(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) AGMA has released details to the Metropolitan Opera & AGMA bargaining deal that will see pay cuts for soloists, dancers, and chorus members. The union announced that all pay cuts would be effective through July 31, 2024 and would be non negotiable. Rate reductions for every group except per performance soloists will be 2.7% {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its next two weeks of nightly streams. The first week will center on operas featured in the “Aria Code” podcast. The second week will focus on reimagined settings of classic operas. Week 64 – Aria Code: The Operas Behind the Podcast Monday, May 31 – Puccini’s Turandot Starring Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, {…}
The United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 has filed three Unfair Labor Practice Charges against the Metropolitan Opera. The IATSE took to social media to announce that the three charges that were filed were that the Met refused and failed to meet bargain in good faith, the company failed to provide requested information relevant to mandatory terms and conditions of {…}
The Met Chorus Artists have announced that 148 furloughed Met AGMA Artists are set to receive emergency funds from Met Chorus Artists. The funds are the result of the Face the Music fundraising campaign started by the Met Chorus Artists, Inc. back in December. Not only did the campaign raise funds from around the world, but was also widely aided {…}
PBS has announced that it will be broadcasting Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak’s performance from the Met Stars Live in Concert series on June 4, 2021. The showcase, which took place in August 2020, featured the famed opera couple live from Èze in France performing music by Puccini, Donizetti, Rossini, Gounod, Verdi, and Léhar, among others. In his OperaWire review {…}
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Award, now renamed The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, announced its 2021 winners which will receive $20,000. The American Scandinavian Foundation Birgit Nilsson Award went to Hyoyoung Kim while the Faith B. Geier Award went to Raven McMillon. Meanwhile, the Dominque Lafont Award went to Duke Kim and the Metropolitan Opera Guild Alton {…}
On May 13, the American Federation of Musicians Local 802, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 817, Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, and IATSE rallied against the Metropolitan Opera at the “We are the Met” rally in front of Lincoln Center. The rally was organized in protest to the Metropolitan Opera’s lockout of its stagehands and the fact that {…}
(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The IATSE is joining the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra on Thursday, May 13 for the rally “We are the Met.” In a statement, the union, which represents 350 stagehands and other Met members, said “The performing arts are returning — but not the Metropolitan Opera. On Thursday, May 13 at noon, hundreds of the Met {…}
(Photo: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) The Met AGMA Negotiating Committee has reached a tentative agreement with the Metropolitan Opera. In a social media post, the Met Opera Supers revealed that the agreement would allow for bridge payment to remain in effect. The new agreement will enter into the ratification phase starting on May 24, 2021. This latest news is a positive {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announce the 10 finalists for the 2021 National Council Auditions. The finalists include Korean bass-baritone Jongwon Han, Korean tenor Duke Kim, Korean soprano Hyoyoung Kim, American soprano Brittany Olivia Logan, American soprano Raven McMillon, American baritone Timothy Murray, 29, American soprano Murrella Parton, American soprano Erica Petrocelli, American mezzo-soprano Emily Sierra, and American mezzo-soprano Emily Treigle. Han {…}
(Photo By: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that Broadway theaters can reopen on Sept. 14, 2021 at full capacity. The announcement comes days after the New York governor announced that most New York and New Jersey restrictions would be lifted on May 19. That means that there will be no limits on retail and food service establishments, {…}