James Levine |

James Levine

Kusukela ngo-1964-70 wayengumsizi kaSell neCleveland Symphony Orchestra. Ngo-1970 wadlala eWelsh National Opera (Aida). Kusukela ngo-1971 e-Metropolitan Opera (wenza i-debut yakhe ku-opera Tosca). Kusukela ngo-1973 ube ngu-chief conductor, kusukela ngo-1975 ube ngumqondisi wezobuciko kule midlalo yeshashalazi. Ngo-1996, kugujwa iminyaka engu-25 ka-Levine e-Metropolitan Opera (ngalesi sikhathi wenza izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-1500 kuma-opera angu-70). Phakathi kwemikhiqizo eyenziwe eminyakeni edlule, siphawula i-Triptych kaPuccini, i-Berg's Lulu (kokubili ngo-1976), kanye nemidlalo yokuqala yomhlaba ka-D. Corigliano ethi The Ghosts of Versailles (1991). Ngo-1975 waqala ukubonakala ku-Salzburg Festival (The Magic Flute, phakathi kweminye imikhiqizo ka-Schoenberg ethi Moses and Aaron). Kusukela ngo-1982 udlale kuBayreuth Festival (phakathi kwemikhiqizo kukhona iParsifal, 1982; Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1994-95). Useke wacula nama-orchestra aseVienna neBerlin Philharmonic. Phakathi kwamarekhodi amaningi e-opera kaMozart ( The Marriage of Figaro, Deutsche Grammophon; The Magic Flute, RCA Victor); Verdi (Aida, Sony, Don Carlos, Sohy, Othello, RCA Victor), Wagner (Valkyrie, Deutsche Grammophon; Parsifal, Philips). Qaphela futhi ukurekhodwa kuka-André Chenier ka-Giordano (abacula yedwa u-Domingo, Scotto, Milnes, RCA Victor).

E. Tsodokov, 1999