TORONTO - The Canadian Opera Company has named Alexander Neef its new general director, almost a year after the sudden death of former head Richard Bradshaw.
The German-born Neef, currently director of casting at the Opera national de Paris, takes the helm at the COC on Oct. 1.
Bradshaw directed the prestigious organization from 1998 until he died suddenly last August at age 63.
He first came to the COC as guest conductor in 1988.
In his years with the company, Bradshaw conducted more than 60 operas, featuring cutting-edge productions directed by Atom Egoyan and Robert Lepage.
The Canadian Opera Company has been at its new home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, for two years.
News from �The Canadian Press, 2008
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