CLASSICAL CHOICE

OPERA AND CONCERTS

OPENING THIS WEEK

TILSON THOMAS/ LSO

Barbican, EC2 (0171 638 8891) tonight

Mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager in Mahler, Berg and Wagner.

ELENA PROKINA

Wigmore Hall, W1 (0171 935 2141) Mon

Lunchtime recital of Russian songs by celebrated Russian mezzo.

PETER GRIMES

Coliseum, WC2 (0171 632 8300) Fri to 7 Dec

Paul Daniel conducts the ENO's Tim Albery production. Robert Brubaker takes the title role.

GERMAN REQUIEM

RFH, SE1 (0171 960 4242) Sat

Brahms's serenely selective vision of the afterlife. Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts the Philharmonia. MW