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The ratified agreement reduces the number of guaranteed weeks of work for the players in the orchestra to 22, from 24, and reduces the number of full-time orchestra members through attrition to 70, from 74. “We needed to settle this contract not only for us, but for them,” the musicians said.

But the musicians noted that they had worked to mitigate the concessions where they could that further cancellations would be destructive for everyone involved and that a long strike would hurt their colleagues in the company’s other unions, which had already agreed to new labor deals when the orchestra walked out. Symphony Center welcomes students with special offers and opportunities to connect with other music lovers. In two major respects - fewer weeks of work and a smaller permanent orchestra - the agreement was in line with what management had been seeking. “The musicians will never stop fighting for that ideal but at this time, the music needs to return to the Civic Opera House.” “A world-class opera company needs a world-class orchestra,” the musicians said in a statement.

Five days after going on strike, the musicians in its orchestra on Sunday ratified a new labor agreement that would reduce their guaranteed weeks of work and the size of the orchestra but increase their weekly salary. The show can go on again at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Students discorunt at lyric opera chicago