No one loves the Met as a building. The auditorium...

No one loves the Met as a building. The auditorium is a barn, the public spaces are awkward and insufficient and the design is ugly and dated. The Met Opera under Gleb has been in free fall with atrocious productions and slipshod performances. However, at its best, the Met can put on opera as good as anywhere in the world. Tge problem is that it reaches that standard less and less often. One night in five or ten rather than one in two in the pre Gelb era.