James Lawrence Levine is a celebrated American conductor and pianist. in 1971 James Levine made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Tosca. Since that day, he has been closely associated with

Maestro James Levine inaugurated the "Metropolitan Opera Presents" television series for PBS in 1977, founded the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in 1980, returned Wagner's complete

James Levine recordings / discography Levine can be seen and heard in many audio and video recordings. Levine has recorded extensively with many orchestras and especially often with the Metropolitan Opera.