Shaky Met cancels opening shows

The Metropolital Opera, still negotiating a return to work with its orchestra, has made changes to the first part of its season, including the cancellation of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and the idefinite postponement of an orchestral concert with the soprano Anna Netrebko.

Here’s the statement:
While we are busy preparing to welcome you back to the opera house in September, the Met has had to make some changes to the start of the season to accommodate the necessary technical preparations after more than 16 months of closure. This has resulted in the cancellation of the revival of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, originally scheduled to run from September 29 to October 15, as well as the October 7 performance of Puccini’s Turandot. Soprano Anna Netrebko’s performance with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra, originally scheduled for October 10, will be postponed to a future season.

Expect further changes.