Met Contract Talk Links

I'll put links worth reading here on a rolling basis. Thanks to everyone who boosted my stats by reading The Met as a Risk-Taker this week.

• Mezzo-soprano Suzanne Mentzer tells you what the stage crew, dressers, hairdressers, and makeup artists do, and why they are so important and well-paid.
• Michael Cooper (Times) writes about some of the issues
• Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Rivera tells you about what opera singers make and why.
• Met Prepares to Lock Out Workers, Michael Cooper
• Met Proposes Federal Mediators, Michael Cooper
• Labor Struggles at the Met Have a Past, Michael Cooper 
• Clocked In....or Locked Out at the Metropolitan Opera, Mark MacNamara, SFCV. Be sure to read the comments!
• The Case for Peter Gelb: The Met's Maligned Manager Isn't as Bad as You Think. James Jorden, NY Observer. A ringing endorsement!
• Met's Labor Woes Divide Opera Fans as Well as Participants, Michael Cooper. Opera Teen is quoted!
• Lois Gray, Drew McManus, and James Jorden talk about the Met's labor problems on WQXR
• Metropolitan Opera and Two Unions Reach a Tentative Deal

Blog postings here and elsewhere:

• I'm Thrilled, Thrilled, I Tell You
• Peter Gelb Wants to Lose His Job
• Peter Gelb and the Met Contract Talks
• Ron Spigelman has a few things to say
• Drew McManus at Adaptistration (link is to his Met tag, so you'll see all articles so tagged)
• The Met as a Risk-Taker, with comments from La Cieca.