Beverly Sills

Beverly Sills

female, deceased (2007)
Beverly Sills was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for her performances in coloratura soprano...
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

male, deceased (1883)
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his...

Joseph Volpe

male, 69 years old
Joseph Volpe was general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1990–2006.
Peter Gelb

Peter Gelb

male
Peter Gelb 's career has followed a singular arc that began with his teenage years as an usher at the Metropolitan Opera and led to his...
Rudolf Bing

Rudolf Bing

male, deceased (1997)
Sir Rudolf Bing (January 9, 1902 - September 2, 1997) was an Austrian-born opera impresario. Bing was General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in...
David Pountney

David Pountney

male
David Pountney (born 10 September, 1947) is a British theater and opera director. He has a reputation for staging rarely-performed operas.

David Webster

male
Sir David Webster (3 July 1903 - 9 May 1971) was the chief executive of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1945 to 1970. He played a key...
Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

male, 68 years old
José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born January 21, 1941), better known as Plácido Domingo, is a world-famous Spanish operatic tenor. He is known for...
Speight Jenkins

Speight Jenkins

male (Seattle, Washington, United States)
Speight Jenkins is the General Director for Seattle Opera in Seattle, Washington. He is unafraid to perform new and untraditional Operas, but he...

John Rich

male, deceased (1761)
John Rich is a film and television director. He directed such television shows as "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "All in the Family", "The Jeffersons",...