Sir Peter Jonas, Director of English National Opera from 1985 – 1993 and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich 1993 – 2006 has died. He was wild on and off stage. His productions of Wagner rendered traditionalists incandescent. He kept a “stink box” of poison pen letters from Wagner fans which he flourished with glee.
“Perhaps by some miraculous situation we can return in the Fall.” What? Not an optimistic assessment from Peter Gelb, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera. At the Met’s online streaming Gala, as recently as 25th April, Gelb was upbeat about “meeting in September”.
