A New Chapter for James Conlon
Ahead of his performances with the CSO April 11-13, Kyle MacMillan explores James’ long-standing relationship with the Chicago Symphony {…}
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
Ahead of his performances with the CSO April 11-13, Kyle MacMillan explores James’ long-standing relationship with the Chicago Symphony {…}
Indulge Magazine covers LA Opera’s premiere of William Grant Still’s Highway 1 USA and Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (The {…}
May 3 & 4, 2024
A community opera presented by LA Opera
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Los Angeles, CA
May 18-June 8, 2024
Angela Meade, Russell Thomas, Guanqun Yu, Morris Robinson, Terrence Chin-Loy
LA Opera | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
June 27 & 28, 2024
Beethoven's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor op. 37, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47
Kursaal
Bern, Switzerland
He is a miracle of equilibrium: his dramatic intuition never fails, nor betrays the transparency of the music…
Le Monde de la Musique