James Conlon’s Big Plans For LA Opera

He’s only just arrived as the company’s music director. So “right now, it’s a bit early in Conlon’s tenure for him to be willing to go beyond generalities, but the conductor does have a vision of the future. He wants to make Los Angeles a center for Wagner (an L.A. Opera “Ring” has been scheduled since he came aboard) as well as the launching pad for his “Recovered Voices” project — reviving music suppressed during the Third Reich.”