The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancelation of about one-third of the Met's season and three high-definition telecasts to movie theaters around the world
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.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 percent for everyone earning more than $125,000 and by 25 percent to 50 percent at the top of the pay scale.
The American Guild of Musical Artists, which represents the chorus and singers, viewed the Met's step as mandatory unpaid leave rather than layoffs since no artist contracts will be canceled. Technical rehearsals for next season's new productions will be compromised, Gelb said. The chorus usually returns to the Met at the start of August and the orchestra right after Labor Day."In the history of theater and opera, in force majeure situations, artists who are very well compensated, such as those who perform at the Met, do not get paid. That's why their contracts are written in such a fashion," Gelb said.
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