Metropolitan Opera
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The company’s orchestra offered prestige and job security. But the pandemic has upended hundreds of lives. Source
Many artists have not been paid since March at the company, which hopes to return on New Year’s Eve after its longest interruption in over a century. Source
Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year. Source
Hard-core music, theater and movie aficionados from around the world told us how they’re coping in coronavirus lockdown. Source
With the company’s September opening in jeopardy, it will put 41 staff members on indefinite furlough and cut 11 others to part-time hours. Source
For four hours, more than 40 of the company’s stars performed live from their homes around the world. Source
More than 40 artists will participate in the April 25 event, which comes as the company faces up to $60 million in losses because of the coronavirus pandemic. Source
The company’s orchestra and chorus will not be paid past March. The move is another stark sign that even the richest cultural institutions face a profound threat from the outbreak. Source
The Met, the biggest performing arts organization in the nation, will lose millions in ticket revenues. Source
An investigation found behavior including flirtation and sexual advances by the opera superstar, who issued his fullest apology yet. Source
