Gérard Mortier
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N.Y.'s scrappy City Opera forges a future...had they cared about the state of opera, would surely have expected to make money off those betting against success after Gerard Mortier's sudden resignation. The then-visionary head of the Paris Opera was set to take over City Opera... In this article: Gerard Mortier, Lincoln Center, Stock market crash, Don Giovanni, New York City Opera, Columbia University, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Charles Wuorinen |
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Kansas City Star | November 08, 2009
New York City Opera revives 'Esther' _ and itself
...uncertain. It started looking worse than that when the economy melted down and a newly named director, Gerard Mortier, quit before he even arrived. </p><p>But now it's back, in a handsome new auditorium with an enlarged orchestra pit,...
In this article: Esther, New York City Opera, Hugo Weisgall, Madama Butterfly, and Don Giovanni
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New York Business | November 05, 2009
City Opera gala breaks fundraising records
" City Opera's survival was in question just a year ago, when the Belgian impresario hired to lead it, Gerard Mortier, left the post before he officially started. On top of that, the company closed down for the year as its theater was...
In this article: New York City Opera, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, and Jordan
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National Public Radio | November 04, 2009
New York City Opera Rises From Turmoil
The company closed its theater for a costly renovation. Then, the Belgian impresario hired to lead City Opera, Gerard Mortier, bolted when he couldn't make his ambitious plans happen. And finally, the stock market - and the opera's...
In this article: New York City Opera, Anthony Tommasini, Samuel Ramey, Metropolitan Opera, Heartache, Esther, and Columbia University
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | August 12, 2009
GE calls Fox bombs report 'maliciously false'
...its theater for a year for renovations mandated by an executive director -- the Belgian impresario Gerard Mortier -- who then left before he had really taken over. Now, as the company's new director, George Steel , tries to get it running...
In this article: GE, Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Lou Dobbs, Paula Abdul, Barack Obama, Msnbc, and New York
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At Lima circus, TV star in drag a big hit
In this article: Lima, Peru, Cirque du Soleil, Dog, New York City Opera, and Esther
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Wikipedia | February 03, 2009
Gerard Mortier
Gerard, Baron Mortier (born 25 November 1943, Ghent) is a Belgian opera director and administrator of Flemish origin. Mortier has served as general director of La Monnaie (Brussels) (1981-1991) and of the Salzburg Festival (1990-2001). He...
In this article: National Medal, Ghent University, Belgium, Salzburg Festival, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Academy of Arts, New York City Opera, University of Antwerp, and Germany
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New York Times | January 21, 2009
Arts, Briefly: No Regrets on Opera, Gerard Mortier Says
No Regrets on Opera, Gerard Mortier Says Gerard Mortier, formerly the designated general manager and artistic director of New York City Opera, who departed that post in November before his first season, said in an interview with the French...
In this article: Le Monde, New York, New York City Opera, Daniel Barenboim, Metropolitan Opera, Berlin, and Germany
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Centre Daily Times | November 26, 2008
Gerard Mortier to take over at Spain's Teatro Real
MADRID, Spain - Spain's Teatro Real opera house said Wednesday that Belgian musician Gerard Mortier will take over as its artistic director in just over a year. Mortier, who currently runs the Paris Opera, will assume his new post in...
In this article: Teatro Real, Spain, Madrid, New York City Opera, Jesus Lopez Cobos, and Milan
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International Herald Tribune - Culture | May 20, 2008
New York opera fans warily await arrival of Gerard Mortier - International Herald Tribune
...on opera blogs, there has been growing trepidation among the company's supporters over the coming of Gerard Mortier. The Belgian-born Mortier becomes the general manager and artistic director of the people's opera, as this essential company has...
In this article: New York, New York City Opera, Wozzeck, Die Fledermaus, Nanterre, International Herald Tribune, Salzburg Festival, and Nazism
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New York Times | April 21, 2008
Paris Journal: Gerard Mortier and Paris Opera - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
Paris Journal: Gerard Mortier and Paris Opera A scene from the Paris National Opera's new production of Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" at the Bastille Opera. (Ruth Walz/Paris National Opera) PARIS - By French law, the director of the...
In this article: Paris, Wozzeck, Carmen, Opera Bastille, W A Mozart, Gertrude Stein, and Comedie francaise
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Gerard, Baron Mortier (born November 25, 1943) is a Belgian opera director. He was born in Ghent, and, despite his French-sounding surname, is Flemish., He is the general director of the Opéra National de Paris. In 2009, he will become the general director of the New York City Opera.
Mortier made his mark at the La Monnaie in Brussels, transforming it from an operatic hinterland into a postmodernist temple during his tenure there through the 1980s, although he left large debts behind.
The Salzburg Festival stunned the musical world by hiring him to succeed the hallowed Herbert von Karajan, and Mortier spent the 1990s there scandalizing many of its conservative, well-heeled opera patrons, the most notorious provocation being a production of Johann Strauss’s Fledermaus laced with cocaine and fornication and taking aim at Austria’s far-right political operatives. After a stint as founding director of the RuhrTriennale arts festival in Germany, he went to the Opéra National de Paris.
A recent production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute there caused an uproar with its air-mattress décor, video projections and costumes, including glittering, neon-lit silver jumpsuits and long black wigs adorning the Queen of the Night and her Three Ladies.
The New York cultural world is now speculating on a competition in original contemporary opera approach between the New York City Opera when Mortier will take over in 2009, and Peter Gelb's Metropolitan Opera.
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