It’s been an open secret (or at least a pervasive rumor) that Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin would be the next music director of the Metropolitan Opera, and today it was made official. Here are the opening salvo of articles, updated as they come in for the next day or so.
- Vulture.com: The Met Opera Chose a New Music Director
- NYTimes: The Maestro with the Turtle Tatoo: The MET’s New Conductor
- NYTimes: Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin Worth the Wait at the Met?
- NYTimes: Yannick Nézet-Séguin to Succeed James Levine as Met Opera’s Music Director
- NYTimes (video): Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts at the Met (2104)
- Iron Tongue of Midnight: The Seemingly-Inevitable Comes to Pass
- Philly.com: What does Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s new job at the Met mean for his career?
- Philly.com: Yannick Nézet-Séguin gets Met job, will also stay as Phila. Orchestra director
- The Guardian: Yannick Nézet-Séguin to take reins as Metropolitan Opera music director
- Alex Ross/The New Yorker: The Met Chooses Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Philly.com: In live video for the Met, Nézet-Séguin speaks of ‘a dream come true’
- The Guardian: Big questions for new Met Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- NPR Music: The Metropolitan Opera Baton Passes To Yannick Nézet-Séguin