Perhaps more Canadians will be filling the seats in the Met to see this “beauty and comfort” in action. They were all sent home with complimentary bottles of ‘Vintage Yannick’ Prosecco to commemorate Night 1 of the Nézet-Séguin era. We have to remember that we are there to give some beauty and comfort back to the world, and as a conductor you’re there to give this to those you conduct, so they in turn can offer it to the audience.”ĭescribed as a cat lover and total fitness buff, Yannick is widely loved by many.Ĭertainly the audience members Tuesday night may appreciate him a little more. “I guess I always feel that I have done my job right if the musicians are happy and able to give their best.

In an interview with Rupert Chandler earlier this year, Nezet-Seguin described his feelings about his position this way: On Tuesday night he took his new place at the podium for the premiere of the new production of Verdi’s La Traviata.ĭirected by Tony Award-winning Michael Mayer, it stars Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flores and Quinn Kelsey. Montreal-born Yannick Nézet-Séguin was appointed as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, New York in 2018, adding this to his Music Directorship of The Philadelphia Orchestra (where he has served since 2012) and to the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal), of which he has been Artistic Director and Principal Conductor since 2000. (Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera via AP) Yannick Nezet-Seguin in this Maphoto released by the Metropolitan Opera shows him in his element during a rehearsal in New York.

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