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Met Opera GM Rolling the Dice

Posted at 1:10 AM on April 8, 2010 by Ward Jacobson
Filed under: In the media

The latest edition of Vanity Fair magazine examines the challenges facing New York's Metropolitan Opera, specifically a $47 million deficit. General Manager Peter Gelb isn't backing down though. Read more about it here. Some fascinating insights on how the world of opera functions on its greatest stage. So what do you think? Is Gelb going about it the right way?

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