“I have never seen or heard the audience at the Met go so wild over anything,” he added. They used to say the opera was as much about being seen as the thing you’re seeing. But the vocal Mamdani supporters at the Met Opera suggest the candidate has won over some of the city’s elite. “Nothing is more New York than rich New Yorkers yelling at Chuck Schumer at the Met to support Zohran,” said Chris Coffey, a Democratic strategist. There are rich New Yorkers who love Mamdani and less affluent New Yorkers who like Cuomo.