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James Conlon

James Conlon

Born: 1950-03-18

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).

Filmography
14 Short Films About Opera poster
14 Short Films About Opera
2025
Macbeth poster
Macbeth
2016 • Conductor
The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra poster
The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
2013 • Self (archive footage)
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk poster
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
2009 • Conductor
Zemlinsky – The Dwarf poster
Zemlinsky – The Dwarf
2008 • Conductor
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny poster
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007 • Self - Conductor
The Magic Flute poster
The Magic Flute
2006 • Sabastro's Captain
No Image
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
2006 • Self
La Traviata poster
La Traviata
2006 • Conductor
Estranged Passengers: In Search of Viktor Ullmann poster
Estranged Passengers: In Search of Viktor Ullmann
2003 • Conductor
Rusalka poster
Rusalka
2002
Tosca poster
Tosca
1978