James Levine, who ruled four decades over Metropolitan Opera, dead at 77
Levine became one of the signature artists in the companyâs century-plus history. He was eased aside for health reasons and later fired for sexual improprieties.
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James Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in July 2006. Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural causes, his physician said. [ MICHAEL DWYER ]
Updated Mar. 17
NEW YORK â Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then was fired for sexual improprieties, has died. He was 77.
Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said Wednesday.