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NEW YORK — Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine has canceled his fall conducting engagements after reinjuring his back, and Italian conductor Fabio Luisi has been named principal conductor.
Levine, 68, has led performances at the nation’s premier opera house for four decades and is credited with turning its orchestra into opera’s finest instrumental ensemble.
He was to start rehearsals Tuesday. He was in Vermont last week recuperating from back surgery when he fell and damaged one of his vertebrae, Met officials said.
The Associated Press
