Music Six more years for Nézet-Séguin at New York's opera house
The Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin intends to remain musical director of New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera for at least another six years. His contract has been extended until 2030, the opera house in Manhattan announced.
07.08.2024, 00:25
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During this time, Nézet-Séguin will conduct four to five operas per season and work on a new production of Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen".
Nézet-Séguin is only the third music director in the history of the Metropolitan Opera. In 2018, he succeeded James Levine, who died in 2021, who shaped the Met for decades and was celebrated as a star conductor, but then fell over allegations of sexual assault.
Nézet-Séguin will be joined by a new chorus master from Germany at the start of the season in September: German conductor Tilman Michael, who previously worked at the Frankfurt Opera, will then take over the direction of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
