After 20 years as the LA Opera’s Music Director, James Conlon retired from his position at the end of the 2025/26 season. His farewell celebration featured some of the company’s biggest stars and audience favorites. Tonday, we’ll enjoy a selection of the music from Conlon’s farewell concert.
Giuseppe Verdi: Acts Three and Four of La Forza del Destino
DON ALVARO: Rodrick Dixon
DON CARLO DI VARGAS Ernesto Petti
SURGEON Craig Colclough
PREZIOSILLA Sarah Saturnino
TRABUCO Yuntong Han
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Act Two Finale of The Marriage of Figaro
COUNT ALMAVIVA Hyungjin Son
COUNTESS ALMAVIVA Nicole Heaston
SUSANNA Gabrielle Turgeon
FIGARO Craig Colclough
ANTONIO Vinícius Costa
MARCELLINA Hyona Kim
DON BASILIO Nathan Bowles
DOCTOR BARTOLO Vinícius Costa
Richard Wagner: Excerpt from Act Three of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
HANS SACHS Martin Gantner
EVA Nicole Heaston
WALTHER VON STOLZING Nathan Bowles
MAGDALENA Hyona Kim
DAVID Yuntong Han
VEIT POGNER Craig Colclough
ENSEMBLE: LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
