巡演是挂在大都会歌剧院总经理脖子上的大累赘。我猜想,它最终会因为庞大的经济负担停下来。即使是现在,所到城市每场会支付给大都会5万美元,巡演也是一种破坏性的亏损。在纽约,一场满座的演出同样能挣到5万美元而且没有运输服装布景的费用,也无需额外支付公司300名员工每人每天25美元的津贴。到目前,巡演的账目依然是这样处理的:表面上看有利润,实际上未将公司的管理费用和剧目制作损耗计入——然而,每个人现在都知道巡演是 The tour is a big drag on the neck of the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera. I suspect it will eventually stop because of the huge financial burden. Even now, touring is a devastating loss to the metropolis of 50,000 U.S. dollars each paid to the city. In New York, a full-length show can earn as much as 50,000 U.S. dollars without the cost of shipping set clothes or pay an additional 25 U.S. dollars per person per day for 300 employees. So far, the tour’s accounts are still treated like this: apparently profitable, without actually accounting for the company’s overheads and repertoire losses - yet everyone now knows the tour is