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The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced that it plans to scale back its operations fairly significantly this year, following an extended period of economic challenges. Founded in 1935 by Mrs. August Belmont, the Met Opera Guild has existed as an independent not-for-profit organization, completely separate from the Metropolitan Opera.
All 20 of the Guild’s current employees will receive severance packages, with some moving to positions at the Met. Its board members, meanwhile, will all be offered positions on the Met Board. This overhaul will see the end of the Guild’s monthly publication, Opera News, which will move under the editorial leadership of the U.K.-based Opera magazine, as of December 2023. Opera magazine has announced Rebecca Paller as its American editor. Other programmes, such as its annual fall luncheon and spring Opera News awards, will be discontinued.
In a press-release on August 15, Opera News assured patrons that the organization’s well-loved, and longstanding student outreach program, which brings 12,000 children to the opera annually, will continue as part of the Met’s public school programming. Additionally, the Met’s HD Live in Schools program will continue to run in 70 school districts across the country.
For more information: https://operanews.com/news/2023-08-the-metropolitan-opera-guild-to-streamline-its-operations/
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