Updated: Sept. 22, 2008 at 11:08 PM

Metropolitan Opera season opening (37 images)

Bryant Gumbel arrives for the Metropolitan Opera season opening at Lincoln Center in New York on September 22, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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Helen Mirren arrives for the Metropolitan Opera season opening at Lincoln Center in New York on September 22, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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Taylor Momsen arrives for the Metropolitan Opera season opening at Lincoln Center in New York on September 22, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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Hana Soukupova arrives for the Metropolitan Opera season opening at Lincoln Center in New York on September 22, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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