Drama! Divas! Dates! A New Generation of Fans Discovers the Opera
The New York Times
Drawn by cheaper tickets and a sense of glamour, New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s are making their way to the Met this season, many of them for the first time.
After Midtown was officially deemed cool again and espresso martinis made a comeback, it was only a matter of time before New York’s young tastemakers — the people who have mined the city’s cultural history for inspiration and defined its present on their own terms — found their way to the Metropolitan Opera.
As Lincoln Center welcomed ticket holders back to its theaters this fall after a year-and-a-half-long hiatus, the storied institution’s plaza and seats were soon filled with stylish patrons in their 20s and 30s — many of them there for the very first time.
A Friday performance this month of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” drew a crowd that included dozens of attendees not yet old enough to rent a car.
