The 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
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Maggie Cheung in the Wong Kar-wai drama “In the Mood for Love.”Credit.Janus Films
While supervising new digital restorations of several of his films, the Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai made certain adjustments, such as changing the aspect ratio the image dimensions of “Fallen Angels,” which now has a wider frame than it did when it was first shown in 1995.
Wong, whose movies often concern the impossibility of setting anything in stone, has said the altered format reflects his unrealized intentions from that time. Ever since the restorations began touring last fall, mostly virtually, cinephiles have debated the tweaks (though unless you know the films by heart, you’re unlikely to notice).
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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.
The Met has not performed since March 11, 2020, because of the pandemic, canceling 276 performances plus an international tour scheduled for next month.