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Critic's picks - classical music
(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
OPERA BOSTON The remarkable Polish contralto Ewa Podles (left) makes her local stage debut in Rossini’s “Tancredi,’’ directed by Kristine McIntyre and conducted by Gil Rose. Oct. 25 and 27, Cutler Majestic Theatre, 617-451-3388 or www.operaboston.org.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Filling in for a recuperating James Levine, Julian Kuerti steps in on Tuesday and Thursday (Oct. 27 and 29) to lead Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4, the second program in the BSO’s Beethoven cycle. Levine is scheduled to return to pick up the third and fourth programs of the cycle, with Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7 on Oct. 30 and 31, and Nos. 8 and 9 on Nov. 5, 6, and 7. Symphony Hall, 617-266-1200 or www.bso.org.
EMMANUEL MUSIC A promising seasonlong survey of music by Haydn and Schoenberg gets underway with a chamber program that includes Schoenberg’s Serenade and assorted Haydn vocal works, with Jayne West, Pamela Dellal, Frank Kelley, Aaron Engebreth. John Harbison conducts. Oct. 25 at 4 p.m., $30-$50, Emmanuel Church, 617-536-3356 or www.emmanuelmusic.org.
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