Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is Ushering in a New Act for the Metropolitan Opera

In the fly space above the stage at the Metropolitan Opera and around and behind it, scenery waits to be called into action. An intricate system of pulleys and lifts allows quick changes. Today's afternoon rehearsal for Dialogues des Carmélites, for example, will be followed only hours later by a performance of Rigoletto.

In the fly space above the stage at the Metropolitan Opera and around and behind it, scenery waits to be called into action. An intricate system of pulleys and lifts allows quick changes. Today's afternoon rehearsal for Dialogues des Carmélites, for example, will be followed only hours later by a performance of Rigoletto.