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The New York City Opera is likely to present only five-to-seven productions when it returns to Lincoln Center for the 2009-10 season and might not offer any new stagings.
Spain's Teatro Real opera house said Wednesday that Belgian musician Gerard Mortier will take over as its artistic director in just over a year.
Kennedy Center head Michael Kaiser will assist the New York City Opera in finding a new leader and scheduling a 2009-10 season following the departure of Gerard Mortier.
Gerard Mortier says his application to run the Bayreuth Festival in Germany will not change his plans to run the New York City Opera starting with the 2009-10 season.
The New York City Opera may lose its home at the State Theater for the 2008-09 season to allow for reconstruction, then return to the Lincoln Center venue for the start of Gerard Mortier's regime.
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