Copyright © 2005 PlaybillArts.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:10 EST 60 For his first season as music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra—beginning in October 2012— Yannick Nézet-Séguin promises a breathtaking range of music.]]> Entertainment Jay Hunter Morris scored a major Met triumph last fall when he took over mere days before the premiere to sing the title role of Robert Lepage's new production of Siegfried. Now he's back for Götterdämmerung, which opened on January 27 and continues its run this month.]]> Entertainment In a major endorsement of General Director Dominique Meyer's first two years as Intendant of the Vienna State Opera, Austria's Culture Minister announced that his contract has been extended until the end of August 2020.]]> Entertainment New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert is a man of many ideas and interests, and he has candidly shared his musings on his blog, aptly titled Curiously Random. ]]> Entertainment One of the hottest young conductors today, and known for his “astonishing flexibility and range as a conductor” (Wall Street Journal), Pablo Heras-Casado is the newly-appointed Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.]]> Entertainment The innovative company returns to the Kennedy Center Jan. 26-28 to perform Morris' masterwork L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.]]> Entertainment