Sentence:  `` Parsifal '' follows July 25 , with Hans Knappertsbusch <WSD>conducting</WSD> , and he also conducts `` Die Meistersinger '' , to be presented Aug. 8 and 12 . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"