Graz Opera the 2017-2018 season. Lyniv is the first female conductor to be named GMD of Graz Opera. She is scheduled to conclude her tenure in Graz at the end of the 2019-2020 season. In December 2018, the company announced the appointment of Roland Kluttig as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2020-2021 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons. Graz Opera Graz Opera (German: Oper Graz) is an Austria opera house and opera company based in Graz. The orchestra of the opera house also performs concerts as the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra ("Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester"). Opera had been performed in
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