There was a time, early in the 20th Century, when programs at the Metropolitan Opera warned fanatical opera buffs, in capital letters, "POSITIVELY NO ENCORES ALLOWED."
The rule has since been relaxed only a handful of times in recent decades. But on Friday night the Mexican tenor Javier Camarena joined the small coterie of opera singers who have literally stopped the show at the Met when he got such a thunderous ovation in Rossini's "La Cenerentola" that he was compelled to give an encore of his bravura aria "Si, ritrovarla io guiro."
The only other two singers to have sung encores during Met performances in more than half a century, by the opera house's count, were Luciano Pavarotti, who sang one during a performance of Puccini's "Tosca" in 1994, and the man Mr. Camarena was filling in for on Friday night: the star bel canto tenor Juan Diego Flórez, who sang an encore in a 2008 performance of "La Fille du Régiment" and in a 2012 performance of "L'Elisir d'Amore."
"My God, it's so exciting," a beaming Mr. Camerena said, slightly out of breath, in a brief interview backstage after the performance ended. "To feel this reaction from the public — it was like a big mountain of roars and bravos and applause. It's really overwhelming. Fantastic."
It was quite a feat for a stand-in. His role, playing the the prince opposite Joyce DiDonato's star turn as Cinderella, was originally to have been sung by Mr. Flórez, who announced earlier this month that he would withdraw from the first few performances due to illness. Mr. Camarena, who had just had a triumph at the Met in Bellini's "La Sonnambula," agreed to step in.
He got rave reviews. Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times singled out his singing of the second act aria, writing that Mr. Camarena "dispatched the aria's impetuous runs — capped by thrilling top notes, including an effortless high D — finally finishing with a glorious high C that he seemed almost reluctant to cut off." He wrote that the opening night ovation lasted so long that he expected Mr. Camarena to return for a bow, but he did not.
On Friday night, the ovation was again tumultuous, with several members of the audience jumping to their feet – which is unusual, mid-performance.
Mr. Camarena, who had exited the stage as the ovation continued, said: "I was waiting, because last time, there was very long applause, and I was behind the stage and was trying to think, what do I do? Do I come back, or stay? What's going to happen?"
This time, he came out again, and not only bowed but repeated the second part of the aria, hitting another high D.
Now, given Mr. Camarena's reception, there may be suspense about whether Mr. Flórez will return, as scheduled, to sing the three final performances of the opera, including a May 10 matinee that will be transmitted to movie theaters around the world as part of the Met's "Live in HD" series.
Mr. Camarena is currently only scheduled to sing the role one more time, on Monday night.
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