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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23

. There have been many changes at the Metropolitan Opera under the modernising hand of general manager Peter Gelb and . The Café Momus act in the latter, featuring a Paris square and 250 revellers, still drew gasps and applause at this performance last year and there was general critical approval of Americans Ailyn Pérez and Matthew Polenzani as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo.