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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, file photo, Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Bolshoi Theater director Vladimir Urin at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. Gelb is set to become the Metropolitan Opera's third-longest tenured general manager. The company's board of directors approved a five-year contract last Thursday that extends Gelb's term through the 2026-27 season. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Gelb’s contract as Met Opera head extended through 2026-27

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

This Nov. 16, 2011 photo released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Korean-born soprano Hei-Kyung Hong during a rehearsal for the role of Mimi in Puccini's &quot;La Boheme&quot; at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Hong will sing the role for the 67th time at the Met on Nov. 14. (Metropolitan Opera via AP)

Soprano Hei-Kyung Hong extends her run of Mimis at the Met

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 18, 2007 file photo shows soprano Jessye Norman performing during The Dream Concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The Metropolitan Opera will hold a tribute to Jessye Norman on Nov. 24 that celebrates the life and career of the late soprano. Norman died, Sept. 30, 2019, at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital in New York. She was 74. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Met Opera to hold celebration of Jessye Norman on Nov. 24

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This photo released by the Metropolitan Opera shows soprano Lisette Oropesa as the fortune-hunting heroine in a revival of Massenet's “Manon” at The Metropolitan Opera in New York. (Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera via AP)

After overseas triumphs, soprano returns to Met Opera

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, opera star Placido Domingo salutes spectators at the end of a concert in Szeged, Hungary. The Metropolitan Opera confirms, Tuesday, Sept. 24, that Domingo has agreed to withdraw from all future performances at the Met, effective immediately. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh, File)

Placido Domingo withdraws from Met Opera after harassment reports

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Latonia Moore as Serena, center left on stairs, and Frederick Ballentine as Sportin' Life in a scene from the Gershwins' &quot;Porgy and Bess.&quot; (Ken Howard/Met Opera via AP)

‘No path is easy’: Black opera singers detail struggles

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

Restored edition of ‘Porgy and Bess’ readying for Met Opera

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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, file photo, Placido Domingo directs the Washington Opera Orchestra and Chorus during a rehearsal of Verdi's Requiem at Washington's Constitution Hall. Nine women in the opera world have told The Associated Press that they were sexually harassed by Domingo in encounters that took place over three decades, at venues that included the Washington Opera, the Los Angeles Opera and other opera companies. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

AP: Women accuse opera legend Domingo of sexual harassment

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

James Levine’s lawsuit against Met Opera has been settled

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Met Opera ‘Damnation’ revival becomes concert performances

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FILE - In this July 7, 2006 file photo, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. Records show conductor James Levine’s company received $936,755 from the Metropolitan Opera in his 47th and final season, a tenure cut short when he was fired as music director emeritus after an investigation found evidence of sexual abuse and harassment. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Levine’s company received $936K from Met in final season

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Met Opera ticket sales improve slightly off 2015-16 low

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Soprano Lisette Oropesa wins Beverly Sills Artist Award

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Tenor Placido Domingo poses for a photo against the backdrop of himself as a younger singer as Verdi's &quot;Otello,&quot; Sunday, April 28, 2019, at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York. Domingo has starred on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for a whopping 50 years, and is still singing. (AP Photo/Verena Dobnik)

Metropolitan Opera fetes Placido Domingo golden anniversary

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

Clarinetist shares excitement for Mozart performance

By JIM LOWE - Associated Press

This undated image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Eric Owens as Porgy, left, and Angel Blue as Bess in the Gershwins' &quot;Porgy and Bess.&quot; The Metropolitan Opera will hire an all-black outside chorus next season for its first presentation in nearly three decades of the Gershwins' &quot;Porgy and Bess,&quot; which opens the season on Sept. 23. (Paola Kudacki/Metropolitan Opera via AP)

Met Opera to hire all-black chorus for ‘Porgy and Bess’

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows tenor Javier Camarena rehearsing his aria with nine high C’s as Tonio in Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera via AP)

Tenor on top of the high C’s in Donizetti opera

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

Correction: Met Opera-New Music Director story

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In this 2018 photo, Ambrogio Maestri, from left, as Michonnet, Anita Rachvelishvili as the Princess of Bouillon, and Anna Netrebko as Adriana Lecouvreur perform during a rehearsal of the Metropolitan Opera's new production of &quot;Adriana Lecouvreur,&quot; which opens New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2018, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera via AP)

Anna and Anita star in epic opera rivalry

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

This April 17, 2017 photo released by the Metopolitan Opera shows Yannick Nezet-Seguin during a rehearsal of Richard Wagner's &quot;Der Fliegende Holländerr&quot; in New York. Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts his first performance as only the third music director in the Metropolitan Opera’s 135-year history when he takes the podium Tuesday night for the opening of a new production on Verdi’s “La Traviata” by the Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer. (Richard Termine/Metropolitan Opera via AP)

Mighty Mouse has come to save the Met

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press