It is always good to know how your concert schedule is going to play out, and this week things could not be any clearer (and none of these events has sold out). Here is your list of what’s good, what’s free, and even some of what’s both.

THE BIG GUNS:
>> A couple years ago, soprano Anne Schwanewilms was in the news because she replaced Deborah Voigt, when the latter could not fit into a costume, the infamous “little black dress.” That incident unfortunately drew attention from Schwanewilms’ main selling point, a luscious voice that is made for late Romantic music. That is why her Vocal Arts Society recital this Tuesday (November 30, 7:30 p.m.), in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, is a must-hear event (especially as the program is all Lieder by Strauss and Mahler).

>> Other visiting musicians on that must-hear list are Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr, who will give a recital of Mozart and Schubert for violin and fortepiano on Sunday (November 4, 7:30 p.m.) at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Hear what Mozart and Schubert sound like when performed on historical instruments.

>> Joining the National Symphony Orchestra this week (November 1 to 3) is violinist Nikolaj Znaider. With a strong record in recordings and live performance, his take on the Beethoven violin concerto is likely to be memorable, especially with Iván Fischer at the podium.

>> As previewed earlier this week, Washington National Opera takes care of its role as the country’s “national opera company” this week, by mounting a new American opera. William Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge, premiered in 1999, has been widely cited as one of the most important new operas of the last few decades. Bolcom, who also composes in jazz and cabaret styles, has made the cross-fertilization of his opera and concert music with those styles his hallmark. Premiering on Saturday night (November 3, 7 p.m.), the opera will receive six performances, through November 17.