Kevin Sutton wrote:

>City of Birmingham SO (now that Rattle, I think, is in Berlin),
>
>No successor has been named as yet.

Sakari Oramo has been in place for over a year.

>Royal Opera-Covent Garden,
>
>Don't think they have a permanent conductor either.

They have a Musical Director Antonio Pappano (succeeding Haitink) and
usually a couple of Principals.

Tony Duggan,
England