Future Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer Beginning April 25. Michael Volle stars as the Dutchman, with Amber Wagner as Senta and Jay Hunter Morris as Erik, all in Met role debuts New York, NY – Future Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Wagner opera with the company, Der Fliegende Holländer, beginning April 25. The opera, which has not been seen at the Met since 2010, features Michael Volle as the Dutchman

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Named the Metropolitan Opera’s Music Director The 41-year-old conductor will become only the third Music Director in the history of the Met New York, NY – The Metropolitan Opera announced that the acclaimed conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be the company’s new Music Director. 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