But apparently the production team felt it had to give Met audiences their money's worth.

That night the demoralized and angry Met audience was looking for something to cheer about.

But overall it was an enormous hit with Met audiences.

This is what the Met audience had been waiting for, and it was far from disappointed.

How will these intricate designs play for the conservative Met audience?

The Met audience is conservative, but it would be dangerous to write it off as philistine.

They sometimes don't even care so much how they're sung, and that's true for Met audiences as well.

Still it's good to see this stirring work winning over Met audiences.

Yes, the Met audience is undoubtedly a touch more conservative than the one in, say, Stuttgart.

I was happy to give the American public and the Met audience the opportunity to discover some pieces they didn't know.