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WASHINGTON\u2014Aiming to cut costs after a poor fiscal quarter, Washington National Opera general director Timothy O\u2019Leary announced plans Monday to lay off 200 phantoms effective immediately.\u00a0\u201cIn these difficult times, we can no longer afford to keep all the ghastly, mysterious men who haunt our catacombs on this organization\u2019s payroll,\u201d said O\u2019Leary, who expressed regret that [\u2026]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON\u2014Aiming to cut costs after a poor fiscal quarter, Washington National Opera general director Timothy O\u2019Leary announced plans Monday to lay off 200 phantoms effective immediately.\u00a0\u201cIn these difficult times, we can no longer afford to keep all the ghastly, mysterious men who haunt our catacombs on this organization\u2019s payroll,\u201d said O\u2019Leary, who expressed regret that… Read MoreNational Opera Lays Off 200 Phantoms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":436469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"yoast_head":"\nNational Opera Lays Off 200 Phantoms - 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