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For the first time since Manager Bing took over, he is mounting no opera, old or new, that is novel to the present generation of Met-goers, although both Stravinsky's Rake's Progress and Debussy's Pelleas are far from familiar fare. But the opera public seems happy enough with the repertory: before the first curtain went up, it had bought more subscription tickets than ever before.
* Only Aida, Boheme, Lohengrin and Carmen have had more performances.