“It feels like I’ve been carrying this world with me for a long time.”

In this celebratory season, audiences will hear two twentieth-century operas and three world premieres across COT’s full slate of mainstage and special programming.

Though there is a long way still to go, today’s stages are richer because these pioneering conductors are on them.

Music director Riccardo Muti will conduct music by Beethoven, Price, Glass, and Montgomery while welcoming guest artists like Anne-Sophie Mutter, Leif Ove Andsnes, and Mitsuko Uchida.

From Carmen to Claus, learn what is in store for the next season of Chicago Opera Theater.