James Levine News

The Metropolitan Opera's "The Met: Live in HD" series will continue at the Potsdam Roxy Theater with the presentation of "Der Rosenkavalier," Richard Strauss' comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in the 18th century.

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine withdrew from almost the entire fall concert schedule due to back surgery.

Joseph Calleja and Kate Lindsey in "Les Contes de Hoffmann" at the Met. Blog The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more.

FULLY ENGAGED: The Borromeo String Quartet delivered the year's best chamber music in their BA©la BartA3k quartet cycle at the Gardner Museum.

After missing two months of work because of back surgery, James Levine , to the relief of his countless admirers, returned to the Metropolitan Opera this month to conduct the new production of Offenbach's "Contes d'Hoffmann." On Sunday afternoon, in another sign that his recuperation is coming along nicely, Mr.

OPERA PERFORMANCE The St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park will host a screening of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" today at 12 p.m. Joining forces for Offenbach's psychological fantasy are James Levine, conductor, and Tony Award winner Bart Sher as director.

These productions will later be broadcast on PBS. The operas are the new English-language adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute, conducted by James Levine and directed by Julie Taymor; I Puritani starring Anna Netrebko; the world premiere production of Tan Dun's The First Emperor with Placido Domingo in the title role; Eugene Onegin with Renee ...

Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in a magnificent Christmas celebration 8:00 PM Tosca Karita Mattila stars in her first Met performance of the title role of Puccini's opera.

James Levine is back in action, at long last, after an absence from the podium occasioned by back surgery.

There was great excitement among opera fans earlier this year when the rumor got around that Deutsche Grammophon was about to issue the New York Metropolitan Opera s Falstaff from 1992 on DVD.

A Metropolitan Opera presentation of an opera in three acts by Jacques Offenbach and Jules Barbier.

Conductor James Levine returned to the Metropolitan Opera after an absence of more than two months to recover from spine surgery to lead the company's new production of Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann ." Indeed, there were a lot of tales in this "Hoffmann," in which director Bartlett Sher used Hoffmann's Jewish background and conversion to ...

Ever since conductors' salaries began to resemble those of industry CEOs, it was only a matter of time before the worlds of music and business intertwined more incestuously.

The Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program will honor Maestro James Levine with a program of songs performed by Bard graduate vocal arts students at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the St.

Three American opera stars - Christine Brewer, Denyce Graves and Richard Leech - are among those who will be lighting up the stage with Metropolitan Opera maestro James Levine for Cincinnati Opera's 90th anniversary gala in Music Hall on June 19.

Tanglewood in 2010 will be well supplied with variety in both the classical and popular fields: The Boston Symphony Orchestra season ranges from generous portions of opera and Mahler to the return of James Taylor and a day- night doubleheader, featuring twin debuts by Berkshire folk singer Arlo Guthrie and Broadway star Audra McDonald.

Time is short this morning - jury duty continues - so I'm simply going to give you the press release direct from the Boston Symphony Orchestra with all the plans for next summer's Tanglewood season, including the return of Seiji Ozawa, the jazz fest and two James Taylor/Carole King shows that will sell out so fast it will warp the space/time ...

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Lorin Maazel will fill in for James Levine , conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Sixth and Seventh symphonies in Boston on Oct.

Originally expected to return from back surgery last week, James Levine is now slated to next lead the BSO on Jan.