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The COVID-19 pandemic brought varying degrees of stress, anxiety, and confusion to the lives of our beloved Met artists. Thankfully, Met Chorus soprano Maria D’Amato had a weekly oasis of yoga, along with a regular crowd of current and retired Met artists to breathe through the stress and find peace during a challenging time. Maria talks about the importance of community and healing through movement.
When the pandemic hit and the performing arts industry was silenced, the intrepid Dancers of the Met worked tirelessly to safely bring live art to a culture-starved world.
The life of a Met Chorister is full of “top ten” (or twenty, or thirty) performances for all time, but nothing could prepare us for the emotional experience of performing Verdi’s Requiem inside the Metropolitan Opera House for the first time in over a year and a half…
Introducing four fabulous new members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus that have joined us for this action-packed 2021-2022 season!
Many have wondered how the opera industry has dealt with safety on the job, particularly in the era of COVID. One of the Met's AGMA Safety Delegates, Met Chorus tenor Daniel Clark Smith, fills us in on this important volunteer position.
When Chelsey Hill isn’t a dresser at the Metropolitan Opera, she’s using her incredible talents as an illustrator to create brilliantly quirky masterpieces featuring opera stars, female composers, and more. She even designed the Met Chorus Artists fancy new logo!
An outspoken advocate for artists and our industry, Met dancer Cara Seymour offers meaningful commentary and a comprehensive plan so that our country's beloved arts and cultural institutions, as well as the artists who bring you the performances you love, are not lost forever in the tidal wave of pandemic closures and financial collapse.
Chorus mezzo-soprano Rosalie Sullivan says "from the time I was young, I’ve had this driving inner force that says more is possible and I’m fascinated with trying to figure it out." So it's no surprise that during the Met's closure, she focused her numerous talents on becoming a Certified Life Coach.
Read all about the Met Chorus Negotiating Committee members juggling collective bargaining agreements and term papers at the same time, and learn about our union’s incredible Free College program!
Hear what Met choristers have been doing, both remotely and in-person (masked and physically-distanced, of course) to keep the love of opera alive and to create a feeling of community in an increasingly isolated world.
I think we all agree that we’re going to need a lot more than one batch of cookies to get through the pandemic holidays. Well, here’s a whole bunch, courtesy of the Met Artists Newsletter team and one very special stage managing guest.
When the Metropolitan Opera closed its doors on March 12, 2020, the plan was to come back in two weeks, after the smoke had cleared, so to speak. It’s safe to say that no one could have imagined the scope and destructive power the COVID-19 pandemic would have on the lives of Met AGMA artists.
In an interview with Timothy Bostick of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Ned Hanlon gives us a clear and detailed picture of what it's like to be an out-of-work Met chorister during the pandemic, and what the future holds for performing artists.
Met Chorus mezzo-soprano Rebecca Carvin introduces us to Danielle Bavli, a young opera singer who got her start singing (and even soloing!) on the Metropolitan Opera stage as a member of the children's chorus.
Though the annual Metropolitan Opera Service Awards, normally held in the spring, were canceled along with the rest of the season, the Met Artists Newsletter still wants to give two very special Met Chorus members their moment in the sun! Join us in congratulating Kurt Phinney and Gloria Watson for 25 years of service at the Met!
We’re now four months into the pandemic, and while #pandemicbaking is no longer trending as heavily as it used to be, we know you’re still tempted to fire up that oven. (Even during a heat wave.) Why not give the gluten a break and try this incredible gluten-free peach cobbler from our gluten-free chorister Rachele Schmiege?
What happens when artists can’t make art together? Met Chorister Brandon Mayberry interviewed many of his colleagues to get a sense of how the chorus was faring during the extended closure of the Metropolitan Opera due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and wonders what the future may hold for all of us.
Tender, chewy, and overflowing with gingerbread spices, these Hermit Cookies may strike you as more appropriate for the colder months. But considering we’re all playing the role of the hermit, quarantining and social distancing during the pandemic, these cookies are more appropriate than ever! Embrace your inner hermit and check out this delectable recipe!
The Met Chorus’s own Kate Mangiameli wrote a book with her good friend, Broadway star Laura Benanti. Disguised as a charming children’s book, “M is for Mama…And Also Merlot” is a hilarious, no-holds-barred romp through the alphabet that will make a great gift for all the mamas in your lives!
In our first-ever Instagram/website collaboration, we are presenting #MetFanFridays, where we focus on our beloved audience members who keep the operatic art form alive with their patronage, enthusiasm, and generous support.
