[DOC] [TLE] Metropolitan Opera - Wikipedia [PAR] The Metropolitan Opera, commonly referred to as "The Met", is a company based 
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Roosevelt, and .... He was also instrumental in hiring conductor Arturo Vigna. 
Conried ... tenor and former Met artist Edward Johnson to be appointed general 
manager. [DOC] [TLE] James Levine - Wikipedia [PAR] James Lawrence Levine is an American conductor and pianist. He is primarily 
known for his tenure as Music Director of the Metropolitan ... He stepped down as 
the Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera at the end of the 2015-2016 season 
to ... Levine first conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in April 1972. [DOC] [TLE] Metropolitan Opera | About The Met [PAR] The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883, with its first opera house built on 
Broadway ... (He held the title of Artistic Director between 1986 and 2004.) ... 
Conductor since the beginning of the 201011 season, was named the Met's 
Principal... [DOC] [TLE] Metropolitan Opera | James Levine, Music Director Emeritus [PAR] After 40 years as the Met's Music Director, he took on the position of Music ... Mr. 
Levine conducted the first-ever Met performances of Mozart's Idomeneo and La ... 
founded the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program (LYADP) in ... 
in two documentaries (in 1986 and 2011) on PBS's American Masters series. [DOC] [TLE] James Levine, Transformative at the Met Opera, Is Stepping Down ... [PAR] Apr 14, 2016 ... He became the company's artistic director in 1986 and held that post ... and 
Stravinsky, several of which he brought to the Met for the first time. ... Mr. Levine 
was named the Met's principal conductor in 1972, its music director in... [DOC] [TLE] James Levine- Bio, Albums, Pictures  Naxos Classical Music. [PAR] He began to play the piano at the age of four, and made his concert debut when 
... In 1986 he was named as the Metropolitan Opera's first-ever artistic director,... [DOC] [TLE] James Levine facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] He began formal piano lessons at age four and worked unflaggingly at the ivories 
.... Wolfgang Vacano; it was there that he first conducted an opera, The Pearl 
Fishers. .... In 1985 Levine was named the Metropolitan Opera's artistic director, a 
post that .... The positive attitude of the company, the feeling of 'family,' the ever... [DOC] [TLE] James Levine | American conductor and pianist | Britannica.com [PAR] Jun 3, 2016 ... In his position as conductor and director of the Metropolitan Opera, ... and 
Luciano Pavarotti), and in 1999 he was named chief conductor of the ... in 1971; 
in 1986 he became the company's first artistic director. ... Widely regarded as the 
greatest composer who ever lived, Ludwig van Beethoven dominates. [DOC] [TLE] The Comeback Kid - Opera Magazine [PAR] The Met's celebrated orchestra has just assembled for a session on Wozzeck 
with .... He was named the Met's first-ever artistic director in in 1986, '
downgrading'... [DOC] [TLE] James Levine Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] In 1971 he conducted both Luisa Miller and Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera and 
was named its principal conductora post created for him; he was ... director of 
the Met in 1976; and in 1986 he was chosen the company's first artistic director. [DOC] [TLE] Classical Revival | Boston Magazine [PAR] When Levine was headed to Aspen for the first time in his early teens, his mother 
... Bing at the Metropolitan Opera, where Levine was assistant conductor 
beginning in 1971. He was 28. Four years later, he became the music director of 
the Met, and in 1986 he was named artistic director. ... But nothing is ever that 
simple. [DOC] [TLE] Emeritus Musings | Senza Sordino [PAR] Jun 1, 2016 ... I joined the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 1986. ... the pretense of the title 
Maestro, preferring to be called by his first name, Jim or Jimmy. ... Ten years later 
he was appointed

Question: In 1986 he was named the first ever artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera
Answer: James Levine