LA Opera and Ravinia Music Director James Conlon Cancels August 2013 Shows to Undergo Surgery

James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera, the Ravinia Festival, and the Cincinnati May Festival, has cancelled two August engagements to undergo surgery to remove an inflamed portion of his colon as a result of diverticulitis. The surgery will take place in New York, and Mr. Conlon's prognosis is for a full recovery following three to four weeks recuperation after surgery.

Affected concerts include his August 17 Ravinia Festival performances of Britten's The Burning Fiery Furnace with singers from Ravinia's Steans Music Institute and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Trinity Episcopal Church, and an August 23 engagement presented by the La Jolla Music Society, as part of LA Opera's Britten100/LA Festival, featuring the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra performing Britten's Simple Symphony and Prelude and Fugue.

Mr. Conlon is expected to have resumed normal activities by the time of his next scheduled appearance, conducting Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Metropolitan Opera, opening on October 11.

Photo Credit: Todd Rosenberg

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