From Busoni to Rossini, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.

Mannes Opera presents Ferruccio Busoni's Turandot as part of an Opera in Concert program at Alice Tully Hall November 20. Although Turandot is best known these days as the final opera by Giacomo Puccini, Carlo Gozzi's 18th-century play and its 19th-century German adaptation by Friedrich Schiller inspired many operas, and Busoni's predates Puccini's by nearly a decade, and is truer to Gozzi's commedia dell-arte treatment of the story, while Puccini hies closer to the dramatic treatment of Schiller. The hour-long opera will be paired with a performance of Puzzles and Games, a selection from Unsuk Chin's opera Alice in Wonderland, with a libretto by David Henry Hwang.

Performances of Richard Strauss' Arabella continue at the Metropolitan Opera this week. The sixth and final collaboration of Strauss with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the opera concerns the complicated engagements of Arabella and her sister Zdenka, who, for financial reasons, has been raised by her parents as a boy using the name Zdenko. The November 22 performance will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world as part of the Met's Live in HD series. The Met will also continue to present Bizet's Carmen and Mozart's Don Giovanni, the latter of which will have its final performance for the season November 22.

Queens College's Aaron Copland School of Music presents La Cenerentola November 21 and 22 at the LeFrank Concert Hall. Gioacchino Rossini's opera buffa take on the Cinderella story is notable for its removal of all magical or supernatural elements from the fairy tale, resulting in a realistic, character-driven telling of the story, punctuated with comic situations from the opera buffa tradition.

The Galilee Chamber Orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall November 20, with pianist Bruce Liu. Saleem Ashkar will conduct the concert, which will include the New York premiere of Nizar Elhater's nocturnal whispers, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3. Carnegie Hall will also host performances this week from cellist Nicolas Alstaedt with lutist Thomas Dunford (November 18); pianist Hayato Sumino (November 18); early-music ensemble L'Arpeggiata (November 20); and the New York Pops with Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez (November 21).

Violinist Augustin Hadelich joins the New York Philharmonic November 20-22. The concert, led by conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, included Samuel Barber's violin concerto, Sibelius' Symphony No. 2, and the New York premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund's Stonework.

Composer and pianist Sir George Benjamin comes to the 92nd Street Y November 19 with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard to perform the New York premiere of Benjamin's new work for piano four hands. The duo will also perform Benjamin's Shadowlines, as well as works by Obukhov, Boulez, and Ravel. The Curtis New Music Ensemble will then make their 92NY debut November 21 with We The Artists, a program featuring works by Carlos Simon, Sofia Gubaidulina, Clarice Assad, Valerie Coleman, and Joan Tower.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet returns to the Joyce Theater for a two-week residency November 18-30. The company will present three world premieres: Dwight Rhoden's Imagine Joy, set to Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings; Houston Thomas' Young Lovers, featuring the music of Jeff Buckley, Tarika Blue, and MAW India; and I Got U by Complexions Co-Associate Artistic Director Joe González.

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