Editing Metropolitan Opera (section)

===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>