The Pacific Symphony has chosen Alexander Shelley to succeed Carl St Clair as music director, starting in the 2026-27 season. St Clair has led the orchestra for 35 years.Shelley, 45, is presently music director at Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (ending 2026) and at Artis—Naples in Florida.
London born, he is the son of the conductor Howard Shelley and the late pianist Hilary Macnamara.
The Pacific Symphony is resident orchestra of Orange County’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
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The Metropolitan Opera has appointed Daniele Rustioni as its principal guest conductor to cover for Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s ever more extensive commitments elsewhere.
Rustioni’s three-year engagement starts next season. He made his Met debut seven years ago and has shown willing ever since. Aged 41, he is music director until next summer at Opéra National de Lyon. He recently concluded a stint at the Ulster Orchestra.
He was on the shortlist to succeed Antonio Pappano at Covent Garden, but the orchestra preferred the Czech Jakub Hrusa.
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