The musicians of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, represented by AFM Local 802, stand in solidarity with our IATSE Local 1 stagehand colleagues who have been locked out of The Metropolitan Opera, a particularly callous action taken by Met management in this unprecedented pandemic. While our union contracts are separate, we are faced with this in...
photo credit: Joan Argemí With 30% of the MET Orchestra Musicians unable to live in New York City anymore, due to having not received salaries from The Metropolitan Opera for almost 8 months, the situation is becoming more and more devastating each day. These world-class musicians inspire the communities they live in through teaching, mentorship...
Join the MET Orchestra Musicians NOV 22 at 3PM EST for the opening concert of their NEW Spotlight Series. Tickets available here. The program will include the beloved opera aria Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turandot arranged for four horns, Tchaikovsky’s tour de force for string sextet, Souvenir de Florence and the genre-bending string quartet Strum...
Many of the musicians in question have families to support, including principal flute, Chelsea Knox. She tells Classic FM: “I gave birth during the final performance at The Met on 11 March, 2020. I had only just received tenure for my job in the spring of 2019 and for me the Met Orchestra is my dream...
With the pandemic immobilizing Performing Arts, we are taking steps to find ways to get back to work again. Playing for science brings us strength and we hope this work will provide guidelines for a safe working environment.We have teamed up with Dr. Howard A. Stone, Dr. Philippe Bourrianne (Princeton Engineering) and Dr. Manouk Abkarian...
