People gather inside the opera house on the opening night of “The Death of Klinghoffer,” performed by the Metropolitan Opera in New York and written by John Adams. The opera is based on the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship and the killing of passenger Leon Klinghoffer. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Hundreds gather in opposition to the opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” opening at the Met in New York. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Benjamin Kattan, 14, left, and Josh Dublin, 14, were among those protesting “The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Met. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, far left, joins in opposition to the Met performing the opera “The Death of Klinghoffer.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
People entering the Met in New York for the opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” are heckled by hundreds of protesters. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Some of the protesters at the opening of the opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Met sat in wheelchairs to represent Leon Klinghoffer, who was killed aboard the hijacked Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985 (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
