Indlu yeMetropolitan Opera kwiZiko laseLincoln.UJohn Lamparski / Getty Izithombe Ngo-Matshi, i-Metropolitan Opera kwisiXeko saseNew York yanyanzelwa ukuba icime ngenxa yobhubhane we-coronavirus, kodwa eli ziko laligcina umoya walo ukusukela ngoko kunye neekonsathi ezikude ezazikhanyisa imiboniso yeenkwenkwezi zayo ezinkulu kumakhaya kwihlabathi liphela. NgoMvulo, nangona kunjalo Ukudibana kweOpera ukuba babengenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokulirhoxisa lonke ixesha labo lokuwa, ikhefu kwimveliso eya kuthi ibabize malunga ne-100 lezigidi zeerandi kwingeniso elahlekileyo neshiya uninzi lwabasebenzi beziko kunye nabazobi bengenathemba lokuhlawulwa ngekamva elibonakalayo. I-opera iye yasokola ngokwezezimali kangangeminyaka, kodwa iingxelo ezintsha zityhila ukuba zimbi kangakanani izinto.
Ngokwe- INew York Times , IMetropolitan Opera inesibonelelo se-270 yezigidi zeedola, kodwa ikwanayo nenani elibonakalayo lamatyala abophelelweyo kwaye ixhomekeke kwileta yekhredithi exhaswa yimigca emikhulu yeChagall egcinwe kwigumbi lokuphembelela iZiko laseLincoln ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthembeka kweziko ngokubhekisele kula matyala. Imizobo emibini ebunjiweyo, nganye nganye ilinganisa iinyawo ezingama-30 ngeenyawo ezingama-36, yenziwe ngumculi ngokukodwa kwi-Met kwaye yafakwa ngo-1966. Ndagqiba ekubeni ndizisebenzise njengezibambiso ngo-2009 . 
Umzobi waseRussia ozelwe ngumculi uMarc Chagall ubeka phambi komnye wemizobo yakhe yeMetropolitan Opera ngo-1966.Ifoto nguAgence France Presse / Getty Izithombe
Iindaba zenkampani ye-opera yokuqhubeka nokuvalwa kuthetha ukuba ngobude bexesha elingawenzi mali ngalo ukuthengisa amatikiti okanye ukunikezelwa, kuya kufuneka ukuba ixhomekeke kuphela kwiminikelo yesisa evela kubaxhasi kunye namalizo ukuze baphile.
IMetropolitan Opera iceba ukubuyela emntwini inegala ekhethekileyo Ngaphambi kweNyibiDyala , kodwa kude kube lelo xesha, ukugcinwa kwendawo ebonakalayo yenkampani kunye nolwakhiwo lwentsebenzo xa kuthelekiswa nokubaluleka kokuqinisekisa ukuba iimvumi zabo, iimvumi kunye nabasebenzi bakhathalelwe kakuhle. UVincent J. Lionti, owaphula umthetho kwiokhestra yeMet Opera, noJoel Revzen, umncedisi womqhubi weokhestra, sele usweleke kwi-coronavirus , nakwiopera Amagcisa eChorus baye babhenela ekusekeleni ingxowa-mali yabo ukuze bakwazi ukufikelela. Uninzi lwabasebenzi benkampani baye bathanjiswa (ngezibonelelo zezempilo) kwaye bagcwalisa ukungabikho kwemisebenzi ukusukela ngoMatshi.
