In this Dec. 13, 2012 publicity photo, Alek Shrader as Count Almaviva is seen in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," during rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Metropolitan ... more 

In this Dec. 13, 2012 publicity photo, Alek Shrader as Count Almaviva is seen in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," during rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Ken Howard) less