Classical, Etc.
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Seattle Opera This quadrennial production of Wagner’s Ring is, all told, SO’s best yet—more vivid, more gripping, more moving. McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 389-7676, seattleopera.org. $300–$1,460 per cycle. Ends Aug. 25.
Public Opera An informal evening of favorite arias from a quartet of singers. Ristorante Picolinos, 6415 32nd Ave. N.W., 781-8000, publicopera.com. $35. 6:30 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 22.
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Mark Hilliard Wilson Bach, Piazzolla, Schubert, and more on this guitarist’s annual summer recital. St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave., stjames-cathedral.org. $15. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Aug. 23.
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Olympic Music Festival Chamber music in a rustic repurposed barn, each Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. through Sept. 1. This weekend, Chopin, Dvorak, Faure, Martinu. Olympic Music Festival, Center Road, Quilcene, 360-732-4800, olympicmusicfestival.org. $18–$33.
Music Northwest Opening the 2013-14 season with British art songs from Dowland to Britten. Olympic Recital Hall, S. Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Ave. S.W., 937-2899, musicnorthwest.org. $16–$18. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Aug. 24.
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle Borodin, Rachmaninoff, and more al fresco., Luther Burbank Park, 2040 84th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island, russianchambermusic.org. Free. 3 p.m. Sun., Aug. 25.
