 performance at the Royal Opera House That year, Rossellini starred in David Lynch’s controversial film Blue Velvet.

Award-winning actress Lauren Bacall arrived arm in arm with a guest to the 25th-anniversary performance at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Director Steven Spielberg walked the red carpet with his then-wife, actress and singer Amy Irving, for the 1986 Paris Opera Ballet Opening Night Gala at the Metropolitan Opera House. The two were married for four years.

Jackie O.’s younger sister, Lee Radziwill, attended the opening night of Giuseppe Verdi’s Othello at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1997. The socialite’s date that night was her husband, actor and choreographer Herb Ross.

Actor Joel Grey, most known for starring as The Emcee in Cabaret, is pictured here arriving at a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1977.

In 1997, fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi smiled for the camera at the opening of Othello at the Met Opera. Twenty years later, the designer created the costumes for the Met Opera’s production of Orfeo ed Euridice.

Henry Ford, grandson of the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and his wife, Cristina, were also fans of the opera.