The world’s most popular opera, Puccini’s heartbreaking tragedy never fails to enrapture audiences with its poignant depiction of love and loss in bohemian Paris, all set to one of opera’s most romantic scores. Some of today’s most extraordinary talents inhabit the touchstone principal roles in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic staging, a perennial Met favorite for the past 45 years.

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La Bohème

Lincoln Center

After delivering one of the most stunning productions in recent Met memory with his 2025 take on Strauss’s Salome, director Claus Guth returns with a psychologically probing setting of Janáček’s haunting Jenůfa, extolled by The Telegraph at its London premiere as an “edgy, evocative staging that will surely become a classic.” Headlining the new staging is soprano Asmik Grigorian, whose dramatic intensity and powerhouse voice are perfectly suited to the demands of the title character, a young woman driven to despair by abandonment and betrayal. Legendary soprano Nina Stemme returns to the Met as the Kostelnička, Jenůfa’s stern stepmother, who commits an unspeakable act in a misguided attempt to save Jenůfa from ruin. Standout tenors Allan Clayton and Sean Panikkar also star as the impulsive Laca, who disfigures Jenůfa in a fit of jealousy, and his stepbrother Števa, who fathers her child before cruelly abandoning her. Maestro Tomáš Hanus makes his company debut on the podium.

Jenůfa

Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece of French grand opera is a feast for the eyes and ears, with an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, who makes a notable company debut.

Samson et Dalila

CMS is thrilled to present one of the greatest cycles of music ever created: Ludwig van Beethoven's sonatas for solo piano.

Esteemed pianist Gilles Vonsattel presents this monumental cycle in eight concerts spanning the entire season. Possessing consummate technique, stylistic integrity, and probing intellect, he has emerged as a descendant of history's most celebrated Beethoven interpreters.

Beethoven Piano Sonatas III

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFe6mW6x9pc

The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59E40S_EQSY

The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

Doja Cat will bring the Tour Ma Vie World Tour to The Garden on December 1, 2026.

Doja Cat

Madison Square Garden

Go behind the scenes as leading artists mentor the next generation of chamber musicians. Audiences will witness CMS artists working directly with emerging ensembles from across the country as they share ideas, refine interpretations, and bring the music to life in real time.

Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Gilbert & Sullivan had collaborated with Charles Dickens? A G&S CAROL: A LIVE RADIO PLAY is a Victorian mash up of the beloved holiday classic by Dickens and some of your favorite G&S, with a little help from your New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players friends.

A G&S Carol: A Live Radio Play

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

Introduce your children to the fundamentals of classical music in a warm and inviting atmosphere. Host Bruce Adolphe guides families through engaging musical journeys, featuring his well-known character Inspector Pulse, the world's greatest and only "private ear."

Inspector Pulse in a Good Mode

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

On the heels of her triumphant portrayal in the recent new production of Bellini’s I Puritani, Lisette Oropesa climbs another peak of the bel canto soprano repertoire, the doomed Scottish queen at the heart of Donizetti’s charged historical drama. Soprano Angela Meade is Elisabetta, the English monarch out for blood, with tenor René Barbera as Leicester, the nobleman they both love. Maestro Enrique Mazzola takes the podium for David McVicar’s striking production.

Maria Stuarda

WSOU Presents JINJER Duel North America 2026 will be at Palladium Times Square on June 12th, 2026 with special guests Crystal Lake and Entheos.

WSOU Presents JINJER Duel North America 2026

Palladium Times Square

During the Baroque period, composers explored new ways of writing for wind instruments, affording wind players an equal place with string players at the musical table. With wind soloists in every work, this program illuminates a golden musical era from a sonically refreshing and delightful perspective.

Baroque Wind Concertos

With the death of Johann Sebastian Bach in 1750, shortly after he completed his Musical Offering, the Baroque era began transitioning to the Classical style. Among its leaders were Bach’s immensely talented sons, whose works in this program pay respect to tradition while establishing a fresh, popular musical aesthetic.

Bach and Sons: Passing the Torch

A beloved New York holiday tradition, Mozart’s enchanting fable takes the stage in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor—the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway’s The Lion King. Running under 90 minutes and dazzling audiences with vibrant sets, colorful costumes, and eye-popping puppetry, it’s the perfect show for the holidays and a delightful introduction to opera for audiences of all ages.

The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation

Uplifting, inspiring, hopeful, energizing, innovative, spiritual: all of these adjectives apply to Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. To say that the world needs them now more than ever is an understatement. They represent what humankind at its finest can achieve, and because of that, we gather around them faithfully every season.

The Brandenburg Concertos 2026

Andrea Bocelli will bring the Romanza 30th Anniversary World Tour to The Garden on December 16 & 17.

Andrea Bocelli

On New Year’s Eve 2026, Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky adds to her already remarkable Met repertoire, making her role debut as the larger-than-life Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures.

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La Bohème

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Jenůfa

The Metropolitan Opera

Samson et Dalila

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Doja Cat

The Theater at Madison Square Garden

Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

A G&S Carol: A Live Radio...

Symphony Space

Inspector Pulse in a Good...

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Maria Stuarda

The Metropolitan Opera

WSOU Presents JINJER Duel...

Palladium Times Square

Baroque Wind Concertos

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Bach and Sons: Passing th...

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The Magic Flute—Holiday P...

The Metropolitan Opera

The Brandenburg Concertos...

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Andrea Bocelli

The Theater at Madison Square Garden

La Fanciulla del West

The Metropolitan Opera