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2020

22nd May - 12th Jun 2022

Verdi’s Aida at LA Opera

“The big voices of [the cast] soared over magnificent chorus and orchestra. James Conlon let it all gloriously ring. One could see the stage perfectly well in relief, and imagination filled in visual details. It all became amazingly {…}

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Musical America

James Conlon Re-Ups at LA Opera

James Conlon has extended his contract as music director of the Los Angeles Opera through the end of the 2024-25 season, which will bring his tenure with the company to 19 years. The 71-year-old native New Yorker and the Los Angelenos seemed to have formed a happy alliance, with Conlon having raised the caliber of the orchestra, not to mention the {…}

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DC Metro Theater Arts

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to play composers silenced by Nazis

Conductor James Conlon talks about his upcoming program of Recovered Voices. Four composers who died in Nazi concentration camps are known to have written entire compositions while imprisoned there, and the Washington–Baltimore region deserves its share of credit in bringing this music to light. The In Series performed Viktor Ullmann’s {…}

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14th Nov - 29th Nov 2020

Joseph Bologne’s “The Anonymous Lover” at LA Opera

“The impediments of the pandemic have usefully and forcefully driven L.A. Opera and LBO to think about what the art form might look like for the next generation. Diversity is, of course, on every institution’s mind, a silver lining to this {…}

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30th Nov - 01st Dec 2019

Cincinnati Business Courier Review: James Conlon at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

REVIEW: James Conlon’s CSO return is gratifying in Wagner, Tchaikovsky   James Conlon, music director laureate of the Cincinnati May Festival, returned Saturday to lead a rewarding program with the CSO.   By Janelle Gelfand {…}

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16th Nov - 23rd Nov 2019

LA Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute

” James Conlon conducted a great orchestra, with a special nod Heather Clark, the LA Opera orchestra’s own magic flute.” – San Francisco Classical Voice “…Conlon gave a measured and lustrous reading of the overture {…}

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