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's has drawn a withering response from 's Metropolitan Opera and London's Royal Ballet and Opera.
The 30-year-old made the candid remark while talking to about his hopes that movie theaters are able to survive.
He then then added that 'I don't want to be working in ballet or opera or, you know, things where it's like: "Hey, keep this thing alive," even though no one cares about this anymore,' in an interview for Variety's Actors on Actors.
'All respect to the ballet and opera people out there,' added the Oscar contender. 'I just lost 14 cents in viewership, I just took shots for no reason.'
The Metropolitan Opera retaliated by posting a montage of its employees hard at work, with: 'All respect to the opera (and ballet) people out there,' written onscreen.
In the caption, the august institution left no doubt as to the target of its message, writing: 'This one's for you, Timothée Chalamet…'
Timothee Chalamet's swipe at opera and ballet has drawn a withering response from New York City's Metropolitan Opera and London's Royal Ballet and Opera
Meanwhile the Royal Ballet and Opera, often colloquially called 'Covent Garden' after its neighborhood in London, has issued its own statement.
'Ballet and opera have never existed in isolation — they have continually informed, inspired, and elevated other art forms,' they told the Hollywood Reporter.
Francesca Hayward is pictured performing in Swan Lake at the Royal Ballet's venue, the Royal Opera House, colloquially called 'Covent Garden' after its London neighborhood
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Soprano Lise Davidsen is pictured rehearsing a production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City last month
'Honestly, I'm shocked that someone so seemingly successful can be so ineloquent and narrow-minded in his views about art while considering himself as an artist as I would only imagine one would as an actor,' said American opera star Isabel Leonard.
