Just heard this in my car radio!
Listen to Robert Siegel interview Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met about Monday night's incredibly encore aria performance.
Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, says that stopping the show for an encore has generally been forbidden.
"In the '20s and '30s and '40s, there was wording in the program books admonishing the audience with words saying 'positively no encores allowed,' kind of like no-smoking signs."
He also notes that Monday night's Donizetti opera will be performed again Saturday night, and broadcast live on radio and in movie theaters across the country.
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