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After the Premiere: André de Ridder, New Music, and What Musical Leadership Can Still Change

English National Opera’s Music Director-Designate and Justin Vickers Consider Opera’s Next Act

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Justin Vickers
Feb 02, 2026
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After the Premiere: “Three Visions of Opera Now” (3/3)
In this short series — “Three Visions of Opera Now” — I draw on recent conversations with three major figures working across very different corners of today’s operatic landscape: stage director Christopher Alden, theatre director Cal McCrystal, and conductor André de Ridder. Rather than presenting th…
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