At HGO he also conducted the world premiere production of The Little Prince, and he led Jonathan Dove’s Flight at the Pittsburgh Opera Center. Lowe has had a long relationship with Houston Grand Opera, where he has led Carmen, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Sweeney Todd, Jake Heggie’s The End of the Affair (world premiere production), as well as the HGO Studio production of Copland’s The Tender Land.

He has also appeared at San Francisco Opera and New York City Opera, as well as on Broadway.

He made his European debut conducting Candide in Francesca Zambello's production at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and Opéra National de Bordeaux, and he recently conducted Turandot at Tulsa Opera. Additionally, his arrangements can be heard on The Metropolitan Opera’s Three Divas Live in Concert that was recorded live at the Palace of Versailles. Recent engagements include a return to The Glimmerglass Festival for Songbird, an adaptation of Offenbach's La Périchole which he arranged and orchestrated in the style of 1920s New Orleans jazz bands, Houston Grand Opera for La bohème, Lyric Opera of Chicago for West Side Story, Washington National Opera for Jeanine Tesori's The Lion, The Unicorn and Me, The Glimmerglass Festival for Show Boat, Utah Opera for The Little Prince, and Tulsa Opera for Madama Butterfly. Last season he made debuts with Arizona Opera for El Milagro del Recuerdo and returned to New York City Opera for the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis and The Glimmerglass Festival for Sound of Music.

He will also return to Arizona Opera for The Magic Flute and Lyric Opera of Chicago for West Side Story. Lowe makes debuts with Teatro Lirico di Cagliari for West Side Story and The Atlanta Opera for Candide. Equally at home in Opera and Musical Theater, Grammy nominated conductor James Lowe continues to garner praise for “beautifully sculpted” (Opera News) performances.

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