NEW YORK (AP) — James Levine plans to return to the podium at the Metropolitan Opera in May following a two-year absence, conducting from a wheelchair following a fall last year that left him partially paralyzed.

The Met announced Thursday that its music director intends to conduct a concert at Carnegie Hall on May 19 and will lead three productions in the 2013-14 season: a new staging of Verdi’s “Falstaff” and revivals of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” and Berg’s “Wozzeck.” He also is scheduled for all three of the Met orchestra’s Carnegie Hall concerts that season.