News on James Levine

Levine back on podium after disk surgery

2010-02-23T21:20:51Z

<div id="subtitle">Conductor James Levine back on podium at Metropolitan Opera after disk surgery</div><div><p>Conductor James Levine has returned to the podium following a two-month absence caused by surgery for a herniated disk in his back.</p><p>The 67-year-old conducted the openi...

At Carnegie gala, sub conductor displays heroics

2010-02-25T00:28:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Conductor Daniele Gatti makes heroic display as substitute at Carnegie Hall season opener</div><div><p>A not so funny thing happened on the way to the opera.</p><p>Italian conductor Daniele Gatti arrived in New York from James Levine, right, speaks to an unidentified man before the start of the final dress rehearsal Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Conductor Levine withdrawing from upcoming shows

2010-02-25T01:04:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Conductor James Levine withdrawing from upcoming shows in NYC, Boston to have surgery</div><div><p>Conductor James Levine is withdrawing from upcoming performances with the Metropolitan Opera...

Fidgeting As an Aid to Weight Loss

2010-02-25T04:06:54Z

It's now official. The easy act of fidgeting can suggest the difference between being lean and overweight. It's the natural weight reduction diet. My friend likes to relate a tale from time to time about when he was merely a boy. His granddad called him "Worm", as he fidgeted so much.<br><br>And between me and you, it can get rather vexing. But he had the right concept, even if it wasn't deliberate.<br><br>To my understanding, he does no...

Review: Curtain falls on Met's "Ring" production

2010-02-27T12:15:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Met orchestra amazes as company retires production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle after 20 years</div><div><p>The Rhine overflowed its banks, Valhalla went up in flames, and the world according to Otto Schenk came crashing down one final time as the Metropolitan Opera retired its venerable production...

Stand up — right now!

2010-03-03T15:21:52Z

<div><p> I have a secret to reveal: I finally started losing weight, but it wasn’t until after I stopped going to the gym. After a decade of daily workouts (running on the treadmill and lifting weights) and never dropping a pound, I abandoned my gym routine and upped my daily activity (more standing, less sitting) and the weight gently melted away. <br /><span><strong>Sit less.</strong></span> My...

Burn Calories at the Office

2010-03-01T08:34:54Z

<div><p> In a 2005 study, James Levine, M.D., professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, confirmed that people who are less sedentary are less likely to gain weight. Subjects were overfed by 1,000 calories a day and wore sensors that monitored their movement. “In the people we stud...

Conductor James Levine had malignant kidney growth

2010-03-02T03:59:37Z

<div id="subtitle">BSO conductor Levine had malignant kidney growth, doctors say surgery to remove it successful</div><div><p>A growth on a kidney removed from conductor James Levine was malignant, but the cancer was caught early and no further treatment is needed, the Boston Symphony Orchestra said Tuesd...

Biopsy for kidney removed from James Levine

2010-03-02T04:11:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Biopsy for kidney removed from conductor James Levine; brother says it is `common procedure'</div><div><p>A biopsy will be performed on the kidney that was removed this week from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Metrop...

Healthy James Levine opens Boston Symphony season

2010-02-28T09:57:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Returning from cancer, James Levine is 'thrilled' to lead Boston Symphony Orchestra again</div><div><p>James Levine returned to podium for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's gala opening night performance, after taking several weeks off following surgery for kidney cancer.</p&gt...

Levine on track to make return at the Met

2010-02-28T16:16:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Conductor James Levine on track to return to Met podium this month after cancer surgery</div><div><p>Conductor James Levine is on track to return to the podium this month at New York's Metropolitan Opera after cancer surgery.</p>&a...

LEVINE RECOVERING AFTER OPERATION

2010-03-04T09:36:01Z

<div><p>American orchestral conductor JAMES LEVINE is recovering after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour from his kidney.</p><p> The Boston Symphony and Metropolitan Opera music director was hospitalised on 15 July (08) to ha...

Conductor James Levine recovering from tumor surgery

2010-03-04T09:51:35Z

<div><p>The Boston Symphony and Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine, 65, is recovering favorably from successful kidney tumor surgery, his spokesman said Tuesday.</p><p>Levine was hospitalized from July 15 until last we...

Levine delays kidney surgery until next week

2010-03-04T13:52:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Conductor James Levine delays surgery to remove kidney until next week</div><div><p>Conductor James Levine has delayed surgery to remove a kidney until next week.</p><p>"Jim has had numerous (standard) tests this week, and several consultations and discussions over the best surgical procedure," his brother,