New York City Opera Musicians Blast "Egregious Mismanagement" in Wake of Bankruptcy

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By Tessa Stuart

Gail Kruvand was an assistant principal bass player in the New York City Opera for 22 years. "I took lots of auditions, all over the country, before I won this position, and for me it was like, wow! I really felt like I'd arrived."

She played her final show with City Opera on Saturday, a performance of Anna Nicole.

"It was really sad. We were celebrating our great times that we had together," she says of the orchestra and chorus. "This dissolution and this bankruptcy of New York City Opera is not going to take away our memories."

On Tuesday, Artistic Director George Steel announced in an email to subscribers that the company was beginning Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings after failing to raise $7 million dollars needed to keep the company afloat.

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