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Conductor James Conlon’s Passion for Verdi

When the LA Opera opened their 2018-2019 season a week ago with Verdi’s Don Carlo, it marked the 50th performance of that opera conducted by James Conlon. But don’t ask the LA Opera’s beloved conductor if he gets burned out doing operas over and over again. Frankly, he’ll tell you that he doesn’t do anything he doesn’t want to do. And {…}

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Classical Voice North America

Season Of Verdi Reflects Lifelong Passion Of Conlon

James Conlon is a having a very Verdi moment. The eminent 68-year-old American conductor will lead 39 performances of the Italian composer’s works in 2018-19, reaching his 500th Verdi performance overall. Conlon’s season starts Sept. 22 at the Los Angeles Opera, where he has been music director since 2006. “This year, for various {…}

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Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine

Renowned Director James Conlon Leads Music Academy of the West in The Marriage of Figaro

Over the years, Santa Barbara has been host to a number of remarkable classical music performances and this year is no exception. James Conlon, renowned music director of the Los Angeles Opera, will lead the Music Academy of the West’s vocal fellows and orchestra in performing The Marriage of Figaro on Friday, August 3 and Sunday, August {…}

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Santa Barbara Independent

James Conlon on Mozart’s ‘Figaro’

L.A. Opera Director Comes to Music Academy for ‘The Marriage of Figaro.’ One subtle pleasure running through the work of the vocal program at the Music Academy of the West is the way that each season reflects the extraordinary impact of Marilyn Horne. In an art form defined by collaboration, mentorship, and legacy, Horne stands apart as an {…}

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CSO Sounds & Stories

James Conlon returns to one of his favorite summer venues — Ravinia

Though James Conlon marked the finale of his 10-year tenure as music director of the Ravinia Festival with a triumphant concert featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Aug. 15, 2015, it was hardly the end of his association with the CSO or the summer series. Last year, on four days notice, he stepped in for an ailing Christopher Eschenbach, {…}

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Ynet (Israel)

James Conlon: “My mission is to restore life to works lost in the Holocaust”

One evening while working in Germany, the maestro James Conlon heard in his car the work of a Jewish composer who reminded him of why he had fallen in love with music in the first place. The Nazis called them “degenerate music,” but his life’s task is to restore these lost works alive – and he is not even Jewish. In an {…}

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