Music: At the Where?

Don't look us up at the Strand, 'Cause we'll be playing Pelleas et

Melisande, Oh, you can always catch our act at

the Met.

—Two on the Aisle

Last week, like Parsifal finally reaching the shrine of the Holy Grail, an English rock quartet known as The Who made it to Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera and sold out the house twice in one day. The fateful occasion, twin performances of their so-called rock opera Tommy, was the first time any kind of pop music had ever been heard at the Met. The historic program had been arranged...

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