NYC Opera Musicians, Singers Want Steel to Go, Company to Stay
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In a protest as melodious as it was rueful, New York City Opera musicians and singers took to the sidewalk outside Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts to pan General Manager George Steel’s plan to vacate the David H. Koch Theater for an undisclosed location or locations.
“Save the People’s Opera” read the flyers as musicians in black tie performed selections from “Rigoletto,” “Aida” and others on the idyllic early-summer morning.