Conlon will conduct LA Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artists and the Colburn Orchestra in a double-bill of Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis and the West Coast premiere of Krenek’s The Secret Kingdom at The Colburn School. The Emperor of Atlantis was created in 1943 by composer Viktor Ullmann and librettist Peter Kien while they were imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp and ghetto in Terezin. The Secret Kingdom is by Ernst Krenek who immigrated to America after his works were labeled “degenerate” by the Nazis. The performance of Krenek’s opera is particularly meaningful to Mr. Conlon, considering Krenek’s great contribution to the musical life of southern California, where he composed, taught and lived until the end of his life. Performances begin tonight at The Colburn School’s Zipper Hall.

Conlon talks about working with the young musicians in “L.A. Opera-Colburn partnership opens doors for young musicians.” 
Click here to read the article in the Los Angeles Times.

“The New World Symphony offered the formidable duo of conductor James Conlon and violinist James Ehnes in its first concert of the new year on Saturday night. A dazzling performance of one of the mainstays of the concerto repertoire and a revisionist view of Berlioz’s mega-portrait of Romeo and Juliet provided high-voltage music making before a packed house at the New World Center.”

Click here to read the full review on South Florida Classical Review.

Conlon conducts Prokofiev’s March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with James Ehnes, and Berlioz’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet