Avant Première Music + Media Market 2025

15–19 Feb 2025 | Berlin, Germany

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Peter Gelb

General Manager

Metropolitan Opera

New York City, United States

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Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

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New York City, United States

The Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world. Since the summer of 2006, Peter Gelb has been the Met’s general manager—the 16th in company history. Under his leadership, the Met has elevated its theatrical standards by significantly increasing the number of new productions, staged by the most imaginative directors working in theater and opera, and has launched a series of initiatives to broaden its reach internationally. These efforts to win new audiences prominently include the successful Live in HD series of high-definition performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world. To revitalize its repertoire, the Met regularly presents modern masterpieces alongside the classics. Starting with the 2018–19 season, Yannick Nézet-Séguin took the musical helm of the company as the Met’s Jeannette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director.
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About me

Peter Gelb has been at the forefront of the artistic world throughout the tumult of the past four-plus years, bringing America's largest performing arts organization back from the brink after the pandemic closure, leading the way in commissioning and presenting new works, and rallying artistic forces in defense of Ukraine. Now in his 19th year at the helm of the Met, he has made a priority of presenting cutting-edge new productions of both classic operas and modern masterpieces, overseeing more than 90 new stagings by some of the world’s greatest opera and theater directors. Mr. Gelb also created The Met: Live in HD, a Peabody and Emmy Award–winning series of live performance transmissions shown in high definition in movie theaters, which is currently seen in more than 70 countries across six continents.

Speaker sessions (1)

Sunday, 16 February 2025

17:10 - 17:40

Opening Keynote: Beyond the Frame - The Future of Performing Arts on Screen

Format:In-personLocation:Screening HallTrack:Opening Keynote

Peter Gelb, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, opens Avant Première 2025 with a keynote address. With 19 years at the Met, he has championed innovation, new productions, and global broadcasts, shaping the future of opera on screen.