Is it really true—the rumor La Cieca just now invented out of whole cloth—that René Pape will play Boris Godunov as an eccentric Chanel couturier? Cher public, you’ll have the chance to find out even before opening night of the Met’s new production of the Mussorgsky epic, since the company is making available making 2,000 free tickets to the October 8 dress rehearsal. Tickets to the quasi-preview, which begins at 11:00 a.m., will be available through an online ticket drawing only. Entries may be made on October 5 through the Met’s website www.metopera.org. Your doyenne is sure her spies know what to do.