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).

KNOWN FOR

Tosca - Metropolitan Opera
1978
The Magic Flute
2006
Rusalka
2002
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
2006
14 Short Films About Opera
2025
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007
The Anonymous Lover — LA Opera
2020
The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
2013
Macbeth
2016
La Traviata
2006
Don Giovanni
1991
Rigoletto
1996

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
12
Sound
6
2025
14 Short Films About Opera
2016
Macbeth
as Conductor
2013
The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
as Conductor
2008
Zemlinsky – The Dwarf
as Conductor
2007
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
as Self - Conductor
2006
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
as Self
2006
La Traviata
as Conductor
2006
The Magic Flute
as Sabastro's Captain
2003
Estranged Passengers: In Search of Viktor Ullmann
as Conductor
2002
Rusalka
1978
Tosca - Metropolitan Opera
as Self - Conductor