Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is Rewriting What a Music Director Actually Does

Parterre has published a piece arguing that Yannick Nézet-Séguin is simply a great opera conductor, and the argument is more pointed than the headline suggests. The Philadelphia Orchestra just appointed Sara Aldana as his new assistant conductor, in a hire that industry observers are reading as a Nézet-Séguin-shaped decision. The conductor is building something, and the shape of it is becoming visible.