Mezzo-soprano

Polygreen Culture & Art Initiative (pcai.gr) presents "Oh, tranquility! Penetrating the very rock, A cicada's voice," a cultural program at the former Pikionis Pavilion, now Π, named after the haiku by Matsuo Basho.

Swing is on the program at the capital's Half Note Jazz Club through January 3 (closed on Monday), with the Arlettes paying homage to the genre's greats in the 1930s and 40s. The trio consists of mezzo-sopranos Paulina Plucinski and Stefanie Bruckner, and soprano Madeleine Haipt, accompanied by saxophones, piano, bass and drums. Tickets cost 20, 25 and 30 euros and doors open at 10.30 p.m.

The Athens and Thessaloniki concert halls will be broadcasting the Metropolitan Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida" live at 7.55 p.m. sharp on Saturday, October 6. In this monumental production directed by Sonja Frisell, soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris and Aleksandrs Antonenko as the warrior Radames.