In his 5/23 article for the NY Times, Daniel Wakin asked ,”A contemporary surrealist opera at the NY Philharmonic? About the end of the world? On Memorial Day weekend? What are they thinking over there at Avery Fisher Hall?” He then went on to report that “2/3 of the Philharmonic’s regular concert goers were having none of it… subscription sales averaged about 33 percent, the Philharmonic acknowledged…” When I went to the Philharmonic website last night, I was greeted with message that the entire run is SOLD OUT! Apparently, the NY Philharmonic was thinking that there might be other audience members interested in the