The Met is less than half-full for Pappano’s opener

The Met is less than half-full for Pappano’s opener

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norman lebrecht

October 27, 2021

We are hearing from a number of people present that the Metropolitan Opera sold conspicuously fewer that half its seats for the opening night of Meistersinger, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

It was the opera’s first showing on the Met stage in seven years.

Michael Volle was Sachs and Lise Davidsen sang Eva.

UPDATE: Zachary Woolf opens his NY Times review ‘There were swaths of empty seats at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday evening…’

 

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