Gerard Mortier

Evening Music | May 6, 2010

Incoming General Manager and Artistic Director, New York City Opera
The famed opera producer/impresario is currently finishing his tenure as director of the Paris National Opera. Mortier's first season at the City Opera, 2009-2010, will eschew Mozart and Puccini for 20th century works, including Philip Glass's "Einstein on the Beach."

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