What is Gerard Mortier?
[[File:GerardMortier.jpg|thumb|200px|{{Center|Mortier in an undated photo.}}]] '''Gerard Alfons August, Baron Mortier''' (25 November 1943 &ndash; 8 March 2014) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[opera]] director and [[administrator]]. He was the general director of [[La Monnaie/De Munt]] (1981&ndash;91) and of the [[Salzburg Festival]] of [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]] (1990&ndash;2001). He was born in [[Ghent]] and was [[Flemish Region|Flemish]]. Mortier died from [[pancreatic cancer]] on 8 March 2014 in [[Brussels]]. He was 70 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/arts/music/gerard-mortier-opera-visionary-dies-at-70.html?_r=0|title=Gerard Mortier, Opera Visionary, Dies at 70|first=Zachary|last=Woolfe|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 March 2014|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|1904726}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mortier, Gerard}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Belgium]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:People from Ghent]]