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==Principal conductors==
In the Met's inaugural season of 1883–1884, [[Auguste Vianesi]], who conducted most of the performances that season including the opening night, was listed in the playbills as "Musical Director and Conductor"; thereafter, the Met did not have another officially designated "music director" until [[Rafael Kubelík]] in 1973. However, several of the Met's conductors have assumed more prominent leadership role at different times in the company's history. They set artistic standards and influenced the quality and performance style of the orchestra, but without any official title. The Met has also had many famed guest conductors who are not listed here.

===Conductors in formal leadership positions===
* Auguste Vianesi (musical director and conductor, 1883–1884) 
* [[Kurt Adler]] (chorus master and conductor, 1943–1973)
* [[Rafael Kubelík]] (music director, 1973–1974)
* David Stivender (chorus master, 1973–1990)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/10/obituaries/david-stivender-56-chorus-master-of-met-opera.html | title=David Stivender, 56, Chorus Master of Met Opera | work=The New York Times | author=Allan Kozinn | date=1990-02-10 | access-date=2024-11-14}}</ref>
* [[James Levine]] (music director, 1976–2016; artistic director, 1986–2004; music director emeritus, 2016–2017)
* [[Valery Gergiev]] (principal guest conductor, 1997–2008)
* Donald Palumbo (chorus master, 2007–2024)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/arts/music/donald-palumbo-metropolitan-opera.html | title=He Made the Met Opera's Chorus the Best in the World | work=The New York Times | author=Zachary Woolfe | date=2024-05-21 | access-date=2024-11-14}}</ref>
* [[Fabio Luisi]] (principal guest conductor, 2010–2011; principal conductor, 2011–2017)
* [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]] (music director, 2018–present)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/about/whoweare/detail.aspx?id=3 |title=Met Orchestra roster |access-date=September 15, 2011 |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008080107/http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/about/whoweare/detail.aspx?id=3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tilman Michael]] (chorus master, 2024–present)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/arts/music/tilman-michael-chorus-master-metropolitan-opera.html | title=Met Opera Taps German Conductor as Next Chorus Director | work=The New York Times | author=Javier C. Hernández | date=2024-04-03 | access-date=2024-11-14}}</ref>

===Other conductors of note in company history===
* [[Anton Seidl]] (1885–1897)
* [[Walter Damrosch]] (1884–1902)
* [[Alfred Hertz]] (1902–1915, leading conductor of German repertory)
* [[Gustav Mahler]] (1908–1910)
* [[Arturo Toscanini]] (1908–1915)
* [[Artur Bodanzky]] (1915–1939, leading conductor of German repertory)
* [[Gennaro Papi]] (1916–1927, 1935–1941, leading conductor of Italian repertory)
* [[Tullio Serafin]] (1924–1934)
* [[Fausto Cleva]] (1931–1971)
* [[Bruno Walter]] (1941–1951, 1956, 1959)
* [[Ettore Panizza]] (1934–1942, leading conductor of Italian repertory)
* [[Erich Leinsdorf]] (1938–1942, leading conductor of German repertory)
* [[George Szell]] (1942–1946)
* [[Cesare Sodero]] (1942–1947)
* [[Fritz Busch]] (1945–1949)
* [[Max Rudolf (conductor)|Max Rudolf]] (conducting staff 1946-1958, musical administrator 1950-1958)
* [[Fritz Reiner]] (1949–1953)
* [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]] (1954–1960)
* [[Erich Leinsdorf]] (1957–1962)