The Metropolitan Opera reopened on Sept. 27 with a efficiency of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — the very first opera at the Achieved by a Black composer. Mainly because of the pandemic, there was no purple carpet or cocktail reception for the opening evening gala, a conventional high position of the fall social time. Instead, a tented meal was held by the reflecting pool. And on Sept. 23, the Wildlife Conservation Culture honored David Bonderman at its gala at the Central Park Zoo.