Michael Nagle for The New York Times Joseph Colaneri.The Glimmerglass Festival, an opera and theater company located in Cooperstown, N.Y., announced on Monday that Joseph Colaneri has been named as its new music director. Mr. Colaneri has served as a member of the conducting roster at the Metropolitan Opera for 15 seasons and is set to conduct the Glimmerlgass Festival’s production of Verdi’s “King for a Day,†which will run from July 21 to Aug. 24. His new duties as music director will include conducting one or two productions per season and consulting with Francesca Zambello, thecompany’s artistic and general director, on repertory and casting decisions. He will assume the position in October.
