Gerard Mortier
Gerard Alfons August, Baron Mortier (25 November 1943 – 8 March 2014) was a Belgian opera director and administrator. He was the general director of La Monnaie/De Munt (1981–91) and of the Salzburg Festival of Salzburg, Austria (1990–2001). He was born in Ghent and was Flemish.
Mortier died from pancreatic cancer on 8 March 2014 in Brussels. He was 70 years old.[1]
References
- ↑ Woolfe, Zachary (9 March 2014). Gerard Mortier, Opera Visionary, Dies at 70. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/arts/music/gerard-mortier-opera-visionary-dies-at-70.html?_r=0. Retrieved 9 March 2014.