“You were a musical genius, an outstanding conductor, and a supportive colleague, with an amazing sense of humor. near the end of Levine’s 25th anniversary concert, which stretched on for about eight hours at the Met in 1996.ĭomingo recalled working with Levine more than 400 times, his most opera performances with any conductor. He was closely associated with Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and Birgit Nilsson, who spoke on stage at close to 2 a.m. Known for bushy hair an an ever-present towel draped over a shoulder during rehearsals, Levine greatly expanded the Met’s repertory and was especially praised for his performances of Wagner, Verdi and Berg. “He raised the Met’s musical standards to new and greater heights.” “No artist in the 137 year history of the Met had as profound an impact as James Levine,” Gelb said in a statement. 17 and 21 in Florence, Italy, but the concerts were canceled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. He had been scheduled to make comeback performances of Brahms’ ”Ein Deutsches Requiem” this Jan. He was fired the following March 12 and never conducted again.

3, 2017, the day after conducting a Verdi “Requiem” in what turned out to be his final performance, after accounts in the New York Post and The New York Times of sexual misconduct dating to the 1960s. Levine became music director emeritus and remained head of its young artists program but was suspended on Dec.

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