Paris Opera taps Philippe Jordan
Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan has been named music director at the Opera National de Paris, filling a position that’s been vacant since American James Conlon left in 2004 to join L.A. Opera.
Jordan, 33, principal guest conductor at the Berlin Staatsoper, will join the Paris institution starting with the 2009-2010 season, the company said.
The son of the late conductor Armin Jordan, Philippe Jordan has studied piano and violin as well as theory and composition. This season, he is directing Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Metropolitan Opera and is to make his New York Philharmonic debut. In the 2008-09 season, he will conduct Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the Zurich, Switzerland, opera house.
The Opera National de Paris has used guest conductors since Conlon left to join the L.A. Opera.
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