James Conlon launches his 20th and final season as Music Director of LA Opera conducting Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. His 70th opera with the company, the performance on September 25 also marks his 500th at LAO. 

“As I begin the celebration of my twentieth and final season as Music Director of Los Angeles Opera, tonight marks my five hundredth performance of my fiftieth opera with the company. It is hard for me to fathom that twenty years has gone by so quickly.  Thinking with gratitude about the wonderful people and artists with whom I have worked, and the destiny that brought us together.”