https://van-magazine.com/mag/met-orchestra-covid-19-furlough/ An independent online classical music magazine Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:55:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://van-magazine.com/mag/met-orchestra-covid-19-furlough/#comment-14270 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:31:17 +0000 http://survive-the-furlough#comment-14270 […] confirmed longtime rumors. In the spring of 2020, with COVID ravaging New York and the world, Gelb suspended paychecks for the opera’s orchestra musicians, chorus, and stagehands, forcing some players to exhaust […]

]]> https://van-magazine.com/mag/met-orchestra-covid-19-furlough/#comment-11011 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:49:51 +0000 http://survive-the-furlough#comment-11011 […] March 31, 2020, the Metropolitan Opera suspended paychecks for the musicians of its orchestra as its productions ground to a pandemic-induced halt. Some performers left New York City, […]

]]> https://van-magazine.com/mag/met-orchestra-covid-19-furlough/#comment-7087 Mon, 03 May 2021 14:46:00 +0000 http://survive-the-furlough#comment-7087 […] gone a total of nine months without pay. “With the latest news of an extended shutdown and the orchestra continuing to be furloughed, we fear that our members will be prevented from supporting their families, communities and the […]

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