Metropolitan Opera’s Donations Hit a Record $182 Million - NYTimes.com

Metropolitan Opera’s Donations Hit a Record $182 Million - NYTimes.com: In the warren of Met administrative offices, the people who run one of the world’s busiest opera houses had something else to applaud: a record amount of contributions for the fiscal year that ended in July. According to preliminary figures released for the first time, the Met hauled in $182 million, an astonishing amount in a tough economic climate and 50 percent more than it raised just the year before.