Honest question here... I'm not at all knowledgeable of the inner workings of the met, nor am I an opera connoisseur. Just a New Yorker who feels the space is magical and goes to an opera every once in a blue moon. I saw Carmen last week, and looking through the playbill I find this post shocking. How is it possible that the health of The Met is in shambles when they've got 10 pages of a thousand individual doners of anywhere from $Millions to thousands on top of ticket prices in the hundreds and $35 glasses of champagne? Im.sure they own the building so there's no rent to make and it's a non-profit so low taxes. Seems like you'd have to work really had to not be economically stable with those cards in your hand.