{"id":14118,"date":"2016-06-02T09:36:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T16:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=14118"},"modified":"2016-06-03T22:04:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T05:04:14","slug":"nezet-seguin-to-the-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/02\/nezet-seguin-to-the-met\/","title":{"rendered":"n\u00e9zet-s\u00e9guin to the met"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14119\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/02\/nezet-seguin-to-the-met\/attachment\/6016\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?fit=1920%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"6016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?fit=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-14119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?resize=580%2C348\" alt=\"Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.\" width=\"580\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?resize=200%2C120&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?resize=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?resize=624%2C374&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?w=1160&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6016.jpg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph: Jonathan Tichler\/Metropolitan Opera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an open secret (or at least a pervasive rumor) that Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin 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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vulture.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2016\/06\/met-opera-chose-a-new-music-director.html?utm_content=buffer61a63&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">The Met Opera Chose a New Music Director<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NYTimes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/03\/arts\/music\/the-maestro-with-the-turtle-tattoo-the-mets-new-conductor.html?smid=tw-share\">The Maestro with the Turtle Tatoo: The MET&#8217;s New Conductor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NYTimes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/03\/arts\/music\/is-yannick-nzet-sguin-worth-the-wait-at-the-met.html?smid=tw-share\">Is\u00a0Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin Worth the Wait at the Met?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NYTimes:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/03\/arts\/music\/yannick-nezet-seguin-to-succeed-james-levine-as-met-operas-music-director.html?ribbon-ad-idx=9&amp;rref=arts\/music&amp;module=Ribbon&amp;version=context&amp;region=Header&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=Music&amp;pgtype=article\">Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin to Succeed James Levine as Met Opera\u2019s Music Director<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NYTimes (video):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/arts\/music\/100000004448174\/yannick-nzet-sguin-conducts-at-the-met.html?ribbon-ad-idx=9&amp;rref=arts\/music&amp;module=Ribbon&amp;version=context&amp;region=Header&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=Music&amp;pgtype=article\">Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin Conducts at the Met<\/a> (2104)<\/li>\n<li>Iron Tongue of Midnight: <a href=\"https:\/\/irontongue.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/the-seemingly-inevitable-comes-to-pass.html\">The Seemingly-Inevitable Comes to Pass<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Philly.com:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/columnists\/david_patrick_stearns\/20160602_With_new_Met_job__Nzet-Sguin_s_bright_star_just_keeps_rising.html\">What does Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin&#8217;s new job at the Met mean for his career?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Philly.com:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/columnists\/peter_dobrin\/20160603_Yannick_Nzet-Sguin_gets_Met_job__will_also_stay_as_Phila__Orchestra_director.html\">Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin gets Met job, will also stay as Phila. Orchestra director<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Guardian:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2016\/jun\/02\/yannick-nezet-seguin-metropolitan-opera-new-york-music-director\">Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin to take reins as Metropolitan Opera music director<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alex Ross\/The New Yorker: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/the-met-chooses-yannick-nezet-seguin?intcid=mod-latest\">The Met Chooses Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Philly.com:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/columnists\/david_patrick_stearns\/20160602_In_live_video_for_the_Met__Nzet-Sguin_speaks_of__a_dream_come_true_.html\">In live video for the Met, N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin speaks of &#8216;a dream come true&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Guardian:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2016\/jun\/02\/yannick-nezet-seguin-met-music-director-questions\">Big questions for new Met Opera music director Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NPR Music:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/deceptivecadence\/2016\/06\/03\/480638340\/the-metropolitan-opera-baton-passes-to-yannick-n-zet-s-guin?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=classical\">The Metropolitan Opera Baton Passes To Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been an open secret (or at least a pervasive rumor) that Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[3758,339,337,3759,3757],"class_list":["post-14118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-metropolitan-opera","tag-music-director","tag-philadelphia-orchestra","tag-rotterdam-philharmonic","tag-yannick-nezet-seguin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3FI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/26\/new-hires-at-juilliard-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":14118,"position":0},"title":"new hires at juilliard school","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It looks like there may be a new arms race amongst conservatories - there are some quite high profile artists included in this latest round at the Juilliard School. 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