“Jonas Kaufmann has canceled his performance as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen for this Wednesday, March 4, because he is suffering from the flu and was unable to travel to New York as scheduled on Sunday. He hopes to recover in time to fly here later this week and perform as schedule[d] on Saturday, March 7 matinee. In his place, Yonghoon Lee, who will be singing the title role in Verdi’s Don Carlo later this month, has agreed to sing Don José on Wednesday.” Sad news from the Met press office.