Okay, this list desperately needs updating, and I would swear I started to do that, but....give me a week, okay?
- Jader Bignamini is now Music Director of the Detroit SO
- Sir Simon Rattle announced as the new MD of the BRSO, succeeding the late Mariss Jansons
Updated list of openings, etc.:
- London Symphony Orchestra has an opening for chief conductor in 2023, when Sir Simon Rattle heads to the BRSO in Germany.
- Baltimore Symphony, because Marin Alsop did not renew her contract there
- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: Stephen Lord resigned following accusations of sexual harassment.
- Michigan Opera Theater: Stephen Lord resigned following accusations of sexual harassment.
- Teatro Regio Turin: Open now with departure of Gianandrea Noseda
- Minnesota Opera: Michael Christie leaves this year
- Sao Paulo Symphony: Marin Alsop leaves at some point
- MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony: 2018 departure for Kristian Jarvi
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra: 2018 departure for Robin Ticciati
- Orchestre de Paris, when Daniel Harding leaves at the end of 2018-19
- Sarasota Orchestra after Anu Tali leaves at the end of 2018-2019
- Melbourne Symphony: Sir Andrew Davis leaves at the end of 2019
- Richmond Symphony: Steven Smith leaves in 2019
- Singapore Symphony: 2019 departure for Lan Shui
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra: Kent Nagano is leaving the OSM after 2019-2020.
- Fort Worth Symphony: Miguel Harth-Bedoya leaves in 2020
- Opera de Paris, when Philippe Jordan leaves in 2020
- Atlanta Symphony, when Robert Spano leaves in 2020
- Virginia Symphony: JoAnn Falletta leaves in 2020
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales when Thomas Søndergård leaves for his new job
- Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
- Oregon Symphony, when Carlos Kalmar leaves at the end of the 2020-21 season.
- Minnesota Orchestra, when Osmo Vänskä leaves in 2022.
- Lionel Bringuier
- Robert Spano
- Juanjo Mena
- Ludovic Morlot
- Sian Edwards
- Jun Markl
- Ingo Metzmacher
- Jac van Steen
- Mark Wigglesworth
- David Robertson
- Peter Oundjian as of the end of 2017-18
- Philippe Auguin
- Kwame Ryan
- Ilan Volkov
- Aleksandr Markovic
- Lothar Koenigs
- Henrik Nanasi
- Carlos Kalmar
And closed:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which Leonard Slatkin leaves at the close of the 2017-18 season. He is now listed as Music Director Laureate, but their web site does not include a current Music Director.
- Opera North: Garry Walker is music director designate
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra names Simone Young their chief conductor; she takes over in two years, succeeding David Roberts.
- San Francisco Opera appoints Eun Sun Kim its music director, starting August 1, 2021. She succeeds Nicola Luisotti.
- Philharmonia Orchestra names Santtu-Matias Rouvali as its next Principal Conductor, starting in 2021-22.
- Daniele Rustioni is the next music director of the Ulster Orchestra, succeeding Rafael Payare in September, 2019.
- Daniel Raiskin succeeds Alexander Mickelthwate in Winnipeg.
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Richard Egarr named to succeed Nicholas McGegan, who steps down as music director in 2020
- In November, 2018, Antonio Pappano's contract was extended to 2023.
- Joseph Young takes the helm at Berkeley Symphony, which Joana Carneiro left at the end of 2017-18.
- Omer Meir Wellber succeeds Juanju Mena at the BBC Philharmonic.
- Nicolaj Szeps-Znaider will be the next music director of the Orchestre National de Lyon, succeeding Leonard Slatkin.
- To the astonishment of virtually everyone, San Francisco Symphony signs Esa-Pekka Salonen, starting in 2020-21, with a five-year contract.
- Toronto SO: Gustavo Gimeno becomes MD in 2020-21.
- Washington National Opera brings in Evan Rogister in a newly-created job, Principal Conductor, from this season, 2018-19, through 2021-22.
- Oslo Philharmonic: Klaus Makela becomes their chief conductor in 2020
- Dresden Philharmonic: Marek Janowski becomes their chief conductor in 2019
- Royal Philharmonic has named Vassily Petrenko as their chief conductor, as of 2021
- Ken-David Masur becomes MD of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 2019-20, announced November, 2018.
- Zurich Opera: Gianandrea Noseda becomes music director in 2021, following the departure of Fabio Luisi.
- Dallas Symphony: Fabio Luisi assumes the position of Music Director in 2019-20. He has an initial five-year contract.
- Orchestra of St. Luke's: Bernard Labadie starts with the 2018-2019 season
- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: Thomas Zehetmair starts with the 2018-2019 season
- BBC Concert Orchestra: Bramwell Tovey started in 2018
- Toledo Symphony: Alain Trudel starts with the 2018-2019 season
- Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich: Paavo Jarvi starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Netherlands Radio Philharmonic: Karina Canellakis starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Sylvain Cambreling has replaced the late Sir Jeffrey Tate at the Hamburg Symphony
- San Diego Symphony: Rafael Payare starts in 2019
- Yomiuri Nippon Symphony: Sebastian Weigle starts in April 2019
- Vienna RSO: Marin Alsop starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Elim Chan becomes chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony in 2019-20
- Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Jaime Martin starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège: Gergely Madaras starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Kent Nagano is now the Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatsoper in Hamburg
- WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne: Cristian Măcelaru starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Israel Philharmonic: Lahav Shani starts with the 2020-2021 season
- Bayerische Staatsoper when Vladimir Jurowski joins in 2021.
- Vienna Symphony: Andrés Orozco-Estrada starts with the 2021-2022 season
- Clarinetist Martin Frøst becomes chief conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in 2019 when Thomas Dausgaard leaves for Seattle.Thomas Zehetmair is going to the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 2019
- Matthias Bamert is going to the Sapporo Symphony in 2018
- Lorenzo Viotti was named music director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, as of 2018
- Joana Mallwitz appointed GMD in Nuremberg, effective 2018
- Philippe Jordan to the Vienna Staatsoper / VPO (Dominique Meyer not planning to appoint a WSO MD; his contract expires in 2020.)
- Semyon! Bychkov! fills the vacancy at the Czech Philharmonic, following the death of Jiří Bělohlávek
- Dennis Russell Davies becomes music director of the Brno Philharmonic, which had been open since 2015, as of the 2018-19 season.
- Nicola Luisotti is now Associate Director of the Teatro Real, Madrid, not "assistant music director". My bad.
- Seattle Symphony, where Thomas Dausgaard will succeed Ludovic Morlot in 2018-19; announced early October, 2016
- Vancouver Symphony; Otto Tausk comes on in 2018
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Vasily Petrenko becomes their music director in 2021
- Dresden Philharmonic: Marek Janowski becomes their chief conductor in 2019 (round 2 for him there)
- Oslo Philharmonic: Klaus Makela becomes their chief conductor in 2020
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