The great James Levine,music director at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and previous music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will return to conducting May 19 in a performance with the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, according to a Met declaration.
The maestro, who has been getting better from a serious spinal injury after a fall in 2011, will also behavior three operas as well as Carnegie Hall concert in the company’s 2013-14 season. The 2011 injury left Levine somewhat paralyzed, and he remains temporarily not capable to walk, so he will conduct from a powered wheelchair with adapted elevating podiums at Carnegie Hall andthe Met.
Before his fall, Levine also had other surgeries to address painful spinal problems, and the pain provoked a longstanding but moderately benign neurological disorder related to Parkinson’s illness, according to the statement. For reasons of privacy, Levine had not formerly disclosed the ailment, medication for which contributes to shaking in his legs and left hand.
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