A cry of alarm.
A requiem even.
Hit hard by the economic crisis linked to the coronavirus, musicians in London and New York find themselves without resources.
Worried, some consider hanging up their instruments to find another source of income.
Read also: The Metropolitan Opera in New York cancels its entire 2020-21 season
In the city that never sleeps, the Metropolitan Opera is reportedly preparing for its reopening in September with
Terence Blanchard's
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
.
But given the scale of the pandemic on the other side of the Atlantic, the Met has canceled its entire 2020-2021 season.
As a result, the entire orchestra, deprived of salary since April, has seen its sentence extended by one year.
In a statement, taken over by
France Musique
, the ensemble said it was "
devastated that the Met has not found a way to engage the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra during this closure
".
He regrets that no alternative plan has been imagined by the direction of the opera to avoid a dry closure.
In England, it is not the time to party for professional musicians either.
Despite the sum of 1.5 billion pounds put on the table by Boris Johnson to save the British cultural sector, a study published by a large artists' union reflects the community's dismay in the face of the crisis.
According to
The Musician Union
, 34% of those surveyed are considering giving up their music career to find another job, while 37% are reluctant to reorient themselves professionally.
“
It is more important than ever that we come together and support each other through the global Covid-19 pandemic
,” the union wrote to its 32,000 members, encouraging them to write to their MPs.
Already worried by Brexit, the British music industry is going through one of the most difficult times in its history.
