The company has bet that new operas will attract new, more diverse audiences and revitalize a stale repertory. Is the gamble paying off?

The company has bet that new operas will attract new, more diverse audiences and revitalize a stale repertory. Is the gamble paying off?
Bartlett Sher’s middling production returned to the Metropolitan Opera, with a glorious Benjamin Bernheim and Nadine Sierra in the title roles.