Los Angeles Opera
Since the 2006-2007 season, Conlon is the Music Director of Los Angeles Opera. He is also currently Music Director of the Ravinia Festival, having held that post since 2005. Conlon continues to serve as Music Director of the Cincinnati May Festival, a post he has held since 1979. In September 2007, Conlon extended his LA Opera contract through the 2010-2011 season.
His work at LA Opera includes a series called "Recovered Voices", a multi-year project during which Conlon will bring the music of composers affected by the Holocaust to the LA Opera stage. The series begins this season with a double-bill of Alexander von Zemlinsky's Der Zwerg and Viktor Ullmann's Der zebrochene Krug, and will include operas by composers such as Schreker and Braunfels, among others, in future seasons. Since beginning his tenure at LA Opera, Mr. Conlon has sought to establish a Wagnerian tradition in LA, and this season's Tristan is one of seven Wagnerian works he will conduct there over the next four years, including the first ever performance in LA of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen beginning in 2008-09.
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