James Levine
Since his June 5, 1971, debut at the Metropolitan Opera with Tosca, Music Director James Levine has developed a relationship with that company that is unparalleled in its history and unique in the musical world today. He conducted the first-ever Met performances of Mozart's Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, I Lombardi and Stiffelio, Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Schoenberg's Erwartung and Moses und Aron, Berg's Lulu, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, as well as the world premieres of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles and John Harbison's The Great Gatsby.
James Levine has led nearly 2500 performances of 85 different operas at the Metropolitan Opera.
James Levine at Bayreuth
1982
Parsifal (conductor)
1983
Parsifal (conductor)
1984
Parsifal (conductor)
1985
Parsifal (conductor)
1988
Parsifal (conductor)
1989
Parsifal (conductor)
1990
Parsifal (conductor)
1991
Parsifal (conductor)
1992
Parsifal (conductor)
1993
Parsifal (conductor)
1994
Das Rheingold (conductor)
Die Walküre (conductor)
Siegfried (conductor)
Götterdämmerung (conductor)
A new Ring at Bayreuth, usually called the "Rosalie Ring" or the "Designer Ring". Stage director was Alfred Kirchner, and the set and costume designer was Rosalie.
Deborah Polaski as Brünnhilde in the Kirchner/Rosalie/Levine Ring at Bayreuth.
1995
Das Rheingold (conductor)
Die Walküre (conductor)
Siegfried (conductor)
Götterdämmerung (conductor)
1996
Das Rheingold (conductor)
Die Walküre (conductor)
Siegfried (conductor)
Götterdämmerung (conductor)
1997
Das Rheingold (conductor)
Die Walküre (conductor)
Siegfried (conductor)
Götterdämmerung (conductor)
1998
Das Rheingold (conductor)
Die Walküre (conductor)
Siegfried (conductor)
Götterdämmerung (conductor)
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