L.A. Opera's James Conlon takes on Verdi, Britten and a health scare
L.A. Opera music director James Conlon recovers from surgery even as he prepares for Verdi's 'Falstaff' in L.A. and handled Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at New York's Metropolitan Opera.James Conlon had an increasingly perplexed expression on his face as he looked through a messy pile of books and manuscripts at his office at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The conductor was searching for an essay he had writ…