"The party's over," wrote Betty Comden & Adolph Green in BELLS ARE RINGING. "It's time to call it a day." The opera season at the Metropolitan said its farewells to 2013-2014 on May 10 with a bel canto doubleheader of Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA (a shot heard round the world via radio and The Met's LIVE IN HD) and Bellini's IL PURITANI--not a bad swan song, considering the singing talent involved.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PM on May 13, 2014