17 May 2007

Met Opera to Expand Simulcasts in Theaters

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/arts/music/17broa.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin

By DANIEL J. WAKIN [NY Times, 17 May 2007]

He is no Spider-Man, but Papageno held his own at the movies this season.

The Metropolitan Opera says its simulcasting of operas into theaters, which has sent ripples through the opera world, was so successful over the last five months that it will expand the program next season.