1.   Raul Gimenez, an Argentine tenor who actually seems to like singing lyric roles, made a Met debut that contained distinct bel canto promise.

2.   Replacing Alagna was an Argentine tenor and relatively unknown commodity, Marcelo Alvarez.

3.   The promotional machine behind the Argentine tenor Marcelo Alvarez, who sang the duke, may have harmed him by building false expectations.

4.   Argentine tenor Jose Cura apologized for launching a tirade against an audience that booed him.