| ISPA 2026 New York Congress – Peter Gelb |
 Peter GelbGeneral Manager
Now in his 20th year as Met General Manager, Peter Gelb has overseen numerous initiatives aimed at rejuvenating opera and connecting it to a wider audience. He has made a priority of revitalizing the repertory with commissions of new and accessible works and new productions of classic operas and modern masterpieces, overseeing more than 100 new stagings by the world’s greatest opera and theater directors. He created The Met: Live in HD, a Peabody and Emmy Award–winning series of live performance transmissions to cinemas that is currently seen in more than 60 countries across six continents. Prior to his arrival at the Met, he served as president of Sony Classical and president of CAMI Video—a division of Columbia Artists Management that he founded in 1982—and served as executive producer of the Met’s television series, producing 25 televised presentations. His productions have earned 13 Primetime Emmy Awards.
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