Sunday, March 9, 2014

Revolutionary opera director Gerard Mortier dies

In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, Belgian musician Gerard Mortier is seen during his presentation as new artistic director of the Teatro Real Opera House, in Madrid. The renowned Belgian opera director Gerard Mortier gained fame in Belgium, Austria, Paris, New York and Madrid, has died at the age of 70 on Sunday March 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul White, file) BRUSSELS (AP) — Gerard Mortier, the Belgian opera director whose nonconformist style often grated the tradition-bound elite and who worked tirelessly to bring the art closer to the public, has died. He was 70.








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