The classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. What, never? No, never! Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.

The American Classical Orchestra will present Morning Stars at Alice Tully Hall January 15. Thomas Crawford will conduct the all-classical program that will comprise works by Mozart, Haydn, and Boccherini. The works will include Mozart's Overture for La finta semplice, Boccherini's Symphony No. 26, and Haydn's Symphony No. 6, as well as Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate with soprano Song Hee Lee.

The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players' production of H.M.S. Pinafore continues through January 18 at Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse. With a plot that satirizes England's social and economic class structure with a love story between the daughter of a naval captain and a lowly sailor aboard her father's ship, H.M.S. Pinafore was a major breakout hit in 1878, and continues to be referenced and parodied in popular culture to this day, with homages and quotations popping up in everything from Merrily We Roll Along to The Simpsons.

Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present a preview of Complications in Sue, which premieres at Opera Philadelphia next month. The world premiere opera features a libretto by Tony and Pulitzer winner Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop), set to music by ten different composers. Works & Process will present a conversation with co-directors Zack Winokur and Raja Feather Kelly, joined by Opera Philadelphia Artistic Director Anthony Roth Costanzo, followed by performances of selected excerpts from the opera.

The Metropolitan Opera's new production of I Puritani plays its final performances this week, January 15 and 18. The Charles Edwards-helmed production stars soprano Lisette Oropesa as Elvira, with tenor Lawrence Brownlee and baritone Artur Ruciński as her rival Royalist and Roundhead suitors, respectively, who fight for her hand, and for the future of England amid the English Civil War.

Meanwhile, perennial favorites Madama Butterfly and Carmen return to the Met stage this week. The Puccini tragedy stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Cio-Cio-San and tenor SeokJong Baek as Pinkerton, while mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina returns to her acclaimed portrayal of the title role of Carmen alongside tenor Michael Fabiano as Don José and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Escamillo.

Pianist Yefim Bronfman joins the New York Philharmonic January 15-18 for a series of concerts including Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto. Xian Yang will conduct the program, which also features Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 and the New York premiere of Chen Yi's Landscape Impression.

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard will be joined by bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green and Broadway's Jordan Donica at Carnegie Hall January 15, for an evening of American songs from the 1930s and '40s, featuring classical repertoire, Broadway show tunes, and everything in between. The program will include songs by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kurt Weill, and more.

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