By Paul E. Robinson

Last season, Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s debut at the Met conducting Bizet’s “Carmen” was a huge success. Critics praised the production, the acting and singing of Elina Garanca in the title role, as well as the exciting conducting.

This “Carmen” also became one of the hits of the season in [...]

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For the past few years I’ve been hearing more and more about the extraordinary talent of Montreal-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Seguin: he’s been given appointments by the London Philharmonic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic; this past summer he debuted at the Salzburg Festival leading Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with Netrebko and Villazon in the title roles; he’s [...]

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