James Conlon

James Conlon is an American conductor. He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1974 and has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra. Throughout his career, Conlon has held the positions of Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (1983-1991), General Music Director of the City of Cologne Germany (1989-2003), Principal Conductor of the Paris Opera (1995-2004), Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera (2006), and Principal Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra (2016).

The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra (2013)

The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years about the great conductors who have been performing on the most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelo Bozzolini
CAST:  Antonio Pappano  •  Yuri Temirkanov  •  James Conlon  •  Valery Gergiev

The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years about the great conductors who have been performing on the most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelo Bozzolini
CAST:  Antonio Pappano  •  Yuri Temirkanov  •  James Conlon  •  Valery Gergiev

The Magic Flute (2006)

During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Branagh
CAST:  Joseph Kaiser  •  Amy Carson  •  René Pape  •  Lyubov Petrova

During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Branagh
CAST:  Joseph Kaiser  •  Amy Carson  •  René Pape  •  Lyubov Petrova

Rusalka (2002)

Renee Fleming stars in Dvorak's three-act opera based on two fairy-tales which tells the story of a water-nymph called Rusalka (Fleming), who wishes she was human, after falling in love with a mortal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Roussillon
CAST:  Renée Fleming  •  Larissa Diadkova  •  Sergei Larin  •  Franz Hawlata

Renee Fleming stars in Dvorak's three-act opera based on two fairy-tales which tells the story of a water-nymph called Rusalka (Fleming), who wishes she was human, after falling in love with a mortal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Roussillon
CAST:  Renée Fleming  •  Larissa Diadkova  •  Sergei Larin  •  Franz Hawlata

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CAST:  Viktor Ullmann  •  James Conlon

La Traviata (2006)

This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins the ranks of the elite handful of sopranos whose vocal and acting talents make their portrayals memorable. Her Violetta Valéry is a vulnerable figure torn between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marta Domingo
CAST:  Renée Fleming  •  Rolando Villazón  •  Renato Bruson  •  Suzanna Guzmán

This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins the ranks of the elite handful of sopranos whose vocal and acting talents make their portrayals memorable. Her Violetta Valéry is a vulnerable figure torn between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marta Domingo
CAST:  Renée Fleming  •  Rolando Villazón  •  Renato Bruson  •  Suzanna Guzmán

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DIRECTION:  Darko Tresnjak
CAST:  James Conlon

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2009)

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime just like the Shakespearian Lady Macbeth. But Nikolai Leskov’s short novel, which portrays Katherina as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Dodin
CAST:  Vladimir Vaneev  •  Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet  •  Vsevolod Grivnov  •  James Conlon

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime just like the Shakespearian Lady Macbeth. But Nikolai Leskov’s short novel, which portrays Katherina as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Dodin
CAST:  Vladimir Vaneev  •  Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet  •  Vsevolod Grivnov  •  James Conlon

Tosca (1978)

A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting Shirley Verrett) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning  •  Tito Gobbi
CAST:  Shirley Verrett  •  Luciano Pavarotti  •  Cornell MacNeil  •  Fernando Corena

A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting Shirley Verrett) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning  •  Tito Gobbi
CAST:  Shirley Verrett  •  Luciano Pavarotti  •  Cornell MacNeil  •  Fernando Corena