I'm not sure. Audiences here in NYC applaud a lot of mediocre performances. And besides they only applauded a minute and a half for Florez last night. Last year when Netrebko opened Puritani she got two minutes after the mad scene and it never seemed to me that there was a chance she was going to repeat anything. (Netrebko wasn't merely very good. She was great; perhaps the best ever.)
Supposedly the only recent time a soloist repeated anything at the Met was Pavarotti singing in Tosca in 1994. I wasn't there but I can assure you that each one of the handful of times I heard him sing this role, he did it better than he did it in 1994.
ML/NJ
I am so jealous! Lucky you to have been attending the Met for so long. Our local boy, Quinn Kelsey (a friend of mine)just made his Met debut in Boheme as Schaunard. I really missed being there.
How were you able to make that recording?