The Metropolitan Opera is growing mould
NewsFrom one of our moles inside the Metropolitan Opera:
Back in August, the Tannhauser set, which had been in storage for roughly eight years, was brought into the Met in preparation for this season.
Cases were opened and mold nearly knocked some of the guys over. Black mold.
Some “heads” from scenic were brought in to take a look; they suggested a thorough cleaning/ disinfecting with a subpar product and pack it up for later.
This Wednesday, November 15, the cases were opened up and said mold on the Tannhauser ground cloth, had grown to toxic levels.
The crew were responsible for opening cases uo. Some became ill. The ground cloth was deemed a complete hazard and trashed.
The chorus and soloists were scheduled to have their first staging rehearsal a few hours later on this set. The air was full of mold and other particles that are dangerous for some people.
Rehearsal went on as planned without a ground cloth.
Health and safety?
I have my doubts about this report. The production department at the Met is highly professional and if there was doubt back in August, extreme precautions would have been taken.
Is the “mole” in the production department and sufficiently schooled to deem the cleaning/disinfectant as subpar? Was there a professional present during the set-up and rehearsal to test the air quality? The Met chorus is notorious as a rumor mill.
I’m no fan of PG, but I do know many of the professionals backstage and this report doesn’t pass the sniff test.
You are so wrong. Ask anybody that handles the scenery at the Met about the mold problem. You would be very surprised at the answers that you get.
Bravo! And to think this is the kind of thing our hard-earned tax-payer dollars go to!
You win dumbest comment of the day. Never an easy feat.
Check their financial statements. The Met receives a minuscule amount from the government…”your hard-earned tax-payer dollars”. This isn’t Germany….stop spreading untruths.
You are a sad fool.
Wow… and your name is the icing on the cake (or, the mold on the ground cloth). Yeah, I said it.
I’m just hoping this isn’t some ominous metaphor.
Hydrogen Peroxide in a high concentration is the only thing that will kill black mold, which is dangerous.
Certainly, for singers, it could be career-ending.
Actually bleach works best, however, both will remove paint from sets.
The only thing moldy at the met is Peter Gelb
And his little sidekick Yannick
Strange this would be allowed to continue given the tendency in the US to sue for just about everything, certainly for issues affecting health and safety. Can the Met afford the possible litigation?
With that headline, do you mean literally or metaphorically?
Because I certainly can’t tell.
Just re-stage it on any set that isn’t moldy. Hey, presto, “Instant Regie.”!
Blame Canada
The Met lost me years ago!
Natures tribute to the feckless tenure of Peter Gelb.
This has been going on for at least four decades. Since the Met sold off all of their warehouses and decided to store all of their scenery in containers. I believe the containers were somewhere in the NJ swamp lands. I heard that they would wear hazmat suits while entering the containers. When the service crew would go to the site they noticed water damage and mold growing on the scenery. When the scenery was loaded in the Mets loading dock they would spray it down with a deodorizing spray to mask the smell. When the set was fully built on stage they would spray it again. This is nothing new it’s all about the Benjamins. It’s been going on since the last General Manager had a large interest in this decision.