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Says a spectator at last night’s Tosca: [The final leap] “did seem poorly timed– Mattila ran to the top in slow motion, switch to stunt double appeared obvious. No boos followed– unenthusiastic applause instead. Neither Scarpia took any bow.”

As for the interminable second intermission, a Met insider tells La Cieca, “They’ve been rehearsing the leap before act 3 before every performance to make sure the lighting is timed correctly, but that wasn’t the cause for the delay. I think it had more to do with the conductor [Joseph Colaneri] taking his sweet time.