Gerard Mortier died

On Saturday, March 8, in Brussels, at 71 years of life, opera quartermaster Gerard Mortier died.

This is reported by Agency France-Presse with reference to the Ministry of Culture of Belgium. The cause of death was cancer.

Gerard Mortier was born in the Gaend in 1943, from 1981 to 1992 he was the general director of the Royal Opera House in Brussels, in 1992-2001 - the manager and artistic director of the Salzburg festival, in 2002 founded the Ruhr Tiennale in Bochum and became its first quartermaster.

In 2004, Gerard Mortier headed the Paris National opera, collaborated with New York City Opera, in 2010 he headed the royal theater in Madrid.

In early September 2013, Gerard Mortier announced that due to illness he could not lead the theater, soon the Royal Theater Administration had to break the contract with the quartermaster, his last position in Madrid was the post of art adviser .