Concerts devoted to Elgar, Mozart's classic The Marriage of Figaro and the Crouch End Festival Chorus all feature among Barry Millington's picks.

La Fille du Règiment
Royal Opera House, WC2
In Laurent Pelly's ravishing production, Natalie Dessay charms your socks off as the eponymous army girl while Juan Diego Florez hits all nine top Cs as her dashing lover. Donizetti's comedy is adorned by Dawn French's haughty old duchess in a Covent Garden triumph. (020 7304 4000). Tonight, Sat 20 Jan, 7.30pm.

The Marriage of Figaro
ENO, WC2
Olivia Fuchs's entertaining production of Mozart's perennial favourite returns with a new cast, including Iain Paterson as Figaro, Susan Gritton as the Countess and Sarah Tynan as Susanna. (0870 145 0200). Sat 20 Jan, 7pm.

Paul Lewis
Wigmore Hall, W1
Paul Lewis continues his mightily impressive Beethoven cycle with another four works, including the celebrated Moonlight Sonata. It's returns only though. (020 7935 2141). Tonight, 7.30pm.

Nash Ensemble
Wigmore Hall, W1
A pair of concerts in the Nash's Realms of Gold series devoted to Elgar and related composers includes Peter Warlock's masterpiece The Curlew and Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge, both sung by John Mark Ainsley. (020 7935 2141). Sat 20 Jan, 6pm, 7.30pm.

A Child of our Time
Barbican, EC2
The redoubtable Crouch End Festival Chorus tackles two great choral works: Tippett's poignant A Child of our Time and Britten's Spring Symphony. David Temple conducts. (0845 120 7549). Sat 20 Jan, 7.30pm.