However, he will immediately become involved in the company’s artistic planning, which happens many years in advance.Īs Music Director, Nézet-Séguin will be responsible for the overall musical quality of the Met. He will become Music Director in the 2020-21 season, the first season in which he is available to take over the full responsibilities of the position. In the Met’s 2017-18 season, Nézet-Séguin will assume the interim title of Music Director Designate. The position has previously been held by only two artists in the company’s storied 133-year history-James Levine, who after 40 years in the position stepped down at the end of the recently concluded season to become the company’s first Music Director Emeritus, and Rafael Kubelik, who held the title briefly in the company’s 1973-74 season. Inside and seated, masks were mandatory - a visual reminder of the challenges still facing the live arts navigating the new COVID-19 era.Īfter the cast took their final bows, the evening continued upstairs with a lively late-night seated dinner - the first of many to come in the months ahead.( New York, NY, June 2, 2016) - The Metropolitan Opera announced that the acclaimed conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be the company’s new Music Director. Harris Odelya Halevi Paul Feig Nico Tortorella Cynthia Rowley Gideon Glick, and others.įollowing pre-show cocktails on the balcony, guests filed into the theater for the main event: the opera. Other dressed-up guests included Brooke Shields Ann Ziff - who matched her feathered lilac gown with a purple rhinestone face mask Christine Baranski Molly Ringwald Renee Fleming Sigourney Weaver ”The Bear” star Ebon Moss-Bachrach Helena Christensen Gina Gershon Zoe Lister-Jones Jeremy O. Like Shafiroff, Jordan Roth understood the evening’s fashion assignment - go big - and donned a sculptural Comme des Garçons look and red mohawk hairpiece that angled upward.
Of course, I’m very familiar with the play,” she added the actress starred in a 1978 film adaptation of Medea’s myth “A Dream of Passion.” “I’ve heard Maria Callas’ recording, but this is my first time being able to see the whole thing. “I love classical music, and I’ve never seen this opera and I look forward to it,” said Ellen Burstyn. “It’s a very unknown opera, so this is something new,” Shafiroff added.
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