However, Mr Nhanda denied the NBPA's stance had caused a rift among the Met's ethnic minority associations.
When Luc Bondy's semitransgressive "Tosca, " which opened the Met's 2009 season to critical brickbats, returned in the spring of 2010 with new and excellent principals, it looked like a different show.
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She said the watchdog would look into the family's specific complaint about the content and timing of the Met's media communications on the night of 1 April.
Sir Paul Stephenson, Britain's most senior police officer, resigned on Sunday after facing criticism for the Met's recruitment of Mr Wallis as a PR consultant.
Damrau's triumph, coming on the heels of her splendid Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto" last month, solidifies her position as one of the Met's most important stars.
According to a recent survey by Shugoll Research, a pollster, more than 92% of the people who saw one of the Met's performances in a cinema said they were likely to go to a performance at the Met or another opera house.
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NPR's Jamie Tarabay met Iraqi's new human rights minister, who spoke about the report.
The Met's legal bills are estimated to have run into tens of thousands of pounds.
The allegations mainly relate to the operations of the Met's special demonstration squad in the 1980s.
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The Met's Operation Malone team is investigating the violence in the capital that day.
Like much of the Met's Islamic collection, the bowl was intended for secular not sacred use.
Alfred John, chairman of the Met's Black Police Association, sat alongside Mr Ghaffur during the press conference.
The charges are part of the Met's Operation Elveden, a probe into illegal payments to public officials.
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The man, who worked in the Met's Territorial Policing command, was bailed to a date in March.
He borrowed one of the ties and showed it to a buyer of the Met's gift shop.
By defending Sir Paul Condon, the Met's boss, he has probably kept the police on his side.
National Amusements' theaters usually sell out screenings of the Met's La Boheme as soon as the season opens.
Operation Yewtree is the Met's investigation into the allegations that have arisen since Savile was accused of abuse.
"I think we were too aggressive in our pricing this season, " said Peter Gelb, the Met's general manager.
Part of the decrease in ticket sales may be attributable to the Met's successful simulcasts to movie theaters.
The real significance of the new American Wing transcends its role as the latest in the Met's dramatic reinstallations.
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He added that police have launched a murder investigation which is being led by the Met's counter terror unit.
The Met's operatic repertoire now reaches more than 850 screens in 30 countries.
Other opera companies are copying, or planning to copy, the Met's cinematic venture.
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The Met's one and only production was staged in 1993 for Luciano Pavarotti.
It follows criticism over the Met's actions prior to the deaths in custody of Olaseni Lewis and Sean Rigg.
He also disclosed that he had asked another police force to independently review the Met's investigation into the affair.
The Met's Islamic galleries offer a grand voyage to faraway times and places, and an eye-opening display of art.
The Met's response fleet will be the first to receive the new markings.
Mr Fedorcio is responsible for explaining and promoting the work of the Met's 30, 000 police officers and over 10, 000 police staff.
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