All five of you who actually read the Classical Music Agenda probably wondered what happened last week when we did not check in with some concerts for you to attend. Had classical music died again? Were we otherwise incapacitated? Well, as we wrote at Ionarts last week, this DCist picked the right week to take a short vacation, because there was almost no classical music to be heard in Washington last week. As a result, DCist had a break from our weekly muddle. You are not so lucky this week. Although there is not much more to report (perhaps our shortest Classical Week in Washington at Ionarts ever), we’re back! July may be fairly slow, but you can take a look at our monthly schedule to plan out your classical month, or follow our example and do some travelling to see some opera this summer.

>> If you’re stuck in Washington, the ballet will come to you. The Kirov Ballet takes over the Kennedy Center Opera House this week, to present a ballet called Le Corsaire. The choreography is set to a pastische of music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo, and Pavel Oldenburgsky. The opening night performance (July 5) was sold out, but you can still purchase tickets ($47 to $112) for evening performances on Wednesday through Saturday (July 6 to 9, at 7:30 p.m.) and matinees on Saturday and Sunday (July 9 and 10, at 1:30 p.m.).

But are there any free concerts this week, you ask?