Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Institute: 1 p.m. Sunday at Ravinia Festival, Bennett-Gordon Hall, 200-231 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park. Free; 847-266-5100
Chanticleer: The all-male vocal ensemble returns for another eclectic program, ranging from plainchant to contemporary pieces, folk songs and spirituals. 8 p.m. Monday in Martin Theatre, Ravinia, 200-231 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park. $30-$50, $10 lawn; 847-266-5100, ravinia.org
Chicago Folks Operetta: The troupe performs “Arizona Lady,” Hungarian composer Emmerich Kalman’s final operetta (1953). A spirited ensemble of singing actors gives this tuneful Wild West romance a modest but engaging production, presented in a new English translation. Through Sunday in North Theater at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. $30, $25 for seniors; 773-327-5252, chicagofolksoperetta.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Paul Gemignani leads Ravinia’s annual benefit evening, a salute to Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim at 80. Vocalists include Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, Audra McDonald and George Hearn, directed by Lonny Price. 7 p.m. Saturday; $80-$125, $25 lawn (benefit tickets $750). Music director James Conlon kicks off Ravinia’s Mozart opera festival when he leads the first of two concert performances of Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Martin Theatre (repeated at 1 p.m. Aug. 7). His singers are Ana Maria Martinez, Ruxandra Dunose, Rodion Pogossov, Saimir Pirgu, Frederica von Stade and Richard Stilwell; $80, $12 lawn. Ravinia Festival, 200-231 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park. 847-266-5100, ravinia.org
Da Corneto Opera: Chicago’s concert opera company presents Gounod’s “Faust,” sung in French with English surtitles. The cast includes Robert Frankenberry, Kelli C. Finn and Alvaro Ramirez. Enrique Patron de Rueda conducts the orchestra and chorus. 4 p.m. Sunday at Church of St. Hilary, California and Bryn Mawr avenues. $35-$38, $30-$33 seniors; 847-662-2692, dacorneto.org
Grant Park Music Festival: Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu is joined by piano soloist Markus Groh for a Grant Park Orchestra concert that includes Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto and Stravinsky’s “The Fairy’s Kiss” ballet; 6:30 p.m. Friday. Enrique Barrios leads the orchestra in a program of 20th century Mexican symphonic works to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence; 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Principal conductor Carlos Kalmar returns to the series for a program of John Adams’ “Lollapalooza” and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9, with the admirable German violinist Christian Tetzlaff playing Dvorak’s Violin Concerto; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Open rehearsals: 11 a.m. Friday, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m. Wednesday; free. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 100 N. Michigan Ave., 312-742-7638, grantparkmusicfestival.com
Music by the Lake: The summer series continues with a recital by violinist Frank Almond and pianist William Wolfram. 4 p.m. Sunday at Ferro Pavilion, George Williams College of Aurora University, 350 Constance Blvd., Williams Bay, Wis. $15-$75; 866-843-5200, 262-245-8501, musicbythelake.com
Pacifica Quartet: Pianist Orion Weiss joins the ensemble for Schumann’s masterful Piano Quintet in E flat major. The rest of their program holds Beethoven’s String Quartet in F (Opus 18, No. 1) and Jennifer Higdon’s “Voices.” 8 p.m. Tuesday in Martin Theatre, Ravinia, 200-231 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park. $25-$40, $10 lawn; 847-266-5100, ravinia.org
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