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An Interview with James Conlon

June 27, 2026, 4:00 pm

James Conlon wearing a dark suit, white shirt, light grey tie, posing in the orchestra pit of LA Opera's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

James Conlon (Photo: Dan Steinberg for LA Opera)

Grammy award-winning conductor James Conlon, joins WFMT for an hour of music and conversation. As music director of the Ravinia Festival from 2005 to 2015, Maestro Conlon revitalized Ravninia’s operatic offerings by presenting grand opera such as Verdi’s Aida and Strauss’s Salome in concert in the Pavilion; and intimate, semi-staged performances of Mozart’s seven great operas in the Marin Theatre. Following his final perfomances as music director of LA Opera in June, next month, he leads Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio in the Martin Theatre. Learn more HERE.

Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.

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