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Metropolitan Opera Disbands Its Ballet Corps
Neuilly :: France | 3 days ago
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May 20, 2013 The Metropolitan Opera has decided to disband its resident ballet company, whose roots date back to the opera's founding in 1883. The 8 remaining dancers of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, down from 16 in 2011, have accepted buyout
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ArtsBeat: New York City Opera Announces Deal With Unions
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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New York City Opera cleared a major obstacle in its effort to forge ahead in reduced form and without its Lincoln Center home, saying on Wednesday that it had reached agreements with both of its major unions...The company and the unions have been
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City Opera faces final curtain
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Burnett/AP Beverly Sills takes her bows on the stage of the New York City Opera after her final performance in the role of Rosalind in Die Fledermaus,' which she also performed for her debut 25 years earlier. New York City Opera has made music for 68
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Music stops for New York City Opera
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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New York City Opera shut its doors Monday after a contract dispute brought a company known for daring modern productions, as well as for nurturing greats such as Placido Domingo, to a halt...We are taking this one day at a time, Risa Heller, a
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Pay dispute threatens to lower the curtain on opera company
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Wagnerian plotline amid an escalating dispute that pitches its musical divas against the money men. Metropolitan Opera, has already been forced by mounting deficits to leave its prestigious uptown location. The pay dispute has become so serious that
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Sad song as opera locks out chorus
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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THE New York City Opera has locked out its chorus and musicians, further threatening the future of the troubled company. Talks broke down Saturday night between the cash-strapped opera and the unions representing its performers, and the opera
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New York City Opera Labor Talks Break Down
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Two weeks after the management of the New York City Opera passed on an offer from unions representing musicians and singers to perform for free in return for medical benefits and other concessions, labor talks appear to have completely broken down.
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City Opera Strategy Relies Heavily on Donations
Neuilly :: France | over 1 year ago
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Sara Krulwich/The New York Times George Steel, general manager and artistic director of City Opera. The document, which was provided this week by the orchestra's union, also outlines a strategy of overwhelming reliance on donated income for many
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Robert Thorson dies at 87
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Legit News Dancer, choreographer and later theatrical agent Robert Thorson died July 21 of coronary artery disease in Los Angeles after a long illness...Born in Los Angeles, Robert Young took dance lessons as a child and took his stepfather's name
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Metropolitan Opera reaches agreement with union
Elmwood Park :: NJ :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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The Metropolitan Opera has reached a contract agreement with a union representing singers, dancers and stage managers. The Wall Street Journal says the pact with the American Guild of Musical Artists calls for 2 percent salary increases for each of
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