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Met Opera’s lions roar again!
We're talking big big big roar – from the orchestra, from the chorus, from the soloists — and from the audience. It was the fierce roar of artists re-establishing their territory, of restoring their…
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observations 9/2
NYCB announced its COVID Nutcracker plans. No kids under 12 will be in the casts although kids under 12 will be in the audience provided they can produce a negative COVID test. This will…
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Pay the orchestra, dammit!
NYCB hits sour notes with elected officialsNew York City Ballet has always depended on taxpayers to fund it. Most recently as the result of the COVID crisis, NYCB received a federal grant of $10 million and also will share in…
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Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony in Damrosch Park
The Met Opera Orchestra is celebrating its new union contract with Met management by giving two free performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" in Damrosch Park on September 4th and 5th at 8pm.…
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NYCB Orchestra dispute not over
by a long shot. From Slipped Disc: Two weeks ago the company told its musicians they would not receive pay for the past 18 months. Now it is informing them of disciplinary action if…
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BAAD Superspreader Event
The week of BAAND Superspreader Events opened last night at Damrosch Park. Haglund apparently overlooked the notice that the seating arrangements of prior weeks — pods of two chairs with three feet between them…