Conlon has served as the Music Director of the Ravinia Festival, summer home of the Chicago Symphony (2005–15), and is now Music Director Laureate of the Cincinnati May Festival―the oldest choral festival in the United States―where he was Music Director for 37 years (1979–2016), marking one of the longest tenures of any director of an American classical music institution. He has been Principal Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Torino, Italy (2016–20) Principal Conductor of the Paris Opera (1995–2004) General Music Director of the City of Cologne, Germany (1989–2003), simultaneously leading the Gürzenich Orchestra and the Cologne Opera and Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (1983–91). In September 2021, he became Artistic Advisor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conlon is one of classical music’s most recognized interpreters. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous essays and commentaries, frequent television appearances and guest speaking engagements, Mr. He has conducted more than 270 performances at the Metropolitan Opera. He has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra since his debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1974. One of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, James Conlon has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire. (Click here to visit James Conlon's Corner, where you can find essays, videos and conversations he has created especially for LA Opera.) Highlights of recent seasons include the 2020 company premiere of The Anonymous Lover (L'Amant Anonyme) by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and the 2021 company premiere of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. Since his debut that year with La Traviata, he has conducted 66 different operas and more than 420 performances to date with the company.
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