Without the maestro's in the pit, controlling the pace and the volume and bringing out the best in the singers- where would opera be? Here are some legendary conductors, each with their own style. We will add more detail as time goes by.
Here pictured at the podium is James Levine of the New York Metropolitan Opera..
- Arturo Toscanini
- Bruno Walter
- Carlo Felice Cilario
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Carlos Kleiber
- Charles Mackerras (Sir)
- Claudio Abbado
- Colin Davis (Sir)
- Georg Solti (Sir)
- Georges Pretre
- Herbert Von Karajan
- James Levine
- John Barbirolli (Sir)
- John Pritchard
- Karl Bohm
- Leonard Bernstein
- Lorin Maazel
- Pierre Boulez
- Riccardo Chailly
- Riccardo Muti
- Richard Bonynge
- Richard Hickox
- Seiji Ozawa
- Simone Young
- Thomas Beecham (Sir)
- Thomas Schippers
- Tullio Serafin
- Valery Gergiev
- Victor De Sabata
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Zubin Mehta
