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11, 2001, terror attacks but in fact marked much more.

The night was in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. NEW YORK (AP) - Even before the first note, there were a pair of standing ovations - one when the chorus filed in and another when concertmaster Benjamin Bowman walked on to tune up the orchestra.Ībout 90 minutes later, when conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin relaxed his arms, the 3,600 people filling the seats of the Metropolitan Opera House responded with 8 1/2 minutes of thunderous applause, bringing wide smiles and hints of tears to the 200-plus performers on stage.įor the first time in 550 days, an audience was inside the auditorium at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday night, attending a poignant performance of the Verdi Requiem.