Before the curtain went up on today’s Lucia di Lammermoor dress rehearsal, Met General Manager Peter Gelb welcomed the Open House audience from the stage. “When we did this for the first time a year ago,” he said, “Mayor Bloomberg joked that the Met was probably the only place in New York where you could get a free lunch.” Gelb thanked Met patrons Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman for underwriting the Open House for the second year in a row and went on to say, “Today, we offer you not only a look behind the scenes and a free lunch, but a true free musical feast.” The audience burst into spontaneous applause when Gelb announced that “this event will be taking place for many years to come.”

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