Conductor James Levine returns from 2-year absence

By Ronald Blum

Published May 19, 2013 4:00am ET

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Conductor James Levine returns from 2-year absence — Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine conducts the MET Orchestra on May 18, 2013 during a rehearsal at Carnegie Hall. The Sunday, May 19 concert by the MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall will mark Maestro Levine's first public performance in more than two years after being sideline by a spinal injury. The concert will be broadcast live on SIRIUS XM Channel 74 and streamed on the Met's Web site (metopera.org) beginning at 2:55 p.m. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Cory Weaver) | Cory Weaver

NEW YORK (AP) — Conductor James Levine has returned from an absence of more than two years to lead the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in a concert at Carnegie Hall.

The 69-year-old Levine was left partially paralyzed by a fall in August 2011 and is regaining use of his legs. He conducted from a motorized wheelchair lifted about 3 feet in the air by a mechanical podium constructed for his use by the Met.

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