Nézet-Séguin’s Met contract extended through 2030; will conduct new Ring cycle
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s contract as music director of the Metropolitan Opera has been extended six years through the 2029-30 season, the company announced Tuesday.
The Met also announced that Nézet-Séguin, who began his Met tenure in the 2018-19 season, will conduct a new Ring cycle that kicks off in the 2027-28 season. That new production will star Lise Davidson as Brünnhilde, with Yuval Sharon directing.
Nézet-Séguin, 49, will conduct four to five operas each season. In addition to the Ring and a new staging of Tristan und Isolde (also to be directed by Sharon), the productions will include Met premieres of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Mason Bates, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego by Gabriela Lena Frank, Lincoln in the Bardo by Missy Mazzoli, The Highlands by Carlos Simon, and The Wedding Banquet by Huang Ruo.
“Being Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera and being a part of the Met family is one of my greatest joys as a conductor and musician,” said the conductor in a released statement. “I am humbled and proud each day to bring old and new operatic works to life with the illustrious Met Orchestra, the unparalleled Met Chorus, and the artists, creators, musicians, and friends that only the Met can bring together…. I am thrilled to continue this musical journey through 2030, with world-class art that will tell the stories of our ever-evolving humanity, and I am full of gratitude for all that is to come.”
“The Met is very fortunate to have one of the world’s greatest conductors as its Music Director and is even more fortunate to now have him on board through the 2029–30 season,” said Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager. “His extraordinary achievements to date with both new works and classic repertoire are a preview of what is to come. Yannick’s tenure will be defined, in part, by the new Ring cycle that is created under his watch. My job is to deliver a new Ring to Yannick that has the potential to be one for the ages in terms of casting and production.”
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