Listen to Behind the Curtain: Actor and Opera Director Christopher Waltz with James Conlon
James Conlon and opera super-fan, actor and opera stage director Christoph Waltz chat about Waltz’s relationship to opera, his experience {…}
Few artists have consolidated early success with the sustained and enduring excellence Conlon has achieved…
Opera News
...one of America's leading conductors...
The New York Times
James Conlon, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire. Since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous essays and commentaries, frequent television appearances and guest speaking engagements, Mr. Conlon is one of classical music’s most recognized interpreters.
Read full bioConlon is the real thing: a master of the orchestra with genuine theatricality and no discernible narcissism.
Los Angeles Times
James Conlon and opera super-fan, actor and opera stage director Christoph Waltz chat about Waltz’s relationship to opera, his experience {…}
“Conlon launched into the overture, which is first-rate Mozart, with a shot of adrenaline and fizz that propelled him and the L.A. Opera Orchestra {…}
March 2, 7, 10, 13, 16, 24
Russell Thomas, Guanqun Yu, Elizabeth DeShong, Janai Brugger, and James Creswell
LA Opera
Los Angeles, CA, USA
April 7, 8, 9
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7
Kölner Philharmonie
Cologne, Germany
April 12, 13
Mozart's Overture to Lucio Silla and Piano Concerto No. 20 with Joaquin Achucarro; Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12
Palacio de la Ópera de la Coruña
La Coruña, Spain
He is a miracle of equilibrium: his dramatic intuition never fails, nor betrays the transparency of the music…
Le Monde de la Musique