Philippe Jordan, Music Director of the Paris Opera and Music Director of the Wiener Symphoniker, has been appointed Music Director of the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera, Austria) as of 2020/2021.

Stéphane Lissner, Director of the Paris Opera, confirms that Philippe Jordan will honour his contract as scheduled until the end of the 2020/2021 season, culminating in a new production of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle.