James Levine

Born: 1943-06-23


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Fantasia 2000

as Self - Host
Released: 2000-01-01

Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores...

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Elektra

as Conductor
Released: 1994-01-01

The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera...

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Die Walküre

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1990-02-23

The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this...

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Il Trovatore

as uncredited
Released: 1988-10-15

Luciano Pavarotti brings his spectacular voice and artistry to one of the most famous of all...

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La traviata

as Conductor
Released: 1982-10-07

This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where...

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La Forza del Destino

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1984-03-23

Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who...

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Otello

as Conductor
Released: 1995-10-01

Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand...

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La Bohème

as Conductor
Released: 1977-03-14

Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted...

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Carmen

as Conductor
Released: 1988-12-12

This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James...

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Don Carlo

as Conductor
Released: 1983-07-28

Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here...

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Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

as Conductor
Released: 2001-12-08

James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René...

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The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

as Himself
Released: 2000-11-14

A documentary on the making of Fantasia 2000.

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Puccini: La Boheme

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1982-01-01

"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most...

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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1995-01-26

This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th...

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Falstaff

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1993-01-01

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian...

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Un Ballo in Maschera

as Conductor
Released: 1991-01-26

Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

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Rigoletto

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1977-11-07

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career...

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The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute

as Conductor
Released: 2000-11-13

Mozart’s allegorical fairy tale has charmed audiences and inspired artists, for more than 200...

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Idomeneo

as Conductor
Released: 1982-01-01

Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982...

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Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

as Self - conductor
Released: 1996-04-27

This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here...

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La Forza del Destino - The Met

as Conductor
Released: 1996-12-03

With James Levine at the helm, Verdi’s multi-faceted masterpiece is revealed as a drama of...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Das Rheingold

as Conductor
Released: 2013-03-19

In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of...

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L'Elisir d'Amore

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1991-11-11

John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the...

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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1983-01-01

In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour...

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Ariadne auf Naxos

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-01

Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera,...

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La Traviata - The Met

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1981-03-28

James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings...

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Siegfried

as Conductor
Released: 1990-02-23

Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of...

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Rigoletto

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1981-12-15

The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence...

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Wagner: Das Rheingold

as Conductor
Released: 2010-10-09

Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course...

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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

as Self - Conductor
Released: 2008-11-22

Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky...

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The Transformation of the World Into Music

as Self
Released: 1996-07-21

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television....

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Tristan und Isolde

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1999-12-18

Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is...

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Richard Wagner: Parsifal

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1993-04-07

The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also...

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Berlioz: Les Troyens

as Conductor
Released: 1983-10-07

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus,...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

as Self - Conductor
Released: 2010-11-13

Donizetti’s timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk’s enchanting production, conducted by James...

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Verdi: Nabucco

as Self - Conductor
Released: 2017-01-07

The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo

as Self - Conductor
Released: 2017-03-25

Mozart’s early masterpiece returned to the Met for the first time in more than a decade with...

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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

as Self - Conductor
Released: 2009-01-24

Director and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal...

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The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg

as uncredited
Released: 2014-12-13

James Levine leads a stirring performance of Wagner’s epic comedy, seen in Otto Schenk’s classic...

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Giordano: Andrea Chénier

as Conductor
Released: 1996-11-09

This live from the Met telecast from October 1996 of Giordano’s infrequently performed verismo...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Dream

as Self
Released: 2012-09-11

Wagner's Dream-the documentary highlighting the creative process and technical aspects involved...

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Der Rosenkavalier

as uncredited
Released: 1982-10-07

In this stunning performance from 1982, Strauss’s enchanting fairy tale for adults is blessed...

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Francesca da Rimini

as Conductor
Released: 1984-04-07

Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera...

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Don Carlo

as Conductor
Released: 1980-02-21

Don Carlo (1980) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / italian. King Philip's court is plagued by rebels,...

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The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser

as Self - Conductor
Released: 1982-12-20

As renowned for its harmonious overture as for its romantic storybook characters, this three-act...

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Das Rheingold

as Conductor
Released: 1990-04-23

From the gorgeous scene deep in the river Rhine that opens the opera, up to the magic Rainbow...

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La Clemenza di Tito

as Conductor
Released: 1980-01-01

"La Clemenza di Tito" was Mozart's last stage work. It was commissioned for an Imperial...

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Strauss: Elektra

as Conductor
Released: 1980-02-16

It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera...

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The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self
First aired: 1978-12-28

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their...

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