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The Royal Opera House has named the conductor Jakub Hr\u016f\u0161a<\/strong><\/a> as its new music director. The young Czech, currently with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, succeeds the current music director Antonio Pappano<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Hru\u030a\u0161a, who is also principal guest conductor of both the Czech Philharmonic and the Orchestra e Coro dell\u2019Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, joins immediately as music director designate. He will assume the role of full music director in 2025.<\/p>\n His predecessor Pappano is to step down from his post at the end of the 2023\/24 Season, after 22 years. The two conductors will share responsibilities for the Royal Opera House\u2019s 2024\/25 season. Pappano will then take up the post of chief conductor at the London Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Hru\u030a\u0161a has previous experience at Covent Garden, having conducted the ROH\u2019s production of Carmen<\/strong><\/a><\/em> in 2018, as well as Lohengrin<\/a><\/strong><\/em> earlier this year.<\/p>\n Plans for his tenure as music director include works by Puccini, Prokofiev, Britten and Jan\u00e1c\u030cek<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Hru\u030a\u0161a said: \u2018I have been privileged to work on two wonderful Royal Opera House productions as a guest conductor, and the recent Lohengrin<\/em> was one of the highlights of my artistic life to date. I have always dreamed about a long-term relationship with a house where one can reach the highest standards in opera, and I realised very quickly that I adored the whole team of artists and staff at Covent Garden.<\/p>\n