Young was the first female conductor at the Vienna State Opera in 1993 . She conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra when they performed Elena Kats-Chernin 's " Deep Sea Dreaming " at the 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Sydney . In November 2005 , she was the first female conductor to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic . Her discography includes all the symphonies of Anton Bruckner and the complete '' Ring Cycle '' of Richard Wagner ; she was the first woman to have recorded either of these cycles . She has also recorded the complete cycle of Brahms ' symphonies
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Simone Young