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Royal Opera sees generation change as Jakub Hrůša and Speranza Scappucci come in
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This image released by The Royal Opera shows Jakub Hrůša during a performance with The Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in London on Sept. 20, 2025. - photo by Tristram Kenton/The Royal Opera via AP
LONDON (AP) — There’s a new generation this season at the Royal Opera in London, where Jakub Hrůša took over after Antonio Pappano’s 22-year reign as music director, and Speranza Scappucci became the first principal guest conductor in three decades. Hrůša led the company’s first new staging of Puccini’s “Tosca” since 2006 and its first production of Janáček’s “The Makropulos Case” this fall while Scappucci conducted a revival of Verdi’s “Les Vêpres Siciliennes” in the rarely performed original French version. Hrůša conducts a revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes” in May.