times is hard...

It seems that these hard times are having an effect on even the most seemingly invincible institutions - including, according to the New York Times, the mighty Metropolitan Opera with their gazillion dollar endowment and forty + person development department. Peter Gelb has had to cut several new revivals (including one of Frau, according to the Times, which is no great loss, if you ask me, but nobody did...) and may even (GASP!) take a pay cut...