Anna Netrebko, soon after her performances of Andrea Chénier at La Scala, talked about her son, his autism and the abandonment by his father, bass-baritone Erwin Schrott. When I realized that Tiago was a child who was different from the others I was desperate. My best friend’s son had the same problem, though his condition […]
Peter Gelb
The BBC interviews Rome Opera’s chief: It was like a war
A few months ago, I was contacted by the BBC about an upcoming Peter Day’s World of Business episode, which was to take a look at opera funding. They could hardly do such a programme – which also goes out globally on the BBC World Service and is one of the broadcaster’s most popular podcasts […]
Peter Gelb’s tyranny gets struck down by Met Opera fans
After the Metropolitan Opera chief Peter Gelb had forbidden his house magazine, Opera News, to review Met performances in the future (because an editorial had the cheek to comment negatively on some Met decisions) the management has done an abrupt about face, and issued the following statement: In view of the outpouring of reaction from […]
James Levine’s statement on his decision to withdraw from the Met until after the 2012-13 season
No one will be surprised, but James Levine, still recovering from a spinal injury, has now written a statement explaining his physical condition, and explaining his decision to pull out of conducting engagements at the Metropolitan Opera until the end of the 2012-13 season. Here is Levine’s statement: Early last summer I had to undergo three […]
Met Opera, ABT and concert tours organised by Japan Arts at risk
The Metropolitan Opera is debating whether to proceed with its scheduled Japanese tour in June, an ambitious trip that was several years in the planning and would be the Met’s first to that country since 2006. Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, met on Tuesday with union representatives about safety concerns and on Wednesday issued […]
