Peter Gelb, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, earned $1.5-million in salary and benefits for the 2007-8 fiscal year, a 36-percent increase from the previous season, says Bloomberg.
The figure reflects the period before the economic downturn, which has plunged the opera into the red and prompted cost reductions, including a 10-percent pay cut for Mr. Gelb and other senior staff members. The opera has persuaded stagehands to take a 2.5-percent cut and is seeking contract concessions from the American Guild of Musical Artists, which represents singers, dancers, and production workers.
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