Gerard Mortier

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Gerard Mortier was a renowned Belgian opera director and administrator known for his innovative, often provocative programming at major European and American opera houses.

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instanceOf arts administrator
human
opera director
awardReceived Goethe Medal NERFINISHED
Order of Leopold (Belgium) NERFINISHED
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Belgium NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Belgium
countryOfDeath Belgium NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1943-11-25
dateOfDeath 2014-03-08
educatedAt Catholic University of Leuven NERFINISHED
employer La Monnaie NERFINISHED
New York City Opera NERFINISHED
Opéra National de Paris NERFINISHED
Ruhrtriennale NERFINISHED
Salzburg Festival NERFINISHED
Teatro Real NERFINISHED
familyName Mortier NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork opera
performing arts administration
givenName Gerard NERFINISHED
hasWork Ruhrtriennale festival concept
influenced European opera programming
knownFor innovative opera programming
modern and avant-garde stagings
provocative opera productions
languageSpoken Dutch
English
French
German
name Gerard Mortier NERFINISHED
nationality Belgian
notableIdea bringing contemporary directors and composers into opera
occupation artistic director
cultural manager
festival director
opera director
placeOfBirth Ghent NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Brussels NERFINISHED
positionHeld artistic director of Teatro Real
artistic director of the Salzburg Festival
designated general manager of New York City Opera
director of La Monnaie
director of Opéra National de Paris
founding director of Ruhrtriennale
studied law
workLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Madrid NERFINISHED
Paris
Ruhr region NERFINISHED
Salzburg NERFINISHED

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New York City Opera artisticDirector Gerard Mortier