Sinking City Opera Company Rehires Manager, Snubs Artist Union
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The New York City Opera renewed the contract of its general manager and artistic director, George Steel, as the company continued on its uncertain path into a diminished future.
Steel, who oversaw the company’s departure from its Lincoln Center theater, earned $407,560 in pay and benefits in 2009, according to the opera’s tax return. His contract runs for three years, though it remains unclear what he will manage.