
Domingo Hindoyan to Succeed James Conlon as LA Opera Music Director
The conductor’s five-year contract will commence on July 1, 2026, and continue through the 2030/31 season. This transition will take place at {…}
He has long been one of classical music’s most compelling advocates, but somewhere along the way, Conlon has fully assumed the mantle of the most accomplished music director currently on the podium of an American opera house.
Opera News, July 2019
...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
The conductor’s five-year contract will commence on July 1, 2026, and continue through the 2030/31 season. This transition will take place at {…}
Ibermusica Artists welcomes James Conlon as a new signing! With Ibermúsica, Conlon will be represented in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Click {…}
May 31 - June 21, 2025
With Quinn Kelsey as Rigoletto, Rosa Feola as Gilda, and René Barbera as the Duke
Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
Los Angeles, CA
July 13, 2025
Bernstein with Inon Barnatan & Shostakovich's Suite from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (arr. Conlon)
Aspen Music Festival | Klein Music Tent
Aspen, CO
August 9, 2025
Song recital hosted and curated by James Conlon
Bennett Gordon Hall
Highland Park, IL
He is a miracle of equilibrium: his dramatic intuition never fails, nor betrays the transparency of the music…
Le Monde de la Musique