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03.03.2022 / 23:53

Anna Netrebko out of Met Opera for supporting Vladimir Putin

Operatic soprano Anna Netrebko performs in a concert at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 18, 2021.

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Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stageghands

NEW YORK – The shuttered Metropolitan Opera said it will lock out its stagehands in Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees at midnight on Monday because it has been unable to negotiate wage cuts during the novel coronavirus pandemic.Met General Manager Peter Gelb said the company proposed 30% cuts, of which half would be restored when box office and core donations reach pre-pandemic benchmarks, as part of a five-year contract to replace the deal that expired July 31. Gelb estimated the Met has lost $154 million in revenue due to the pandemic.The Met stopped performances March 12 because of the pandemic and ended pay for Local One about two weeks later.

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Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens '21-22

NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and intends to return from the pandemic layoff next September with the company’s first presentation of a Black composer, Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.”This season was to have started this week, but the company announced June 1 it had pushed back opening night until Dec. 31.

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Met Opera Pushes Back Opening Night: 'Social Distancing and Grand Opera Do Not Mix'

The Metropolitan Opera season is getting shorter, along with some of its shows.The Met said Monday (June 1) it is pushing back opening night by nearly 3 1/2 months to the latest start in the company’s 137-year history and calling off four of next season’s new productions in fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. It also announced about $60 million in emergency gifts had balanced its 2019-20 budget.“Social distancing and grand opera do not mix,” Met general manager Peter Gelb said.

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Met Opera cuts season by 3 1/2 months, to shorten some shows

NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera season is getting shorter, along with some of its shows.

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Met Opera Furloughs Nearly 20% of Staff in Cost-Cutting

The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is furloughing 41 administrative employees, nearly 20% of its full-time staff, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Met said Tuesday (May 5) that the furloughs are temporary and will start at the end of this week.

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Silenced By Coronavirus, Metropolitan Opera Links for Digital Global Gala

Javier Camarena was at his home in Zurich singing an aria from Bellini’s Il Pirata when the screen for the video feed split, and he was joined by Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Montreal and general manager Peter Gelb in New York. “Just a second,” the tenor from Mexico said, raising an index finger.He had just finished the slow-moving first section.

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Silenced by virus, Met Opera links for digital global gala

NEW YORK – Javier Camarena was at his home in Zurich singing an aria from Bellini’s “Il Pirata” when the screen for the video feed split, and he was joined by Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Montreal and general manager Peter Gelb in New York.

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Met Opera Cancels Season Due to Coronavirus, Stops Pay

The Metropolitan Opera is canceling the rest of its season and stopping the pay of the orchestra, chorus and other unionized employees at the end of March due to the new coronavirus.The Met last week called off performances through March 31.Met general manager Peter Gelb said he is giving up his $1.45 million salary until normal operations resume and higher-paid members of his administrative staff are having their pay reduced — by 10% for everyone earning more than $125,000 and by 25%-50% at the top of the pay scale.

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Met Opera cancels season, stops pay of orchestra, chorus

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Metropolitan Opera is canceling the rest of its season and stopping the pay of the orchestra, chorus and other unionized employees at the end of March due to the new coronavirus.

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