YOUNG PRELUDE The Martina Arroyo Foundation kicks off its new young-artist series, Prelude to Performance, with an evening of opera. The program is conducted by Willie Anthony Waters. Upcoming in the series is a performance of Mozart’s evergreen “The Marriage of Figaro” (Saturday, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, 2:30 p.m.). Friday, 7:30 p.m., Dicapo Opera Theatre, 184 E. 76th St., between Lexington and Third avenues, 347-677-3854, $20 general, $10 students.

KALEIDOSCOPE OF KEYBOARDS The Seventh Annual 2005 International Keyboard Institute and Festival presents a recital by Dmitri Bashkirov (Friday, 8 p.m.). Next week’s highlights: Leslie Howard (Tuesday), Marc-Andre Hamelin (Saturday), and a colloquium on Liszt with Mr. Howard, Jeffrey Swan, and others (Friday, July 29). Festival: Through Sunday, July 31, most concerts at 8 p.m., Mannes College of Music, 150 W. 85th St., between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 212-580-0210, $50 daily pass, $20 evening events, $15 master classes. For full schedule, go to www.ikif.org.

MISSA LINK The St. Bartholomew’s Church Choir performs Bach’s Missa in G minor as part of its summer series of Bach’s complete Masses. William Trafka conducts. Sunday, 11 a.m., St. Bartholomew’s, 109 E. 50th St. at Lexington Avenue, 212-378-0222, free.

WOODWIND QUINTET Five musicians playing the horn, bassoon, oboe, flute, and clarinet perform “Winds Around the World.” The three selections include “Clown Music” by Teresa Procacini, “Arabesque No. 1” by Claude Debussy, and “Hambani Kakuhle Kwela,” an African pennywhistle tune. Sunday, 2 p.m., Snug Harbor Cultural Center at the Noble Maritime Collection, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, $3 general, $2 seniors, students, and educators, free for members and children under 10.

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