CLASSICAL MUSIC
"THE NOSE" Opera Boston presents the New England premiere of Shostakovich's brash and brilliant satirical opera, with a libretto based on Gogol's famous story about a bureaucrat who loses his nose and then pursues it around St. Petersburg. Russian-born director Julia Pevzner stages this production, with a cast that includes Stephen Salters, Torrance Blaisdell, Vladimir Matorin, Frank Kelley, and Anton Belov. Feb. 27 and March 1 and 3, $29-$119, Cutler Majestic Theatre, 617-451-3388 or www.operaboston.org.
BORROMEO STRING QUARTET The locally based foursome gives a free performance of three great pinnacles of the string quartet literature: Beethoven's Quartets Op. 130, 131, and 132. March 3 at 7 p.m., Free, Jordan Hall, 617-585-1260 or www.newenglandconservatory.edu.
LANG LANG The formidable and flamboyant piano virtuoso performs a
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The young French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his BSO debut leading Dvorak's Sixth Symphony and Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist. Feb. 27 and 28, $29-$115, Symphony Hall, 617-266-1200 or www.bso.org.
