Metropolitan Opera

Canadian-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin became the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director with the beginning of the 2018–19 season, He made his company debut in 2009 with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen and has since returned every season, conducting 100 performances of 13 operas, as well as numerous galas and Met Orchestra concerts at Carnegie Hall,

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Conductor, In September 2018, Yannick Nézet-Séguin becomes the third Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2012 and the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal since 2000, he becomes Honorary Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra after being their Music Director from

After 24 Years, a Conductor Returns to the Met Opera

After 24 Years, a Conductor Returns to the Met Opera Antonio Pappano is back for Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” at a turning point in his career, Read in app

Metropolitan Opera Announces New Conductors for 2021-22

The Metropolitan Opera has announced several new additions to its conducting roster for the 2021-22 season, Kazem Abdullah will return to the Met on the Oct, 8 performance of Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons’ “Fire Shut up in My Bones,” while Patrick Furrer will make his Met debut during the March 18 performance of Verdi’s “Don Carlos,” Abdullah made his {…}

James Levine

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera, Featured Content, THURSDAY, NOV 11 at 6PM, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Antonio Pappano takes the Met podium for the first time in nearly 25 years, leading a sensational cast that features Michael Volle as the wise Hans Sachs, Lise Davidsen making her role debut as Eva, and Klaus Florian Vogt as the

James Levine’s Final Act at the Met Ends in Disgrace

The Metropolitan Opera fired the conductor James Levine on Monday evening, ending its association with a man who defined the company for more than four decades after an …

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Sarah Caldwell

On 13 January 1976, Caldwell became the first female conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, with La traviata with Sills, In 1976, she both conducted and directed Il barbiere di Siviglia with Sills and Alan Titus, which was televised over PBS,

Famed Metropolitan Opera Conductor James Levine Dies at 77

Famed Metropolitan Opera Conductor James Levine Dies at 77, James Levine, one of the world’s most acclaimed conductors who served as music …

The Met Opera Has a Gay Conductor, Yes, That Matters

The Met Opera Has a Gay Conductor, Yes, That Matters, Openly gay performing arts leaders are still rare, So it was a breath of fresh air to chat …

Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La

Giacomo Puccini’s beloved “La Bohème,” with its lyrically rich and deftly written score, has the makings of a surefire opera, Yet the music is full of traps for a conductor, especially when