From Jonas Kaufman’s adventures with the Reverse Scalpers to the protests and madness of the Met’s snow day make-up premiere of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle to our handy dandy Met Online Rush Ticket Walkthrough to a spy in the loving house of the International Opera Awards here are our top four most viewed posts of the year.   Conveniently ranked for your convenience.

1) Jonas Kaufman and the Reverse Scalpers: Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera

2) Protests Offstage and On: Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle at the Metropolitan Opera

3) Dolls, Boobies and a Rush Ticket Walkthrough: The Tales of Hoffman at the Metropolitan Opera

4) The International Opera Awards 2015: An Insider’s Perspective 

Honorable Mention:

A Womb in the Country: Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers at Bard SummerScape

And finally, as a bonus, two strange posts from years past that consistently rank near the top (no doubt due to their subject matter) …

Corn, Porn and Oprah: Sex in the Heartland

1980’s Sitcom Character Monroe Ficus Publicly Repudiates Actor Jim J Bullock

Thanks for reading and see you next year!

-Elizabeth Frayer & Shawn E Milnes