Peter Jonas (director)

Sir John Peter Jonas CBE FRCM FRSA (14 October 1946 – 22 April 2020[1]) was a British arts administrator and opera company director.

[citation needed] In November 1974, Jonas became the assistant to Sir Georg Solti, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, serving in that capacity until December 1977.

In September that year, Munich's Bavarian State Opera invited Jonas to become its Staatsintendant (General and artistic director); he held this position until 2006.

He was the first chairman of the German Speaking Opera Intendants (Directors) Conference from 2001 to 2005, and a judging panel member for the 2006 International Wagner Competition, Seattle.

[6] Jonas, with Plácido Domingo, journalist Christine Lemke-Matwey, and Charles Barber, contributed to a documentary on the life and art of Carlos Kleiber on BBC Radio 3 (26 September 2009).