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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, CC (French pronunciation: [ja.nik ne.zɛ se.ɡɛ̃]; born Yannick Séguin; [1] 6 March 1975) is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He is the music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The company's music director has been Yannick Nézet-Séguin since 2018. [2] The Met was founded in 1883 as an alternative to the previously established Academy of Music opera house and debuted the same year in a new building on 39th and Broadway (now known as the "Old Met"). [3] It moved to the new Lincoln Center location in 1966.
He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976 to 2016. He was terminated from all his positions and affiliations with the Met on March 12, 2018, over sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied. [2] Levine held leadership positions with the Ravinia Festival, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1980 he ...
This list of opera directors is a list of notable stage producers and directors who have worked, or are working, in the opera world. Christopher Alden (born 1949)
Music directors, (or musical directors) ... Conductors of the Metropolitan Opera ... James Lockhart (music director)
While in high school, Gelb began his association with the Metropolitan Opera as an usher. At age 17, Gelb began his career in classical music as an office boy to impresario Sol Hurok. Gelb managed the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 1979 China tour. The following year Gelb became Vladimir Horowitz's manager. Gelb assisted the pianist in the ...
Nézet-Séguin, who is also the music director of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted the stage premiere at that company's house on 22 November 2022, in a production by Phelim McDermott. The set and costume designer was Tom Pye, and the choreographer was Annie-B Parson. [3]
Stutzmann is the first female conductor to be named music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. [15] In May 2023, Stutzmann made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. [1]