Since his Met debut in 2009 conducting Bizet’s Carmen, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has become one of the Met’s most popular and accomplished artists, beloved by audiences, singers, orchestra musicians, and staff for his superior musical gifts and all-around good vibes. With the start of the 2018–19 season, he becomes a central part of the company, taking on the role of the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, an appointment that has the opera world buzzing with excitement. Can Nézet-Séguin really be as affable, open-hearted, and collaborative as he seems? As friends, family, and colleagues all say about the maestro from Montreal, what you see is what you get.