The fall entertainment season started with the Metropolitan Opera's production of movies of operas. They were shown nightly at the Lincoln Center entrance to the Metropolitan Opera and included the most popular operas. Attendance was overflowing with many standing. There were even picnicers dining on the cement floor as if they were at Tanglewood in the Berkshires. My favorite production of the series was The Barber of Seville. The performances included all the top opera stars and one was better than the other. This was a terrific way to see the various operas up close since the screen that the operas were projected on was huge and every scene had enormous clarity. It appears as if the Metropolitan Opera felt this was an ideal way to encourage subscribers to attend the live operas. I believe this effort was successful since the Metropolitan Opera announced that subscriptions had increased.
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