--- name: "James Levine" canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-levine" fi1m_id: "james-levine" imdb_id: "nm0505824" tmdb_id: 1248678 wikidata_id: "Q336388" roles: ["Conductor"] born: "23 June 1943" died: "9 March 2021" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-07T04:32:56.409402+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # James Levine ## Identity James Levine - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-levine - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** james-levine - **IMDb ID:** nm0505824 - **TMDB ID:** 1248678 - **Wikidata ID:** Q336388 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Levine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248678 Conductor. Born 23 June 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Died 9 March 2021. ## Details - **Work:** Conductor - **Born:** 23 June 1943, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - **Died:** 9 March 2021 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Levine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248678 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Fantasia 2000*](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography James Levine was an American conductor and pianist. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he studied piano from a young age and made his orchestral debut at ten with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He attended the Juilliard School, where he studied conducting with Jean Morel, graduating in 1964. Levine began his professional career as assistant conductor to George Szell with the Cleveland Orchestra. In 1971 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, where he served as principal conductor from 1973, music director from 1975, and artistic director from 1986. He also held positions with the Ravinia Festival and other ensembles. Levine conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for six segments of the 1999 film *Fantasia 2000*, in which he also appeared as Self - Host in the "Pomp and Circumstance" segment. He died in Palm Springs, California, in 2021. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, nytimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Fantasia 2000* (2000), Fi1m 65, as Self - Host — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md) ## Complete filmography (99) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte* (2017), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute* (2017), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo* (2017), Conductor - *Verdi: Nabucco* (2017), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser* (2015), Conductor - *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Metropolitan Opera* (2014), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro* (2014), Music Director - *The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte* (2014), Music Director, Conductor - *Verdi: Falstaff* (2013), Music Director - *The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre* (2011), Conductor - *Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]* (2011), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale* (2010), Music Director - *In Concert at The Met* (2010), as Conductor - *Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Metropolitan Opera* (2009), Conductor - *Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice* (2009), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine* (2009), Music Director - *La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera* (2008), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth* (2008), Conductor - *The Met - Tristan und Isolde* (2008), Conductor - *Manon Lescaut – The Met* (2008), Conductor - *The Magic Flute* (2006), Conductor - *In Rehearsal: A New Butterfly for the Met* (2006), Actor - *American Storage* (2006), Music - *Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio* (2003), Director - *The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos* (2003), Conductor - *Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg* (2001), as Conductor - *Alban Berg - Wozzeck* (2001), Music Director - *Nabucco* (2001), Music Director - *Don Giovanni* (2000), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute* (2000), Conductor - *Beethoven: Fidelio* (2000), Music Director - *Fantasia 2000* (2000), Conductor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md) - *Tristan und Isolde* (1999), Conductor - *Le Nozze di Figaro* (1998), Conductor - *La Cenerentola* (1997), Music Director - *Carmen* (1997), Music Director - *La Forza del Destino - The Met* (1996), as Conductor - *Andrea Chénier* (1996), Conductor - *Così fan tutte* (1996), Music Director - *Otello* (1995), as Conductor - *Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra* (1995), Conductor, Art Direction - *Il Tabarro & Pagliacci* (1994), as Conductor · Music Director - *Elektra* (1994), as Conductor - *I Lombardi - The Met* (1993), Conductor - *Stiffelio - The Met* (1993), Music Director - *Richard Wagner: Parsifal* (1993), as Art Direction · Conductor - *Falstaff* (1993), Conductor, Art Direction - *The Ghosts of Versailles* (1992), Conductor - *L'Elisir d'Amore* (1991), as Art Direction · Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991* (1991), as Conductor - *Un Ballo in Maschera* (1991), as Conductor · Music Director - *Semiramide* (1990), Music - *Spirituals in Concert* (1990), Conductor - *Götterdämmerung* (1990), Music Director - *Das Rheingold* (1990), as Conductor - *Don Giovanni* (1990), Conductor - *Siegfried* (1990), as Conductor · Music Director - *Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall* (1990), Conductor - *Aida* (1989), Music - *Die Walküre* (1989), Conductor - *Carmen* (1988), as Conductor - *Il Trovatore* (1988), as Conductor, Art Direction - *Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera* (1988), Conductor - *Turandot* (1987), Music Director - *L'italiana in Algeri* (1986), Music Director - *Lohengrin - Metropolitan Opera* (1986), Conductor - *Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met* (1985), Conductor - *Tosca* (1985), as Art Direction - *Aida* (1985), Conductor - *Simon Boccanegra* (1984), Music Director - *Francesca da Rimini* (1984), as Conductor - *La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera* (1984), Conductor - *Ernani* (1983), Conductor - *Berlioz: Les Troyens* (1983), as Conductor - *Don Carlo* (1983), as Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser* (1982), Conductor - *The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel* (1982), Music Director - *La traviata* (1982), as Conductor - *Der Rosenkavalier* (1982), Actor - *The Magic Flute* (1982), Conductor - *Idomeneo* (1982), as Conductor · Music Director - *Puccini: La bohème* (1982), Conductor, Music Director - *Hommage a Sevilla* (1981), Conductor - *Verdi: Rigoletto* (1981), Music Director - *Il trittico* (1981), Conductor - *La Traviata - The Met* (1981), Conductor - *Puccini: Manon Lescaut* (1980), Conductor - *Don Carlo* (1980), as Conductor · Music Director - *Elektra* (1980), Conductor - *Strauss: Elektra* (1980), as Conductor - *La Clemenza di Tito* (1980), as Conductor - *Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny* (1979), Conductor - *Otello - The Met* (1979), Conductor - *Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera* (1979), Conductor - *Don Pasquale* (1979), Music Director - *Otello - The Met* (1978), Conductor - *Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci* (1978), Conductor - *Rigoletto* (1977), as Art Direction · Conductor - *La Bohème* (1977), as Conductor ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Kennedy Center Honors 2002: Kennedy Center Honors (won) - Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award 1979: Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/james-levine