Taking inventory

21 visits to the Met and counting...

1. Verdi RIGOLETTO, Met 17.1.2004; Armiliato; Pons, Nioradze, Rost, Flores, Lopardo (with Beth from Austin - the beginning of the madness!)

2. Puccini MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Met 20.1.2004; Armiliato; Bunnell, Villarroel, Berti, Caproni

3. Rossini L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI, Met 20.2 .2004; Levine; Borodina, Florez, Furlanetto, Patriarco (with Robin from Austin - her first opera!)

4. Mascagni CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Met 10.11.2004; Davies; Kulko, Urbanova, Golesorkhi

5. Leoncavallo PAGLIACCI, Met 10.11.2004; Davies; Pons, Galouzine, Kwiecien, Litherland

6. Bizet CARMEN, Met 13.10.2004; Domingo; Domashenko, Hong, Abdrazakov, Shicoff

7. Verdi AIDA, Met 8.12.2004; Morrell; Brown, Mishura, Farina, Gradus, Rucker, Youn

8. Handel RODELINDA, Met 22.12.2004; Bicket; Fleming, Blythe, Daniels, Gradus, Mehta, Rensburg

9. Verdi OTELLO, Met 5.1.2005; Levine; Hepner, Frittoli, Guelfi

10. Puccini LA BOHEME, Met 9.2.2005; Oren; Swenson, Litherland, Duval, Croft, Gradus, Patriarco, Plishka

11. Strauss DER ROSENKAVALIER, Met 23.3.2005; Runnicles; Aikin, Denoke, Jepson, Fanning, Polenzani, Rose

12. Puccini TOSCA, Met 15.4.2005; Conlon; Guleghina, Burchinal, Licitra (took Mom to her first opera - her comment after the Act I "It's going so fast!")

13. Gounod FAUST, Met 18.5.2005; Levine; Alagna, Pape, Hvorostovsky, Carfizzi, Perez, Isokoski, Bunnell

14. Massenet MANON, Met 27.9.2005; Lopez-Cobos; Fleming, Alvarez, Chaignaud, Fouchecourt, Robbins

15. Massenet MANON, Met 3.10.2005; Lopez-Cobos; Fleming, Alvarez, Chaignaud, Fouchecourt, Robbins (first row seat! first time backstage - Sally and I were the last to talk to La Diva Renee and we walked out with her a la her entourage!)

16. Strauss ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Met 5.10.2005; Petrenko; Graham, Urmana, Damrau, Allen, Stevenson, Villars (went backstage to greet Violetta Urmana who is a friend of my subscription mate)

17. Verdi FALSTAFF, Met 19.10.2005; Levine; Terfel, Blythe, Murphy, Racette, Zifchak, Frontali, Polenzani

18. Puccini LA BOHEME, Met 3.12.2005; Auguin; Deshorties, Hong, Aronica, Catana, Chernov, Gradus, Plishka (with Beth from Austin) (Seat 113)

19. Picker AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, Met 8.12.2005; Conlon; Graham, Racette, Zajick, Gunn, Begley, Bernstein, Burden, Larmore, Aylmer

20. Picker AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, Met 12.12.2005; Conlon; Graham, Racette, Zajick, Gunn, Begley, Bernstein, Burden, Larmore, Aylmer (Maestro Conlin's 250th performance at the Met)

21. Picker AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, Met 21.12.2005; Conlon; Graham, Racette, Zajick, Gunn, Begley, Bernstein, Burden, Larmore, Aylmer (Sally and I went backstage to greet Susan Graham)