After a patron of the Metropolitan Opera in New York dispersed the human ashes of a friend into the orchestra pit and brought the opera house to cancel the afternoon performance of ‘Guillaume Tell’ and the evening performance of ‘L’italiana in Algeri’ as well, it is clear that opera houses face a new source of revenue. A lot of opera lovers will like to be laid to rest in an opera house, and so Peter Gelb as well as all the other managers should brainstorm about possibilities to install a funeral area in their houses and earn money with this new lucrative activity…