Weekly Classical Music Agenda

Tuesday
The Academy of Vocal Arts opens its season with Mozart's witty and timeless Così fan tutte.
Academy of Vocal Arts (19th and Spruce); 7:30 PM; $48

Yo-Yo Ma comes to the Kimmel Center with Kathryn Stott, piano for an evening of Schubert, Shostakovich, Piazzola, Gismonti and Franck.
Verizon Hall (Kimmel Cetner); 8 PM; $38-$94

Thursday
Temple University faculty members Lawrence Wagner, clarinet, Jeffrey Solow, cello, and Charles Abramovic, piano give a concert of chamber music featuring works by Fruhling, D’Indy and Schumann.
Rock Hall Auditorium (Temple University); 7:30 PM; Free

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents the Miró Quartet in a concert of traditional (Mozart and Beethoven) and not so traditional (Zorn) chamber music.
Perelman Theater (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $22.50

Friday
Appreciate the versatility of strings at Philadelphia Orchestra's concert featuring Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s elegant Serenade for Strings, and more.
Verizon Hall (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $38-$113

Satisfy your gingerbread cravings with the Opera Company of Philadelphia's production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel.
Academy of Music (Broad and Locust); 8 PM; $10-$185

Saturday
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Chester County presents Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia Limited, a political farce with a happy ending.
Philips Memorial Building (West Chester University); 2 PM & 8 PM; $17

Looking for another Mozart opera? Curtis Opera Theatre presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, a comic tale of trickery, love, and class struggle.
Prince Music Theater (1412 Chestnut Street); 7:30 PM; $33

Early sunsets got you down? The Yavneh Ensemble presents "From Light to Light," a program of choral music for shabbat.
The Ethical Society Building (19 South Rittenhouse Square); 8 PM; $18

Sunday
The German Society of Pennsylvania presents local singers Jacqueline Smith and Larry Indik in an afternoon of Lieder by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Mahler, and more.
German Society (7th and Spring Garden); 3 PM; $20

Curtis students and faculty member Lionel Party, harpsichord, will perform Bach’s complete Brandenburg Concertos in two installments.
Saint Mark’s Church (1625 Locust St.); 4 PM & 7:30 PM; FREE

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