On the heels of the backlash from the new deal with Saudi Arabia and the Metropolitan Opera, it has been revealed the company is looking to license its intellectual property and name its building. According to the Agence France-Presse, “Gelb is actively exploring other sources of raising funds including licensing agreements of its intellectual property, as well as naming rights {…}
(Credit: Photo: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has signed an agreement with the Saudi Music Commission and the Royal Diriyah Opera House that will see the Met become the resident winter company of Saudi Arabia’s new Royal Diriyah Opera House upon its completion. The company said that the initiative is part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Saudi {…}
Peter Gelb has extended his contract as General Manager at the Metropolitan Opera through 2030. The news was revealed via an article in the New York Times announcing a new deal with Saudi Arbia that would see the company become the winter resident company at the Royal Diriyah Opera House, The news also comes a few days after Gelb told {…}
Peter Gelb doesn’t have any intention of leaving his position as General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera. In a new interview with El Pais, Gelb said that even though his contract as General Manager ends in 2027, he wants to continue in his position. He said, “I feel ready to continue beyond that date if the board of the Met {…}
(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) At the start of the War in Ukraine, General Manager Peter Gelb made a proclamation, “We can no longer engage with artists or institutions that support Putin or are supported by him—not until the invasion and killing has been stopped, order has been restored, and restitutions have been made.” The statement was clear as {…}
In what is becoming strangely predictable, any article about Anna Netrebko is set to feature choice words from Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb. In a recent Telegraph article, Gelb continued his attacks on the soprano. While the Metropolitan Opera’s general director refused to comment on her return to the Royal Ballet and Opera House when asked by the Telegraph, {…}
(Credit: OLGA RUBIO-DALMAU) In response to the Metropolitan Opera’s General Manager Peter Gelb’s attacks on Anna Netrebko, the soprano’s lawyer has submitted a revised supplemental complaint in her lawsuit in a New York federal court. In the complaint, Netrebko’s lawyer alleges that the Met and Peter Gelb defamed and disparaged her in retaliation for asserting her rights. The compaint further {…}
It seems the Metropolitan Opera was tricked regarding a donation of $15 million. In an exposé by the New York Magazine, it was revealed that Matthew Christopher Pietras had fraudulently attempted to donate money to the Metropolitan Opera. According to the report, on March 31, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb announced a major gift of $15 million by Pietras. However, {…}
(Credit: Vladimir Shirokov) Anna Netrebko’s national origin discrimination claim has been reinstated in her lawsuit against Peter Gelb and the Metropolitan Opera. On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, U.S. District Judge Analisa Nadine Torres in Manhattan stated that the soprano and her team could proceed with the claim alongside her claim of gender discrimination. With the claim reinstated, the case will {…}
Peter Gelb isn’t backing away from his fight with soprano Anna Netrebko. The Metropolitan Opera General Manager, who is currently on a media blitz, told Der Standard that the soprano was insincere in her statement against the war. He told the media outlet, “In my view, she condemned the war purely out of expediency and only after the Met had {…}
Peter Gelb is weighing in on Valery Gergiev’s performance in Italy on July 27. In a recent interview with Die Welt, Gelb condemned the performance, stating that he could not understand why an ally of Ukraine would host Putin’s biggest ally. He said it “surprises me quite a bit. Especially since Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni strongly supports Ukraine. It {…}