{"id":15455,"date":"2024-11-25T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=15455"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T15:36:29","slug":"metropolitan-opera-general-manager-pens-guest-essay-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/11\/25\/metropolitan-opera-general-manager-pens-guest-essay-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Opera General Manager Pens Guest Essay in New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15456\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Peter-Gelb-.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Gelb\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Peter-Gelb-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Peter-Gelb--300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Peter-Gelb--1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Peter-Gelb--768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Gelb (courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, the Met\u2019s general manager Peter Gelb wrote an Opinion piece in the New York Times. Gelb\u2019s essay focused on the importance of programming new works when working to ensure opera\u2019s continued relevance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the buzz:<\/strong> On November 17th, Peter Gelb published a guest essay entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/17\/opinion\/opera-crisis-new-works.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b04.Irzu.VrQBf86bZayl&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\">How to Save Opera in America? Make It New Again<\/a>\u201d in the New York Times. The Metropolitan Opera general manager highlighted the opera industry\u2019s struggles due to the pandemic and a lack of government support and educational programs. Gelb explained how the Met\u2019s production of new operas has helped to attract younger audiences, despite receiving mixed reviews in the press.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The rebuttal:<\/strong> Gelb\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/slippedisc.com\/2024\/11\/peter-gelb-how-i-i-i-saved-the-met\/\">Sunday sermon<\/a>,\u201d as it was dubbed by music writer Norman Lebrecht, has drawn mixed reviews itself. Lebrecht criticized Gelb\u2019s frequent use of the first-person pronoun, musing on whether or not Gelb saw opera as a teamwork-based affair. Meanwhile, the Washington Post\u2019s former music critic Anne Midgette and the occasional Financial Post critic Olivia Giovetti saw Gelb\u2019s guest essay as <a href=\"https:\/\/oliviagiovetti.substack.com\/p\/peter-gelb-metropolitan-opera-critics\">an expression of his difficulties accepting criticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an age where not only classical music funding but also classical music criticism is increasingly rare, perhaps it is hard to know how a critic should be, <a href=\"https:\/\/oliviagiovetti.substack.com\/p\/peter-gelb-metropolitan-opera-critics\">as Giovetti pondered<\/a> following Gelb\u2019s article. We\u2019re all for the free press over here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Met\u2019s general manager Peter Gelb wrote an Opinion piece in the New York Times. 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