Just in: Big job for Robert Spano
NewsWashington National Opera has announced Robert Spano as its next music director, starting September 2025.
Spano, 61, is already music director of the Fort Worth Symphony and principal conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic.
Something will have to give.
Spano replaces Evan Rogister, who has been principal conductir for seven years.
‘Robert Spano is one of the world’s most respected and beloved conductors, and he has a particular talent for leadership as a music director, a position he has held to acclaim several times in the symphony world, but not yet in the opera world,’ said General Director Timothy O’Leary. “When our WNO Orchestra musicians worked with him on Written in Stone—an ambitious, complex, and meaningful project for our company—there was an instant rapport and musical bond. We are thrilled to welcome him to the WNO family.’
O’Leary continued: ‘Francesca Zambello and I are so grateful to Evan Rogister for his extraordinary work and collaboration. He is in high demand at the major houses and festivals of the world.’
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