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“My appeal is to give back to the musicians of the Met the dignity which we all deserve and the hope that they can soon return to share with us their art.

“The extensive and glorious history of the Met and its fabulous Orchestra cannot end in an artistic catastrophe. In his letter, Muti urges music and arts lovers to support the Met Orchestra in its time of urgent need. Nézet-Séguin has since vowed to match any donations up to $50,000 in support of the orchestra and chorus’s “unique artists”. They deserve to be treated as such.”Īlongside Muti, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of the Metropolitan Opera, has spoken out in support of the company’s orchestra, describing the situation as “unacceptable and painful” and telling a Quebec newspaper: “This shows me once again that, without a government social safety net, all of this is far too fragile.” This is a first-class orchestra WITHOUT the opera. Shame on Gelb and everyone else involved,” said one user.Īnother said, “What the hell is wrong with the Met Board? Do they not know if it weren’t for the musicians, their top billed opera stars wouldn’t have any music to sing to? Get it together. “I’m a Met donor and will not give one penny more until the musicians are treated equitably. People who claim to be donors to the Metropolitan Opera have replied to an Instagram post from the Orchestra, in which it says the company had been hiring non-Met musicians under the banner of the Orchestra. “Let’s be clear: hiring non-Met musicians under the banner of the Metropolitan Opera and outsourcing the orchestra’s work is an attack on the Met as an artistic institution and an insult to the very artists who work there.” “It is artistic malpractice and unacceptable that non-Met musicians are being hired to perform under the banner of the Metropolitan Opera,” Adam Krauthamer, president of the musicians union AFM Local 802, said in a statement.

An article in the New York Post alleges that the opera company used “budget musicians” for its pay-per-view New Year’s Eve gala, without telling donors or ticketholders.