Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola, 51, has been appointed as Music Director at the Lyric Opera from the 2021-22 season. He signed a five-year contract. He will succeed Andrew Davis who began his tenure in 2000.
Mazzola was artistic and music director of the Paris-based Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France from 2012 to July 2019. He is Principal Guest Conductor at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin since 2018.