The Metropolitan Opera has announced the second cohort of Ukrainian interns. General Manager Peter Gelb announced that Tetiana Hnatiuk, Lada Shylenko, Andrii Koshman, and Daria Maksymova will intern at the company. The four young professionals from Ukraine have been assigned to our media, marketing, and development departments and over the next five months will gain first-hand experience working in one of the world’s premiere opera houses, giving them invaluable experiences for their future careers.
The internship program was established in 2023 with Olena Zelenska to provide help to the performing arts in Ukraine, in partnership with the Ukrainian Habitat Fund. Since the war broke out in Ukraine in February 2022, the Metropolitan Opera has supported Ukraine and the company allegedly fired “all Putin-supported artists” and later performed two concerts dedicated to Ukraine. The company has also worked alongside the Polish National Opera to form the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.
It has also invited the First Lady of Ukraine who held a fundraiser and invited Ukrainian soldiers and the Ukrainian ambassador to a performance of “Tosca” starring Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska. In the spring of 2023 the Met displayed the Ukrainian flag on the facade of the theater for four weeks. On August 24, 2023, the company observed Ukrainian Independence Day and in September 2023 General Manager Peter Gelb received Ukraine’s Order of Merit.
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