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Judge narrows Anna Netrebko lawsuit against Met Opera to gender discrimination
Read full article: Judge narrows Anna Netrebko lawsuit against Met Opera to gender discriminationAnna Netrebkoโs lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera has been narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star sopranoโs allegations of defamation, breach of contract and discrimination because of national origin.
John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the Met
Read full article: John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the MetComposer John Adamsโ work is returning to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in a decade in a new staging of his Nativity oratorio โEl Nino.โ.
Metropolitan Opera presents semi-staged `Turandot' after stage malfunction
Read full article: Metropolitan Opera presents semi-staged `Turandot' after stage malfunctionThe Metropolitan Opera has been forced to stage a semi-staged performance of Pucciniโs โTurandotโ on after a stage elevator jammed.
Financially struggling Met Opera's 18 productions next season matches the fewest since 1980-81
Read full article: Financially struggling Met Opera's 18 productions next season matches the fewest since 1980-81The financially struggling Metropolitan Opera will present 18 productions in 2024-25, matching the current season and pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 for the fewest since 14 in strike-shortened 1980-81.
LA Opera scraps planned world premiere of Mason Bates' 'Kavalier and Clay' adaptation over finances
Read full article: LA Opera scraps planned world premiere of Mason Bates' 'Kavalier and Clay' adaptation over financesThe Los Angeles Opera scrapped plans for the world premiere of Mason Batesโ โThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clayโ this fall because of finances, and the work will instead open with a student cast at Indiana Universityโs Jacobs School of Music.
โGrounded,โ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take off
Read full article: โGrounded,โ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take offNearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, โGroundedโ is ready to take flight.
In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent work
Read full article: In break with the past, Met opera is devoting a third of its productions to recent workThe Metropolitan Opera is broadening its repertoire this season by performing more recent operas alongside classics like โLa Boheme.โ.
Star soprano Anna Netrebko sues Met Opera over its decision to cut ties over Russia-Ukraine war
Read full article: Star soprano Anna Netrebko sues Met Opera over its decision to cut ties over Russia-Ukraine warSoprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Operaโs biggest box office draws, has sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations.
36 years later, London's Met Police apologizes to family of murdered private investigator
Read full article: 36 years later, London's Met Police apologizes to family of murdered private investigatorLondonโs Metropolitan Police has apologized to the family of private investigator Daniel Morgan, who was killed with an ax 36 years ago in a pub's car park.
8-year-old girl in 'life-threatening condition' after deadly school car crash in Wimbledon
Read full article: 8-year-old girl in 'life-threatening condition' after deadly school car crash in WimbledonLondon police say an 8-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition in a hospital following a car crash at an elementary school in Wimbledon that claimed the life of another girl of the same age.
Man convicted of murder in the shooting of a UK police officer while the suspect was handcuffed
Read full article: Man convicted of murder in the shooting of a UK police officer while the suspect was handcuffedA man has been convicted of murder for shooting a British police officer with an antique handgun while the suspect was handcuffed in a cell nearly three years ago.
Met cuts season to 18 operas, matching fewest in 4 decades
Read full article: Met cuts season to 18 operas, matching fewest in 4 decadesThe financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 for the fewest since 14 in the strike-shortened 1980-81 season.
Met Opera, NY Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall drop mask mandate
Read full article: Met Opera, NY Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall drop mask mandateThe Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall are dropping their audience mask requirement starting Oct. 24, ending policies in place since they reopened last year.
Anna Netrebko out of Met Opera over her support of Putin
Read full article: Anna Netrebko out of Met Opera over her support of PutinSoprano Anna Netrebko withdrew from her future engagements at the Metropolitan Opera rather than repudiate her support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, costing the company one of its top singers and best box-office draws.
Met Opera shares 2022-23 season, Netrebko not in 'Lohengrin'
Read full article: Met Opera shares 2022-23 season, Netrebko not in 'Lohengrin'Soprano Anna Netrebko added to her list of cancellations, withdrawing from a new production of Wagnerโs โLohengrinโ at the Metropolitan Opera that is among seven new stagings the company announced for its 2022-23 season.
Metropolitan Museum of Art cuts Sackler name amid opioid ire
Read full article: Metropolitan Museum of Art cuts Sackler name amid opioid ireThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces amid growing outrage over the role the family may have played in the opioid crisis.
'Fire,' 1st work at Met by Black composer as company returns
Read full article: 'Fire,' 1st work at Met by Black composer as company returnsโFire Shut Up in My Bonesโ became the first work by a Black composer in the 138-year history of the Metropolitan Opera as the company presented its first staged performance since March 2000 following a gap caused by the coronavirus.
Met returns with 1st work by a Black composer in its history
Read full article: Met returns with 1st work by a Black composer in its historyโFire Shut Up in My Bonesโ became the first work by a Black composer in the 138-year history of the Metropolitan Opera as the company presented its first staged performance since March 2020 following a gap caused by the coronavirus.
Met Opera and orchestra reach deal, allowing season to start
Read full article: Met Opera and orchestra reach deal, allowing season to startThe Metropolitan Opera reached a four-year agreement with the union for its orchestra, the last major deal needed for the company to resume performances following a 1 1/2-year layoff caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Met Opera $31M in black in 2019-20 as pandemic starts
Read full article: Met Opera $31M in black in 2019-20 as pandemic startsThe Metropolitan Opera showed a tax return revealing it is $31 million in the black during the fiscal year that ended last July 31, but the company said the figure included mostly pledges for future years.
Met Opera strikes deal with chorus ahead of restart
Read full article: Met Opera strikes deal with chorus ahead of restartThe Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York company to resume performances in September.
James Levine, who ruled over Met Opera, dead at age 77
Read full article: James Levine, who ruled over Met Opera, dead at age 77FILE - Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. โNo artist in the 137 year history of the Met had as profound an impact as James Levine,โ Gelb said in a statement. In one instance, the Met accused Levine of inappropriately touching a musician starting in 1979 and six more times until 1991. The following February, he became principal conductor for the Metโs 1973-74 season, assisting music director Rafael Kubelik, and became music director with the 1976-77 season. Levine was downgraded to music director when he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2004.
Met Opera's revenue drops, breaks even with gifts, borrowing
Read full article: Met Opera's revenue drops, breaks even with gifts, borrowingThe Metropolitan Operas operating revenue dropped by $25 million to $150 million in the fiscal year ending July 31, a season shortened due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the company avoided an operating loss with its fundraising and borrowing. The Met said Thursday that it had a $130 million loss from operations โ down from a $154 million loss during the fiscal year that ended July 31, 2019. The fundraising figure after expenses was down from $153 million in the previous season, when the Met finished with a $1.1 million operating loss. Gelb said the Met is exploring the use of outside workers to start construction of sets for next seasonโs new productions. And from a practical point of view and the other union aspects, thereโs no way we could have used Met musicians.โThe Met hopes to get federal aid.
Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehands
Read full article: Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehandsNEW YORK โ 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. 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. Gelb hopes to reopen contracts with Local 802 of American Federation of Musicians, which represents the orchestra, and the American Guild of Musical Artists, which represents the chorus. The deals with those unions expire next summer and the Met has had preliminary meetings with 802.
Jacob Lawrence painting missing for 60 years rediscovered
Read full article: Jacob Lawrence painting missing for 60 years rediscoveredA painting by American artist Jacob Lawrence that has not been seen in public for 60 years has been found and will soon take its designated place in a 30-piece exhibit of Lawrence's work, officials at the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts said Thursday. A sharp-eyed visitor to the Met had neighbors with a Lawrence painting in their collection and, suspecting it might be part of the series, encouraged the owners to contact the New York museum. The existence of the missing panel was known through a brochure that accompanied the first showing of the series in New York in 1956. The panels were exhibited again in 1958 but had not been seen together as a group until the Peabody Essex Museum's organization of the current exhibit, โJacob Lawrence: The American Struggle." Even with the discovery of panel 16, four panels remain unaccounted for, according to the Peabody Essex Museum.
Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens '21-22
Read full article: Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens '21-22Met General Manager Peter Gelb said additional losses projected at $54 million raise the total for the company to $154 million since the pandemic started. โThe earliest we thought we could schedule it was in the 23-24 season,โ Gelb said. โHamletโ stars Allan Clayton, Brenda Rae and Rod Gilfry in a Neil Armfield staging that opens May 13, 2022. Bart Sherโs staging of Verdiโs โRigoletto,โ which opened in Berlin in June 2019, starts Dec. 31, 2021, with Quinn Kelsey. A Simon Stone staging of Donizettiโs โLucia di Lammermoorโ begins April 23, 2022, with Nadine Sierra and Javier Camarena.
Its always College Savings Month for this West Bloomfield family
Read full article: Its always College Savings Month for this West Bloomfield familyCollege Savings Month holds no special meaning for Alicia and Barry Pearlman. So while a national spotlight will focus on saving for higher education throughout September, which is College Savings Month, the Pearlmans instead will take comfort in knowing thats what theyve been doing all along. In September, in recognition of College Savings Month, MET is offering a $100 match on the first 300 contracts purchased, as well as waiving the $25 processing fee. We would have her tuition paid for, at least, and wouldnt have to worry about it.The decision also paid off financially. That let the Pearlmans continue with their strategy of investing in college savings on essentially a monthly basis.
Phillie Phanatic, Mr Met, MLB mascots now permitted in parks
Read full article: Phillie Phanatic, Mr Met, MLB mascots now permitted in parksFILE - In this Feb. 23, 2020, file photo, the Phillie Phanatic mascot walks on the third-base dugout while the Philadelphia Phillies played the Pittsburgh Pirates in a spring training baseball game in Clearwater, Fla. The fur is back on the field, exclaimed Dave Raymond, the playful mischief maker who originally portrayed the Phanatic. No telling yet whether Mr. Met and Mrs. Met need to keep their distance. When MLB starts the season next month, fans won't be allowed in the ballparks. Thats what we can do to help, even if there arent any fans inside.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
Met Opera cuts season by 3 1/2 months, to shorten some shows
Read full article: Met Opera cuts season by 3 1/2 months, to shorten some showsNEW YORK The Metropolitan Opera season is getting shorter, along with some of its shows. Social distancing and grand opera do not mix, Met general manager Peter Gelb said. The pandemic caused the Met to stop its season on March 12, forcing cancellation of the final 58 of 217 originally scheduled performances. There are 130 staged performances of 15 operas in the new schedule, down from the 218 performances of 23 operas that had been announced. This will be the fewest Met staged productions since a low of 14 in the lockout-delayed 1980-81 season, when there were 112 staged performances.
Nzet-Sguin got $392,152 in initial part of 1st Met season
Read full article: Nzet-Sguin got $392,152 in initial part of 1st Met seasonNEW YORK Yannick Nzet-Sguins earned $392,152 during his first portion of his first season as the Metropolitan Opera's music director, about a quarter of what James Levine earned in his last full season as music director emeritus. Levine was music or artistic director from 1976-2016, then became music director emeritus after the 2016-17 season. Nzet-Sguin started as music director in 2018-19, two years ahead of schedule, and conducted three operas. His full-time duties as music director dont begin until next season, Met general manager Peter Gelb said. Nzet-Sguin earned $1,380,667 from the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he also is music director, in the return for the year ending Aug. 31, 2018.
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Met Opera to hold celebration of Jessye Norman on Nov. 24
Read full article: Met Opera to hold celebration of Jessye Norman on Nov. 24NEW YORK, NY The Metropolitan Opera will hold a tribute to Jessye Norman on Nov. 24 that celebrates the life and career of the late soprano. Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Lise Davidsen, J'Nai Bridges and Leah Hawkins are scheduled to perform, the company said Wednesday, along with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, pianist Mark Markham, composer/pianist Damien Sneed, the Met chorus and the Met's "Porgy and Bess" chorus. Speakers will include Anna Deavere Smith, Gloria Steinem and former French Culture Minister Jack Lang. Norman died Sept. 30 at age 74. She was hailed at the Met for her Wagnerian performances as Elisabeth in "Tannhaeuser," Sieglinde in "Die Walkuere" and Kundry in "Parsifal," and for the title role in Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos."
Plcido Domingo cuts ties with Met Opera amid sexual misconduct claims
Read full article: Plcido Domingo cuts ties with Met Opera amid sexual misconduct claims(CNN) - The show will not go on at The Metropolitan Opera for Plcido Domingo. "The Metropolitan Opera confirms that Plcido Domingo has agreed to withdraw from all future performances at the Met, effective immediately," the statement from a Met spokesperson said. "The Met and Mr. Domingo are in agreement that he needed to step down. I am grateful to God and the public for what they have allowed me to accomplish here at The Metropolitan opera." He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera at 27 and performed there for 51 consecutive years.
Picasso sold by German Jewish businessman to stay at New York's Met
Read full article: Picasso sold by German Jewish businessman to stay at New York's MetA Pablo Picasso painting sold by a German Jewish businessman to fund his escape from Nazis should stay in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, an appeals court has ruled. (CNN) - A Pablo Picasso painting sold by a German Jewish businessman to fund his escape from Nazis should stay in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, an appeals court has ruled. Laurel Zuckerman, the Leffmann's great-grandniece, argued that her ancestors sold the "masterwork" for $12,000 under duress, therefore voiding the transaction. "Indeed, over seventy years passed between the sale of the painting in 1938 and Zuckerman's demand that the Met return the Painting in 2010," court documents noted. In 2010, the painting had to undergo repair work after a visitor fell onto the painting and caused a 6-inch tear in the canvas.