The Philadelphia Orchestra’s music director has gone to the dogs. And the cats.

The Metropolitan Opera will hire an all-black outside chorus next season for its first presentation in nearly three decades of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

The Philadelphia Orchestra is celebrating 40 years of official U.S.-China diplomatic ties with a new tour.

Here are 10 albums from 2016 that stood out because of the incredible performances, the repertoire, the historical significance, or all of the above.