Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian makes her highly anticipated Met debut tackling the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy

Xian Zhang leads the CSO in Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony and Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message. In between, Simon Trpčeski joins her in Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Opening the program, Sir Georg Solti leads the CSO in Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a from 1997 London recording.

Four contemporary operas have their Met premieres.

This year’s Grammys, the 65th annual ceremony, takes place on Sunday, February 5.

The Recording Academy announced its 2023 Grammy nominations on November 15, 2022.

Banner works by Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev headline Muti’s three CSO residencies, ahead of the conclusion of his tenure with Beethoven’s Missa solemnis.

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

The CSO’s 130th season begins on September 17 with a free concert for Chicago at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.