Maestro move: Israeli wins Italian opera house

Maestro move: Israeli wins Italian opera house

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norman lebrecht

July 27, 2018

The conductor Omer Meir Wellber, 36, has been named music director of the Fondazione Teatro Massimo in Palermo from 2020.

He is presently conducting Verdi’s Les Vêpres siciliennes at the Munich Opera Festival and will become principal guest conductor at the Semperoper Dresden in September.

Comments

  • Mike Schachter says:

    I thought for a moment that he now owned it!

  • Derek says:

    Based on what I have seen, Omer Meir Wellber is an intelligent, passionate and dedicated musician.

    He has a great deal of talent and I wish him and the Teatro Massimo success.

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