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===Early career===
While in high school, Gelb began his association with the [[Metropolitan Opera]] as an usher. At age 17, Gelb began his career in classical music as an office boy to [[impresario]] [[Sol Hurok]].
 
Gelb managed the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]’s 1979 tour to China at the end of the [[Cultural Revolution]]tour. The following year Gelb became [[Vladimir Horowitz]]'s manager. Gelb assisted the pianist in the revival of his performing career, and managed his return to Russia in 1986.{{cncitation needed|date=October 2022}}
 
In 1982, Gelb founded, and was president of, CAMI Video, a division of [[Columbia Artists Management]]. In this capacity, for six years he was executive producer of "The Metropolitan Opera Presents", the Met's series of televised opera broadcasts. Gelb produced 25 televised productions for the Met.{{cncitation needed|date=October 2022}}
 
In 1992, Gelb produced both the stage and film versions of [[Julie Taymor]]’s first opera production, ''Oedipus Rex'', for [[Seiji Ozawa]]’s [[Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto|Saito Kinen Festival]].{{cn|date=October 2022}}
 
===Sony Classical===
From 1995 until joining the Met, Gelb was president of [[Sony Classical Records]] from 1995 to 2006. Gelb pursued a strategy of emphasizing [[crossover (music)|crossover]] music over mainstream [[European classical music|classical]] repertoire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/CLASSICAL-MUSIC-TUNING-UP-FOR-THE-21ST-CENTURY-2823078.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217082154/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2002%2F07%2F16%2FDD222360.DTL&type=music|url-status=dead|title=CLASSICALClassical MUSICMusic: TUNINGTuning UPUp FORFor THEThe 21ST21st CENTURYCentury /– Crossover works find an audience /– But some say these projects are less interesting artistically|first=Steven|last=Winn|date=Jul 16, 2002|archive-date=February 17, 2006|website=SFGate|access-date=Nov 21, 2019}}</ref> Examples include cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who was encouraged to record [[Americana (music)|Americana]], including an album with fiddler and composer [[Mark O'Connor]] and double-bassist and composer [[Edgar Meyer]], ''Appalachia Waltz''; electronic composer [[Vangelis]], who recorded the choral symphony ''[[Mythodea]]''; and [[Charlotte Church]], a pop artist who started her career as a classical singer.<ref name="scena">{{cite web|url=http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/041111-NL-metopera.html |title=Norman Lebrecht, "How the Met was fixed". ''La Scena Musicale'', 11 November 2004 |publisher=Scena.org |date=2004-11-11 |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref>
 
===Metropolitan Opera===
Gelb became the 16th General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, taking over from [[Joseph Volpe (opera)|Joseph Volpe]], on August 1, 2006. He launched his tenure with several new productions, including ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' directed by [[Anthony Minghella]]; ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' by [[Bartlett Sher]]; and [[Tan Dun]]'s new opera ''[[The First Emperor]]'' directed by [[Zhang Yimou]].
 
Gelb launched a number of new ventures for the Met, capitalizingsuch onas taking advantage of new media technology to distribute Met performances to a wider global audience. This became [[Metropolitan Opera Live in HD|''The Met: Live in HD'']] series, the Met becoming the first performing arts company to offer live high -definition broadcasts of its operas to cinemas and other performing arts centers in many countries of the world. The series gained both a [[Peabody Award|Peabody]] and an [[Emmy Award]]. Several digitally recorded performances were later offered on public television stations and released on [[DVD]]s for purchase.
 
During his tenure at the Met, Gelb has spearheaded the production of contemporary works, including the staging of two of [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]'s operas, ''[[Doctor Atomic]]'' and ''[[Nixon in China]]'', with a third Adams opera, ''[[The Death of Klinghoffer]]'', premiering in October 2014.{{Update inline|date=October 2021}} His other ideas have included an annual "family-oriented" presentation at [[Christmas]] time, and collaborations with the [[VivianLincoln Beaumont Theater]] of [[Center|Lincoln Center Theater]] to develop newernew musical works with musicians such as [[Wynton Marsalis]], [[Rachel Portman]], and [[Rufus Wainwright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/24/bmopera24.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317005119/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/24/bmopera24.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-03-17 |title=Rupert Christiansen, "Met's new man is aiming for the stars", ''Telegraph'', 24 June 2006 |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref> In January 2007 Gelb announced a commission for a new opera from [[Osvaldo Golijov]], tentatively scheduled for the 2010-11 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|title=New Operas at the Met: What Works?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/arts/music/11oper.html?ex=1326171600&en=4f4825d4f3de1767&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|work=New York Times|date=January 22, 2007|page=E1|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> However, following the death in 2008 of [[Anthony Minghella]] who was to have written the [[libretto]], the premiere was postponed to 2018.{{Update inline|date=October 2021}}<ref>Lawless, Jill. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070028/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-176854601.html "Minghella won Oscar for 'English Patient'"]. ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'' via [[Associated Press]] (March 19, 2008) {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>Kaptainis, Arthur. [https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Lepage+going+cosmic+Metropolitan+Opera/3997165/story.html#ixzz19I8WQVzs "Lepage going cosmic for Metropolitan Opera"]. ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' (December 18, 2010)</ref>▼
In September 2006, Sirius Satellite Radio (now [[SiriusXM]]) launched Metropolitan Opera Radio, broadcasting live performances each week as well as historic performances from the Met’s radio archive. The Met also presents free, live audio streaming of performances from its website once a week. Other initiatives launched by Gelb include a commissioning program for new operas; free dress rehearsals for the public; a free live transmission of the opening-night performance onto screens at [[Times Square]] and [[Lincoln Center]] Plaza; a rush tickets program that offers select orchestra seats for weekday and weekend performances at reduced prices; and the Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met, a contemporary art exhibition space in the Met lobby that presents new work connected to Met productions.
 
Gelb, whose contract was extended in November 2019 until 2027,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Michael |date=2019-11-25 |title=Peter Gelb's Contract Is Extended at the Metropolitan Opera |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/arts/music/peter-gelb-met-opera.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  has taken measures to increase ticket sales,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-02-23 |title=The Met Opera's New Season: What We Want to See |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/arts/music/met-opera-new-season.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> suspending performances in February when sales are slowest, extending the season until June, and adding Sunday matinees. The Met also instituted Fridays under 40, a program offering discounted tickets to younger audience members.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Annie |date=2021-12-23 |title=Drama! Divas! Dates! A New Generation of Fans Discovers the Opera |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/style/metropolitan-opera-new-generation.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ▼
▲During his tenure at the Met, Gelb has spearheaded the production of contemporary works, including the staging of two of [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]'s operas, ''Doctor Atomic'' and ''Nixon in China'', with a third Adams opera, ''The Death of Klinghoffer'', premiering in October 2014.{{Update inline|date=October 2021}} His other ideas have included an annual "family-oriented" presentation at [[Christmas]] time, and collaborations with the [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]] of [[Lincoln Center]] to develop newer musical works with musicians such as [[Wynton Marsalis]], [[Rachel Portman]], and [[Rufus Wainwright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/24/bmopera24.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317005119/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/24/bmopera24.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-03-17 |title=Rupert Christiansen, "Met's new man is aiming for the stars", ''Telegraph'', 24 June 2006 |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref> In January 2007 Gelb announced a commission for a new opera from [[Osvaldo Golijov]], tentatively scheduled for the 2010-11 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|title=New Operas at the Met: What Works?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/arts/music/11oper.html?ex=1326171600&en=4f4825d4f3de1767&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|work=New York Times|date=January 22, 2007|page=E1|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> However, following the death in 2008 of [[Anthony Minghella]] who was to have written the [[libretto]], the premiere was postponed to 2018.{{Update inline|date=October 2021}}<ref>Lawless, Jill. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070028/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-176854601.html "Minghella won Oscar for 'English Patient'"]. ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'' via [[Associated Press]] (March 19, 2008) {{subscription}}</ref><ref>Kaptainis, Arthur. [https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Lepage+going+cosmic+Metropolitan+Opera/3997165/story.html#ixzz19I8WQVzs "Lepage going cosmic for Metropolitan Opera"]. ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' (December 18, 2010)</ref>
 
The Met also raised the number of new productions, including those of recent operas and works written for the Met. In 2021-22, in collaboration with Met Music Director [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin|Yannick Nezet-Seguin]], he programmed three contemporary works and seven new productions in 2022-23.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Michael |date=2020-09-23 |title=The Metropolitan Opera Won't Reopen for Another Year |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-cancels-coronavirus.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
▲Gelb, whose contract was extended in November 2019 until 2027,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Michael |date=2019-11-25 |title=Peter Gelb's Contract Is Extended at the Metropolitan Opera |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/arts/music/peter-gelb-met-opera.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  has taken measures to increase ticket sales,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-02-23 |title=The Met Opera's New Season: What We Want to See |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/arts/music/met-opera-new-season.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> suspending performances in February when sales are slowest, extending the season until June and adding Sunday matinees. The Met also instituted Fridays under 40, a program offering discounted tickets to younger audience members.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Annie |date=2021-12-23 |title=Drama! Divas! Dates! A New Generation of Fans Discovers the Opera |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/style/metropolitan-opera-new-generation.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
TheGelb Methas also raiseddiversified casts and staff at the numberMet. of''[[Fire newShut productionsUp in My Bones]]'', includingwhich thoseopened ofthe recent2021-22 operasseason, andwas worksthe writtenfirst forwork on the Met stage by a Black composer and featured the Met’s first Black director, Camille A. InBrown 2021(who co-22directed with James Robinson). ''[[X, inThe collaborationLife withand Times of Malcolm X|X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X]]'' by [[Anthony Davis (composer)|Anthony Davis]] will receive a new production <ref>{{Cite news |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary |date=2021-09-16 |title=A Malcolm X Opera Will Come to the Met Music|language=en-US Director|work=The YannickNew NezetYork Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/arts/music/malcolm-Seguin,x-opera-met.html he|access-date=2022-09-21 programed|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> in the fall of 2023. Mr. Gelb also named three contemporarycomposers worksof color to its commissioning program: Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery, and sevenJoel newThomson. productionsIn in2021, 2022-23he appointed Marcia Sells as the Met’s first chief diversity officer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=CooperBarone |first=MichaelJoshua |date=20202021-0901-2325 |title=The Metropolitan Opera Won'tHires Its ReopenFirst forChief AnotherDiversity YearOfficer |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/20202021/0901/2325/arts/music/metropolitanmet-opera-cancelschief-diversity-coronavirusofficer.html |access-date=2022-09-1221 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Five women conductors took the podium in 2021-22, the most ever in a Met season.
 
=== Metropolitan Opera and the pandemic ===
Gelb has also diversified of casts and staff at the Met. ''Fire Shut Up in My Bones'', which opened the 2021-22 season, was the first work on the Met stage by a Black composer – and featured the Met’s first Black director, Camille A. Brown (who co-directed with James Robinson). “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” by Anthony Davis will receive a new production <ref>{{Cite news |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary |date=2021-09-16 |title=A Malcolm X Opera Will Come to the Met |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/arts/music/malcolm-x-opera-met.html |access-date=2022-09-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>in the fall of 2023. Mr. Gelb also named three composers of color to its commissioning program: Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery and Joel Thomson. In 2021, he appointed Marcia Sells as the Met’s first chief diversity officer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barone |first=Joshua |date=2021-01-25 |title=The Metropolitan Opera Hires Its First Chief Diversity Officer |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/arts/music/met-opera-chief-diversity-officer.html |access-date=2022-09-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Five women conductors took the podium in 2021-22, the most ever in a Met season.
In 2020, while live performances were on hiatus due to the pandemic, Gelb organized the start of Nightly Met Opera Streams, free online presentations of archival performances. The program lasted 16 months, with over 20 million views.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feldman |first=Adam |title=The Met is streaming its final set of free operas this week |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-metropolitan-opera-is-streaming-its-final-set-of-free-operas-this-week-071821 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Time Out New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In July 2020, The Met launched the Met Stars Live in Concert initiative, a pay-per-view service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levere |first=Jane |title=Met Opera Tomorrow Launches Live, Pay-Per-View Concert Series, Featuring Stars Performing In Unusual Locations In Europe, US |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janelevere/2020/07/17/met-opera-tomorrow-launches-live-pay-per-view-concert-series-featuring-stars-performing-in-unusual-locations-in-europe-us/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Metropolitan Opera and Ukraine ===
Under Mr. Gelb’s leadership, the Metropolitan Opera acted to express solidarity with [[Ukraine]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary |date=2022-03-15 |title=Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/arts/music/met-opera-ukraine.html |access-date=2022-12-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> over the Russian invasion. Within days of the attack, the Met operaOpera and chorus sang the Ukrainian national anthem ahead of a regularly scheduled performance. Two weeks later, the Met organized a benefit concert on behalf of Ukraine. Mr. Gelb, in cooperation with the Polish National Opera, organized the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-08-14 |title=An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/arts/music/ukraine-war-orchestra-refugees.html |access-date=2022-12-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which was made up of Ukrainian musicians inside and outside of the country.
 
The orchestra, led by Mr. Gelb’s wife, the conductor [[Keri-Lynn Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary |date=2022-09-30 |title=A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/arts/music/met-opera-idomeneo-lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk.html |access-date=2023-01-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> toured during the summer of 2022, traveling to 12 cities in Europe and the United States as an expression of support for Ukraine and to raise money for its people. The Met continues to present Russian works and engage Russian singers, performing Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” in the spring of 2022<ref>{{Cite news |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary |date=2022-03-27 |title=Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/27/arts/music/putin-tchaikovsky-onegin-met-opera.html |access-date=2023-01-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” in the fall of 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary |date=2022-09-30 |title=A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/arts/music/met-opera-idomeneo-lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk.html |access-date=2023-01-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Awards and recognitions==▼
[[File:Peter Gelb at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for The Metropolitan Opera.jpg|thumb|Peter Gelb at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for The Metropolitan Opera]]
Among Gelb’s Emmy Award-winning films are ''Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia'' (1991) and ''Vladimir Horowitz:'' ''[[The Last Romantic]]'' (1985), both with Maysles Films. Gelb received a Peabody Award for his four-part television series ''Marsalis on Music'' (1995), in which jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis introduces young audiences to the full experience of classical music and jazz.
 
▲== Awards and recognitions ==
Gelb also won Peabody Awards for the 1986 televised concert ''Horowitz in Moscow'' and for the Met’s ''Live in HD'' series. In 2001, he co-directed and produced a 90-minute documentary entitled ''Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks'', about the making of the hit Broadway show’s cast album. The film was awarded a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] in 2002. Three of the Met’s ''Live in HD'' productions released on DVD—John Adams’s ''Doctor Atomic'', Wagner’s ''Ring'' cycle, and Thomas Adès’s ''The Tempest'' (the last two both directed by Robert Lepage)—won consecutive Grammys for best opera recording for the company and for Gelb as executive producer between 2011 and 2013. He also received the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award for the ''Live in HD'' series in 2011.
In 2013, Gelb received the Sanford Prize from the Yale School of Music, and was named Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur by the French President.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2013 |title=Peter Gelb receives Sanford Medal at Convocation |url=https://music.yale.edu/2013/09/12/soldiers-music-peter-gelbs-address-convocation |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=music.yale.edu |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, he received the Gold Medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-27 |title=National Institute of Social Sciences Honors Hunter President Raab |url=https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/national-institute-social-sciences-honors-hunter-president-raab |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Upper East Side, NY Patch |language=en}}</ref> On May 28, 2020, Italian President Sergio Mattarella decorated Mr. Gelb as an Ufficiale nell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=*** ATTO COMPLETO *** |url=https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/vediMenuHTML?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=2020-07-21&atto.codiceRedazionale=20A03789&tipoSerie=serie_generale&tipoVigenza=originario |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www.gazzettaufficiale.it}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Order of Merit, Ukraine]], by President [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] in August 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-31 |title=Zelensky awarded state awards of Ukraine to Hollywood celebrities: how did they distinguish themselves in front of the country |url=https://www.forumdaily.com/en/zelenskij-prisvoil-gollivudskim-znamenitostyam-gosudarstvennye-nagrady-ukrainy-chem-oni-otlichilis-pered-stranoj/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=ForumDaily |language=en}}</ref>
 
''[[Time magazine|TIME]]'' magazine named Gelb a 2008 honoree of the [[Time 100]] list of the world’s most influential people. In 2010, France honored him as an Officier dans l’[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], and in 2012 he received the Diplomacy Award of the Foreign Policy Association. In 2013, Gelb received the Sanford Prize from the [[Yale School of Music]], and was named Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur by the French President. Gelb has received [[honorary degrees|honorary doctorates]] from [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]] and from the [[William E. Macaulay Honors College]] of the [[City University of New York]]. In 2019, he received the Gold Medal from the [[National Institute of Social Sciences]]. On May 28, 2020, Italian President Sergio Mattarella decorated Mr. Gelb as an Ufficiale nell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia. He was awarded the Order of Merit, Ukraine, by President Volodymyr Zelensky in August 2022.
 
== Controversy ==
 
== Controversies ==
Gelb's history at Sony Classical caused concern among critics when he was appointed to take over as General Manager at the Metropolitan Opera. He responded to fears that he would dilute the Met's artistic standards as he seeks a wider audience for the company, saying “I think what I’m doing is exactly what the Met engaged me to do, which is build bridges to a broader public. This is not about dumbing down the Met, it’s just making it accessible."<ref>{{cite news|last=Wakin|first=Daniel J.|title=The Multiplex as Opera House: Will They Serve Popcorn?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/arts/music/07unio.html?ex=1315281600&en=7e7b8a87298a10dd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|work=New York Times|date=September 7, 2006|page=B1|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref>
 
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In a phone call to the station, Gelb called the piece "awful and nasty."<ref>{{cite web|last=Wakin|first=Daniel J.|title='Ring' Criticism, Rescinded|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/06/arts/music/the-ring-cycle-interactive.html?ref=arts#/#may1|work=New York Times|date=May 1, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> Weeks later, following an equally critical essay about the Met under Gelb by Brian Kellow and a negative review of the Met's new production of ''The Ring'', the magazine ''[[Opera News]]''—produced by the Met Opera Guild, a support organization—announced it would no longer review Metropolitan Opera productions.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Daniel J. |last=Wakin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/arts/music/opera-news-will-stop-reviewing-metropolitan-opera.html |date=May 21, 2012 |title=Latest Met Aria: Bad Opera News Is No News |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Gelb said the decision was made “in collaboration with the guild". However, due to negative public reaction, the decision was quickly reversed.<ref>{{Cite news |work=Capital New York |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2012/05/5974447/reversal-opera-news-will-continue-cover-metropolitan-opera |first=Joe |last=Pompeo |date=May 22, 2012 |title=In reversal, ''Opera News'' will continue to cover the Metropolitan Opera}}</ref>
 
In 2014 Gelb and the Met were dogged by new controversy<ref>{{Cite webmagazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-mets-klinghoffer-problem|title=The Met's "Klinghoffer" Problem|first=Alex|last=Ross|magazine=The New Yorker |date=Jun 24, 2014|access-date=Nov 21, 2019|via=www.newyorker.com}}</ref> with a production of [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]'s opera ''[[The Death of Klinghoffer]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metopera.org/opera/the-death-of-klinghoffer-adams-tickets |title=The Death of Klinghoffer - Adams &#124; 2014-15 Tickets - Metropolitan Opera |access-date=2014-09-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825055938/http://www.metopera.org/opera/the-death-of-klinghoffer-adams-tickets |archive-date=2014-08-25 }}</ref> due to criticism that the work was [[antisemitic]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|title=Klinghoffer Daughters Protest Opera|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/11/arts/klinghoffer-daughters-protest-opera.html|date=September 11, 1991|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> In response to the controversy Gelb canceled the scheduled worldwide HD video presentation of a performance, but refused demands to cancel the live performances scheduled for October and November 2014.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/the-met-the-controversial-opera-and-the-politics-of-protest/2014/10/16/e6c44984-5555-11e4-ba4b-f6333e2c0453_story.html The Met, the opera on the murder of Leon Klinghoffer and the politics of protest - The Washington Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Demonstrators held signs and chanted "Shame on Gelb".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-death-of-klinghoffer-protests-20141021-story.html|title='Death of Klinghoffer' goes on at Met Opera House despite protests|date=Oct 21, 2014|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=Nov 21, 2019}}</ref>
 
Gelb was contacted by a police detective in October 2016 about allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by Met conductor [[James Levine]]. Gelb had been aware of the accuser's abuse allegations since they were made in a 2016 police report, and of the attendant police investigation, but did not suspend Levine or launch an investigation until over a year later.<ref name=autogenerated2>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/metropolitan-opera-to-investigate-james-levine-over-sexual-abuse-allegations/2017/12/03/e8820982-d842-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html "Metropolitan Opera suspends James Levine over sexual abuse allegations,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Washington Post''.</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[https://nypost.com/2017/12/02/legendary-opera-conductor-molested-teen-for-years-police-report/ "Legendary opera conductor molested teen for years: police report,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The New York Post''.</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/arts/music/james-levine-met-opera.html "Met Opera Reels as Fourth Man Accuses James Levine of Sexual Abuse,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The New York Times''.</ref> Classical music blogger, former ''[[Village Voice]]'' music critic, and [[Juilliard School]] faculty member [[Greg Sandow]] said: "Everybody in the classical music business at least since the 1980s has talked about Levine as a sex abuser. The investigation should have been done decades ago."<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/met-opera-waited-year-act-accusation-james-levine-article-1.3677429 "Met Opera waited year to act on accusation against James Levine,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''NY Daily News''.</ref>
 
[[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning music critic [[Justin Davidson]] mused: "I’m not sure the Met can survive Levine’s disgrace."<ref>Justin Davidson. [http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-met-may-not-survive-the-james-levine-disgrace.html "The Met May Not Survive the James Levine Disgrace"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Similarly, ''The Wall Street Journal'''s drama critic [[Terry Teachout]] wrote an article entitled: “The Levine Cataclysm: How allegations against James Levine of sexual misconduct with teenagers could topple the entire Metropolitan Opera”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-levine-cataclysm-1512510459|title=The Levine Cataclysm|first=Terry|last=Teachout|website=WSJ|access-date=Nov 21, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Peter Gelb is the son of [[Arthur Gelb]], former Managingmanaging Editoreditor of ''[[The New York Times]]'', and writer [[Barbara Gelb]].
 
Gelb is married to conductor [[Keri Lynn Wilson]]. He has two children from a previous marriage. His elder son, [[David Gelb]], is a director and cinematographer, most known for his documentary ''[[Jiro Dreams of Sushi]]''. His younger son, Matthew Gelb, is a film editor based in New York City.

In 2019, Gelb received an Honorary Doctorate from the [[Manhattan School of Music]].
 
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