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Jet Lag: Season 2, Episode 2—Millennials at the Opera

By Emilia Otte on March 30, 2020

Famous opera houses are making an extra effort to attract young people to spend an evening at the opera. The discounts, promotions, and behind-the-scenes opportunities have been effective in Europe, but can they do the same in New York? We take a journey to the opera to find out…

Note: The Opera to the People group is sponsored by NYU’s Casa Italiana.

Produced and edited by Emilia Otte. Additional help from Katerina Barton.

Photo: Inside the Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Wikipedia Commons. Licensed for reuse.

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Emilia Otte
Emilia Otte

Emilia is pursuing a MA in European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in English and a minor in Italian Studies, and has done extensive reporting in Italy. She is an Italian vegan, which she realizes is an oxymoron. She thinks a lot about labor exploitation and promotes the fair-trade movement, and likes to make her friends and family feel bad about where they buy their clothes. Her guilty pleasure is good science writing.

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  1. Stefano Albertini Stefano Albertini April 14, 2020

    Thank you for a wonderful article. You just did not mention that alla the activities of the Opera to the people group (including free tickets to the Met performances) are made possible by Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University. Our founder, Baroness Zerilli, was a geat opera fan and strongly believed in introducing young generations to this timeless art form.

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