Pablo and Daniela Godoy grew up in a small town in Argentina, 5,165 miles from the Metropolitan Opera. Pablo recalls watching Michael Jackson on MTV and his father playing folk guitar. “We studied literature in school, but classical music was thought of as elite. We knew nothing about it.” But when Pablo saw a broadcast...

Note: The photos in this article are by Rose Callahan and originally appeared on Last Night at the Met. They are used here with permission. For years I have been intrigued by an extremely well-heeled couple who are often in our audience at the Met. Many opera fans are elegant at the Met, but this couple...