– (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) View of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Octoin New York City.
And indeed, on 23 September, two days after its originally scheduled opening night, the Met cancelled the entire season altogether, the first time it has done so since 1897.Īccording to its official statement, operations will not resume “until a vaccine is widely in use, herd immunity is established, and the wearing of masks and social distancing is no longer a medical requirement.” We can only hope those conditions are reached by September 2021. Insiders who must remain anonymous had told me months ago that they expected no new season at all.
After weeks of dire rumors, on 1 June the Met’s general manager Peter Gelb cancelled the fall component of the company’s 2020-2021 season and warned that the remainder of the season might also be called off absent a “medical solution” to the pandemic. The Met closed on 12 March, cancelling the rest of its 2019-2020 season with the exceptions of an improvised “at home” gala, in which quarantined soloists performed via internet stream, and occasional pay-as-you-go livestreamed recitals of star artists. As protests and pandemic continue to rage around America, and New York’s elite unabatedly flee bleak urban life with Late Roman enthusiasm, the fate of the city’s premiere performing arts institution, the Metropolitan Opera, remains unenviable.Īn entire season has not been cancelled since 1897
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