Göran Gentele (29 September 1917 – 18 July 1972) was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager.

[2] Born in Stockholm, Gentele studied from 1944 until 1946 at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, beginning a brief career as a film actor not long afterwards.

[3] He succeeded Sir Rudolf Bing as director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1972.

Despite the fact that he had been in office only a few weeks at his death, several of Gentele's plans for the company were implemented under Chapin.

The most notable of these was a new production of Georges Bizet's Carmen designed for Marilyn Horne; this was used to open the 1972–1973 season.