The ⁦⁦Wiener Staatsoper’s Intendant Bogdan Roščić will abolish the position of Music Director in 2025. The intendant told Der Standard in an interview that after Philippe Jordan departs in 2025, there will be no Music Director. In the interview, he said, “The post of music director has always been a special case in Vienna, because the State Opera’s musical identification {…}

(Credit: Clara Evens) The Wiener Staatsoper has named a new concertmaster. The position will be taken by 25-year-old Yamen Saadi who will assume the joint role at both the Wiener Staatsoper and Vienna Philharmonic starting during the 2022-23 season. Saadi, born in Nazareth, studied the violin at the Barenboim-Said Conservatory and then went on to study with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra {…}