![]() Five days ago, citing the “safety and security of our audiences and employees” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it canceled all rehearsals and performances through March 31. The Met, whose 2019 budget was $312 million, is reportedly the nation’s single largest performing arts organization. The Met let go of most of its unionized staff this week for the the rest of their season, which was set to end May 9.Ī Met spokesperson tells The Post that the employees will still receive health benefits and will get their jobs back once rehearsals resume for performances in September. The sobering news comes as nearly every facet of arts and entertainment shuts down, with audiences forced to stay inside and artists themselves fighting the spread of the deadly virus. ![]() The Metropolitan Opera suspended the employment of much of its staff, including its musicians and chorus, in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. Witnesses in alleged COVID vaccine fraud case put 82 NYC educators in potential legal danger I believed Hochul, but her probe of COVID nursing-home deaths in NY is 'damn' late Price chopper: NYC gave helipad operators $1.4 million in COVID rent breaksĤ98 to go: First migrants arrive at Mayor Adams' tent city in NY - all 2 of them
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