Updated 6/4/2012 at 8:02 est
Max Bialystock
After Mr. Gelb was called out for complaining and influencing the withdrawal of a well written piece by a WQXR blog critic a month ago, one would think he would have stopped his attempts to censor criticism of his product and tenure. Obviously not. Thin of skin and now most probably concerned about his job with the cost of the Ring Cycle coming in at least double the original $16.0 million he still touts to the press, he continues on his censorship crusade. The New York Times broke a story today that Peter Gelb has been "collaborative" with the Metropolitan Opera Guild regarding ending their criticism of the Metropolitan Opera in Opera News Magazine. The rub here is, the Managing Director of the Guild, Stewart Pearce is a Gelb appointee, approved by a Board he controls, so much for "collaboration." Perhaps Mr. Gelb should spend more time in "little old lady land" and not worry about what is said of him. Insiders tell me he needs money fast to cover his deficits. So without further ado, here is the New York Times article by Dan Wakin followed by links to various arts, philanthropy and informational blogs from throughout the World. We will continue to update this page as the critiques of this action come in!
New York Times Article
Norman Lebrecht's Slipped Disc Blog
Parterre Box Blog 1
Parterre Box Blog 2
The Atlantic Wire
Philanthropy Today
Lisa Hirsch's Iron Tongue Blog
Musical Toronto Blog
Sketchy Details Blog
Philip Kennicott Blog
Nico Devilliers Blog
RSS News Desk
John's Opera Ramblings Blog
Grapeful Blog
Helsingin Sanormat: (Finnish)
Forum Opera Blog (French)
Tim's Smith's colum on the Baltimore Sun Blog
Terry Teachout's About Last Night Blog
David Stabler on the Oregon Live Blog
Orf Blog (German language Austrian Blog)
A Liberal's Libretto Blog
Old West Arts Blog
Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise Blog
Anne Midgette on the Washington Post Blog
Justin Davidson Vulture Blog
Likely Impossibilities Opera Blog
On Opera Blog
Carolines Blog
Sounds and Fury Opera Blog
Poynter Blog
Super-Conductor Blog
Salazar's Opera Family Circle Blog
Classical Life Blog
The Omniscient Mussel Blog
Real Clear Arts Blog
Well Sung Blog
The PR Verdict Blog
Richmond Times Dispatch Blog
Flack's Revenge Blog
Cricket Toes Blog
Lieto Fine London Blog
Perfectly Rational Dog Blog
Solgerd Islav Blog (Swedish)
Index on Censorship Blog
New Yorker Magazine, Alex Ross
New York Times letter to the editor
Boise State Public Radio Blog
Cincinnati.com Blog
AM New York Blog
Greg Sandow's Blog
Berkshire Fine Arts Blog
Latinos Post Blog
Live 2.0 Blog
Opera Pulse Blog
Boston Lyric Opera Blog
Schleppy Nabucco's Blog
Codex Flores Blog (German)
NPR Blog
Huffington Post
Price Walden Blog
A Beast In a Jungle Blog
Phyllis Chesler Blog
WNO blog
Ion Arts Blog
New York Magazine
Bill Madison Blog
The Daily Astorian on-line
NZZ on-line (Switzerland-German)
El Espectador on-line (Spanish)
Colin Eatock Blog
Opera Cast Blog
Mark J. Golden Blog
Adaptistration Blog
Blog Pong Blog (German)
Das Wochenmagazin On-Line
Update!!!!! 5:15 PM 5/22/12
Gelb backtracks. Read Norman Lebrecht's account of the weak statement hurriedly issued by the Metropolitan Opera today reversing their ill advised censorship of Opera News Magazine.
Norman's Article on the MET Backtrack
The New York Times recap on the back track
New York Times article on Gelb's Backtrack
The LA Times on the back track
LA Times back track story
The Atlantic Wire on the back track
Atlantic Wire on the back track
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