French conductor Louis Langrée is Director of the Théâtre national de l’Opéra Comique, appointed in 2021. Following a successful ten years as Music Director at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, he was named Music Director Laureate through to the 2027-28 season.
In 2026-27 season, Langrée returns to Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, Orchestre Métropolitain, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and LA Philharmonic and he leads a production of Pelléas et Mélisande with Opéra national du Rhin. Recent highlights include debuts with Kansas City Symphony and Barcelona Symphony and returns to National Symphony Orchestra Washington, New York Philharmonic and LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
A regular presence in New York since his 1998 debut, Langrée has conducted over 250 performances at the Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival, Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic. Guest conductor appearances include Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Freiburg Baroque and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He regularly conducts at leading opera houses including Vienna Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House and Lyric Opera of Chicago, and at festivals including Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence, BBC Proms, Edinburgh International, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Wiener Festwochen and Salzburg Mozartwoche.
An advocate for the music of our time, Langrée has conducted world premieres by Daníel Bjarnason, Julia Adolphe, Guillaume Connesson, Anna Clyne, Jonathan Bailey Holland, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Nico Muhly, André Previn, Caroline Shaw and Christopher Rouse.
