Where’s Peter Gelb? Operanorman lebrecht July 30, 2026The Met’s general manager has been in Ukraine this week, watching rehearsals for a new opera about the children of Kherson, kidnapped by the Russian invaders and still not returned to their families. He talks about it in Munich to the Süddeutsche Zeitung (paywall). Gelb’s support for Ukraine has been the most staunch of any opera manager.