Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93 NYT | Top Stories Adam Nossiter 17 January 2026 at 21:54 Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics. © Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesRhoda Levine in 1995 at a rehearsal for her production of Hindemith’s “Mathis Der Maler” at New York City Opera. She was acclaimed for clear, straightforward stagings of classics, rarities and new works.