Met Opera Chorus anyone?- Page 2

[HorseTears]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 2:25pm

Damn. $100k. That's a sweet gig. I once sang with the San Diego Opera. I got free bagels.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 2:28pm

I googled ‘met opera chorus’ and this thread turned up in the top ten results. That was the first time I ever visited BWW.

Why, so it does...

[HorseTears]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 2:30pm

Actually, a ton of things from this board show up early in Google searches. Something to perhaps keep in mind...

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 2:53pm

Count me in as another who found BWW through a Google search. It was about set designs, which brought me to the spectacular thread about favorite set designs. I have often come to threads since through other google searches, especially on rare musicals.

And I hate it when people on here say "use the search function." It's so bad it's impossible to find anything.

[Segorian]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 7:42pm

“And I hate it when people on here say "use the search function." It's so bad it's impossible to find anything.”

Yes, well, very often attempting to use the search on a website is a futile endeavour. Providing a decent search function just doesn’t seem to be a priority for those running websites. But that is no problem at all, since Google always performs better. To find something on BWW, just add ‘site:broadwayworld.com’ to your search string.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 8:05pm

Well, looka that. Ya learn somethin' every day...

[Segorian]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 8:39pm

“Damn. $100k. That's a sweet gig. I once sang with the San Diego Opera. I got free bagels.”

$100k and upwards, even with the latest cuts. The workload during the season determines the exact salary. As far as I know, no other opera house in the world comes even close to paying the members of their choruses this well.

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 9:13pm

No other opera company in the world ASKS as much of their chorus. The Met is one of the few full-time rep houses left, with a more-or-less standard schedule of eight performances a week. As contrast, San Francisco Opera, maybe the 2nd or 3rd largest company in the US, does an average or three to four performances a week. VERY few companies do that anymore. The Met is certainly the only one in America, and I can think of only two or three that come close in Europe off the top of my head. So that $100k is well-earned cash.

Posted: 9/23/14 at 10:14pm

The 100k+ is simultaneously well-earned/deserved and a charitable donation from rich patrons. The Met Chorus is on the short list of being among the best on the planet but ticket sales/market demand come nowhere close to supporting such salaries so donations and sponsorships cover most of it. The just averted threatened lockout/strike was of course based on this very issue.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 10:20pm

They are well paid, but 100K in NYC is firmly middle class. It's not an incredible amount of money here. They are always glorious when I have seen them, such talent.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 11:10pm

I've had a friend in each of the Met Opera Chorus and (before it went under) the NYC Opera Chorus. Both took sizable pay cuts when they were promoted to principal roles.

But I don't believe either ever regretted the promotion.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 9/23/14 at 11:14pm

FYI....they make a lot more than 100k a year, even after the new contracts. On top of that, and Frogs will correct me, but they get a minimum of 2 months of the year off. (Where many seek to teach.)