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. Today, 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
