The final opera of the Washington National Opera’s season opened last night, a visually lavish production of Puccini’s Turandot (a full report will come tomorrow). Here are some recommendations for your listening pleasure the rest of this week, beginning with a full schedule of free concerts.

Valentina Lisitsa, pianist

FREE, FREE, FREE:
>> On Tuesday (May 19, 7:30 p.m.) pianist Sigrid Trummer will present a recital of works by Haydn and by women composers of the Classical period, at the Austrian Embassy. An RSVP is required, by phone (202-895-6776) or Internet.

>> The National Museum of Women in the Arts closes out its season of three concerts in the Shenson Chamber Music series with a recital on Wednesday evening (May 20, 7:30 p.m.) by Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa. The ambitious program includes Beethoven’s daunting “Hammerklavier” sonata, which will provide an interesting comparison to Till Fellner’s recent performance of the work in the course of his complete cycle of the Beethoven sonatas, as well as Rachmaninov’s first sonata. To attend, you must make a reservation (call 202-783-7370 or e-mail reservations@nmwa.org).

>> The Moscow String Quartet will give a free concert with Sofia Gubaidulina, one of the most important contemporary composers today, at the Freer Gallery of Art. The all-Russian program, offered in conjunction with the Sackler Gallery’s new exhibition The Tsars and the East, includes Gubaidulina’s string trio and fourth string quartet, as well as quartets by Glinka and Borodin. Free tickets may be obtained in advance through Ticketmaster, with the usual fees, or directly at the museum, starting one hour before the concert.