{"id":37105,"date":"2016-06-02T10:46:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T14:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=37105"},"modified":"2016-06-02T10:46:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T14:46:16","slug":"the-scoop-canadian-yannick-nezet-seguin-lands-top-job-at-metropolitan-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/06\/02\/the-scoop-canadian-yannick-nezet-seguin-lands-top-job-at-metropolitan-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadian Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin Lands Top Job At The Metropolitan Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26378\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/doc5075c5a87e2fc9334166301.jpg\" alt=\"Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e8guin\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/doc5075c5a87e2fc9334166301.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/doc5075c5a87e2fc9334166301-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/doc5075c5a87e2fc9334166301-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e8guin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Announced today, Montreal-born Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin will be the next music director of New York&#8217;s Metropolitan Opera Company beginning 2020-21.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin will replace an ailing James Levine, who has, after 40 years, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2016\/04\/14\/the-scoop-james-levine-retires-from-metropolitan-opera\/\" target=\"_blank\">stepped down<\/a> due to health concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecoming the Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera is the fulfilment of a lifelong dream for me,\u201d N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin said in a press-release statement. \u201cI am truly honoured and humbled by the opportunity to succeed the legendary James Levine and to work with the extraordinary orchestra, chorus, and staff of what I believe is the greatest opera company in the world. I will make it my mission to passionately preserve the highest artistic standards while imagining a new, bright future for our art form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Met General Manager Peter Gelb described him as &#8220;the clear choice&#8221; and &#8220;the right artist at the right time to lead us forward into a new and what I believe will be a glorious chapter in the history of the Met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levine, after describing the MET as the great artistic love of his life, added his &#8220;heartfelt congratulations&#8221; to N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. &#8220;I look forward to seeing the good work continue under his watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also announced, was the\u00a0renewal of N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin&#8217;s contract with the Philadelphia Orchestra through 2025-26. The ten-year renewal marks the extent to which he has formed close ties with the orchestra. \u00a0The famously loyal conductor also leads his\u00a0hometown Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain, as well as the Rotterdam Philharmonic, a position he will resign from at the close of the 17-18 season.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the relatively close proximity between New York and Philadelphia, N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin plans to commute between his two posts. The MET also stated that they plan to work more closely with the Philadelphia Orchestra on future artistic collaborations.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announced today, Montreal-born Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin will be the next music director of New York&#8217;s Metropolitan Opera Company beginning 2020-21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5723,39,43],"tags":[6181,2207,3627],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/doc5075c5a87e2fc9334166301.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-9Et","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37107,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37105\/revisions\/37107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37105"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=37105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}