A Swell Start For The Met's Live Cinecast Season

The Met Cinecast of "Anna Bolena" was seen by some 30.000 people in Germany and Austria last Saturday, reports Clasart Classic, which exceeds all previously seen viewer records. Roughly 40 cinemas were completely sold out, some had to move the cinecast to larger locations to provide for German/Austrian operamaniacs. Clasart Classic boss Herbert Kloiber attributes this success to the "phenomenon Netrebko". He added, however, that the fact that 125.000 tickets have already been sold for the new Met broadcast season are proof that the general demand is increasing.