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FILE - This March 12, 2020, file photo shows Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house, background center, at Lincoln Center in New York. On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the 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. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) May 11, 2021 - 6:59 PM
NEW YORK (AP) â The Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement Tuesday 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.
Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return
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FILE - This March 12, 2020, file photo shows Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house, background center, at Lincoln Center in New York. On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the 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.Kathy Willens/AP
NEW YORK (AP) Silenced for 14 months by the pandemic and dealing with labor strife, the Metropolitan Opera will make a brief return Sunday.
Met Opera Announces Its First Live Concerts Since Shutdown
Despite ongoing labor tensions, members of the company’s orchestra and chorus will perform with soloists and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
The concerts on Sunday will be the first in-person performances under the Met’s brand since March 11, 2020.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
May 12, 2021Updated 1:22 p.m. ET
The Metropolitan Opera will perform again for a live audience, 430 days after the coronavirus shut down its theater.
Members of the company’s orchestra and chorus, joined by prominent soloists and led by its music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will give two concerts at the Knockdown Center in Queens on Sunday, the Met announced on Wednesday. The concerts will go on despite continuing labor tensions at the Met, which have threatened the intended reopening of its Lincoln Center home in September.
The Met has not performed since March 11, 2020, because of the pandemic, canceling 276 performances plus an international tour scheduled for next month.
It s an entire career just gone, said one theater worker. Author: Brit Moorer (KING5) Updated: 10:49 PM PDT May 7, 2021
SEATTLE Live entertainment was one of the first industries to be shut down when COVID-19 restrictions went into effect last year. More than 14 months later, the people who work behind the scenes are still largely out of work.
When the curtains closed, performers weren’t the only ones out of a job. Since March 13 of 2020 I ve had about 80 hours of work, total. In, you know, an industry that I ve spent the last 40 years doing, so it s an entire career just gone,” said Nick Farwell.