Met’s Gelb Took Cut to $1.3 Million; Levine Made $1.5 Million
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Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, took an 11 percent pay cut in 2009 to $1.3 million in salary and benefits as the company’s endowment got sliced by the world financial crisis.
James Levine, the Met’s music director, earned $1.5 million, down 5 percent from a year earlier, according to the Met’s 2009-2010 tax return.