Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Her much-anticipated Severance conducting debut features a fascinating juxtaposition of works by Haydn, Ligeti – marking the centenary of the composer’s birth – and Vivier. The program concludes with Richard Strauss’s exploration of the most universal of questions: what lies …

The company’s slate of presentations includes two world premieres, two Lyric premieres, and several new productions.

From concert hall classics to obscure showpieces.

Plus beloved titles from Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, and more.

Guest artists include cellist Oliver Herbert, violinist Geneva Lewis, and pianist Orion Weiss.

Chosen by Lise Davidsen, Jessye Norman shines as Ariadne in a performance from January 5, 1985. Sir Andrew Davis conducts Norman alongside Gianna Rolandi (Zerbinetta), William Cochran (Bacchus), Maria Ewing (Composer), Dale Duesing (Harlekin).

Two shining examples of Richard Strauss’s storytelling genius anchor this program, and the inspiring Italian-German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich brings the evocative Violin Concerto by Samuel Barber.

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to lead Strauss’s grand mythological epic, a tour de force for orchestra and soloists alike.

Storms capture the human imagination, inspiring awe and fear in equal measure.

Richard Strauss’s Capriccio delves into the nature of art and the rivalry between words and music, with Elsa Dreisig starring as the Countess, with Bo Skovhus as the Count, and Sebastian Kohlhepp as Flamand.

Haydn’s glorious Te Deum opens the program, with Richard Strauss’s Aus Italien concluding. The program’s centerpiece, Franz Schubert’s Second Mass, features vocalists Siobhan Stagg, Julian Prégardien, and Vito Priante.

The Brazilian pianist in unreleased music by Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, Strauss, Debussy, Gluck, and Villa-Lobos.

The beloved American mezzo-soprano shares her passion for French mélodie and reminisces on one of her signature roles—Oktavian in Der Rosenkavalier

Five CSO music directors—Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Muti, Fritz Reiner, Artur Rodziński, and Sir Georg Solti—lead orchestral excerpts from operas by Beethoven, Copland, Mascagni, Rossini, and Strauss. The program closes with several selections from Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil lead Strauss’ Don Quixote, an epic tone poem that pits the infamous “Man of La Mancha” against a flurry of windmills and wizards, featuring the LA Phil’s Principal Cello Robert deMaine and Principal Viola Teng Li as soloists. Maria João Pires‘s performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4.

An autumnal assortment of songs in German, French, English, and even Swedish, each with their own take on the fall season.

20th-century maestro Thomas Beecham leads works by Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, and Mily Balakirev.

Plus the suite from Richard Strauss’s hilarious Der Rosenkavalier and a world-premiere by Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad.

This opera, renowned for its intricate psychological depth and lavish score, weaves a tale of a fairy empress on a quest to gain a shadow—symbolizing her desire for motherhood and human connection.

Teague-Núñez is the first steelpan soloist to enter — much less win — the competition.

Four contemporary operas have their Met premieres.

Plus visiting the West Coast by way of Salonen’s L.A. Variations.

Join Riccardo Muti and the CSO for a sensuous journey to Italy.

Another packed summer of live music awaits.

We will hear the CSO’s ninth music director conducting Bruckner, Strauss, and Wagner.