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Also canceled was a March 29 recital by soprano Diana Damrau with Royal Opera music director Antonio Pappano at the piano. “With health authorities urging social distancing with greater emphasis, it is simply untenable for us to continue to perform, as it puts our artists, staff and audiences at risk,” Gelb said in an email to the company.Īmong the 21 canceled Met Opera performances were this Saturday’s matinee of a new staging of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)” that was to have been televised to movie theaters around the world. Met General Manager Peter Gelb said it was too early to determine whether the company will resume for any part of the remainder of its season, which runs through May 9. President Donald Trump announced a suspension of travel to the U.S. The move was announced Thursday, one day after U.S. NEW YORK (AP) - The Metropolitan Opera canceled performances and rehearsals through March 31 due to fears of the coronavirus spreading, leaving singers scrambling to get home and costing the financially-challenged company millions of dollars. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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