In the 2024/25 season, Langrée brings l’Opera-Comique to Lille in a production of Gounod’s Faust. On the symphonic stage, he conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal, and NDR Elbphilharmonie Symphonieorchester in concerts in Bremen, Lübeck, and Hamburg. He also conducts The Juilliard Orchestra in a program of works by Ravel and will return to Interlochen and the Ravinia Festival in summer 2025.

Recent highlights include performances of Thomas’ Hamlet, as well as new works by Jonathan Bailey Holland, Bryce Dessner (US premiere), and Anthony Davis (world premiere) with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and a production of Carmen at the Edinburgh International Festival with Opéra-Comique.

A regular presence in New York since his 1998 debut, Langrée has conducted about 250 performances and concerts at Lincoln Center, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Metropolitan Opera, and the New York Philharmonic. Guest conducting appearances include the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. In addition to the Met, he frequently conducts at leading opera houses including Vienna Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and at festivals including Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence, BBC Proms, Edinburgh International, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburg Mozartwoche, and Whitsun.

Among Langrée’s recent recordings, the DVD of Thomas’ Hamlet, filmed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris with the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, won the Best Recording of the Year award at the International Opera Awards, Best Video Performance at the International Classical Music Awards, the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros, the Caecilia Prize, and Diapason d’Or of the Year. His two last CDs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra were both nominated for Best Orchestral Performance at the Grammy Awards.

Previous music director roles include the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center (2003–2023), Orchestre de Picardie, Opéra National de Lyon, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, and chief conductor of the Camerata Salzburg. Louis Langrée is a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and an Officier des Arts et des Lettres.