Yannick Nezet Seguin is quite busy as the music director designate of the Philadelphia Orchestra (his term starts in September); Music Director of the Metropolitain Orchestra (Montreal); pricipal guest conductor of the London Philarmonis orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. He debuted at the Met with a new production of Carmen; returned the following season for a new production of Don Carlo; and was the conductor of the past season's new production of Faust. He returns next year to conduct La Traviata, probably involving at least a five week committment. I doubt the Met could get any more time on his schedule even if they begged and pleaded. Opera conducting is much less lucrative than symphonic conducting, since operas have a longer rehearsal period and generally only get two performances a week; symphonic conductors can easily conduct 3 or 4 performances in a week. No knowledgeable opera-lover could expect N-S to be at the Met any more than he is.
Glad to hear that Nezet-Seguin is so busy elsewhere. I was present at his performances vis-vis Carmen, Don Carlo, and Faust (they were part of my subscription, unfortunately) - I thought they were quite lackluster, not a real opera conducter. Maybe he does better as a symphonic conductor.
I guess we’ll just have to disagree about Peter Gelb. I’m very happy with what he’s doing at the Met.
The last thing I would want to do is rely on write-ups in the likes of the NY Times, the New Yorker, the New York Observer, Opera News. etc. I prefer to make up my own mind based on my own experience, thank you very much. I don’t need some half-baked critic with a personal agenda to tell me what to think or what I have experienced.