OPERA: Ellen Kent brings Puccini’s Turandot, above, to Liverpool in what will be her penultimate show in the city after the recent announcement that she is giving up touring. It is based on a Persian collection of stories called The Book of One Thousand and One Days. Verdi’s Aida follows tomorrow and Friday.Liverpool Empire, tickets £16.50-£37, 0844 847 2525.
ART: March’s instalment of Late at Tate focuses on painter Glenn Brown’s mid-career retrospective. Tonight’s event includes a gallery tour by curator Laurence Sillars, who worked closely with the artist in installing the exhibition, music from collective PAtT.Tate Liverpool, 6-9pm, 0151 702 7400.
CLASSICAL: A monument to the suffering of the Russian people during the Second World War, Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony is paired with Schubert’s Rosamunde Overture and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in tonight’s Thursday series concert, Petrenko’s Shostakovich.Philharmonic Hall, tickets £10-£32, 0151 709 3789.
