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James Levine Conducts The Bartered Bride
S25 E4 - 4m 52s
Watch Layla Claire and Paul Appleby perform in the Lindemann Young Artists production of The Bartered Bride, conducted by James Levine, and talk about the experience working with Maestro. This clip is an outtake from James Levine: America's Maestro.
Levine on his Childhood
S25 E4 - 2m 35s
In this outtake from James Levine: America's Maestro, James Levine remembers growing up with a father who led a dance band that broadcast from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and recalls his first piano lessons.
Levine on Conducting
S25 E4 - 1m 41s
In this outtake from James Levine: America's Maestro, James Levine gives an explanation of his unique approach to conducting an orchestra - how he believes in being a "teacher conductor."
James Levine Conducts Simon Boccanegra
S25 E4 - 5m 19s
In this clip from James Levine: America's Maestro, hear a story from David Langlitz, the Principal Trombone for the Met Orchestra, that illuminates Levine's unique sensitivity to sound and watch Levine conduct a dress rehearsal of Simon Boccanegra with Placido Domingo. James Levine: America's Maestro premieres Wednesday June 1st, 2011 at 8 p.m. (check local listings).
Layla Claire Rehearses with James Levine
S25 E4 - 2m 33s
In this clip from James Levine: America's Maestro, watch Maestro Levine rehearse with and give advice to the young artist Layla Claire in List Hall. James Levine: America's Maestro premieres Wednesday June 1st, 2011 at 8 p.m. (check local listings).
James Levine Instructs Ed Parks on his Figaro
S25 E4 - 4m 25s
In this outtake from James Levine: America's Maestro, Levine instructs Ed Parks on how to be an Italian operatic Figaro, teaching him how to make the music his own.
James Levine: America's Maestro - Preview
S25 E4 - 30s
To celebrate his 40th anniversary at the Metropolitan Opera, Maestro James Levine's life and current work is the subject of a documentary film. 6/1/11
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