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From classical ballet to modern opera, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week:

New York City Ballet鈥檚 2023-24 season kicks off September 19 with George Balanchine鈥檚 Jewels. Appropriately to open the company鈥檚 75th anniversary season, each of the ballet鈥檚 three acts pays tribute to a particular era and style of ballet. Emeralds, choreographed to music by Faur茅, is modeled after the French Romantic style. Rubies, choreographed to Stravinsky鈥檚 Piano Capriccio, is modern and American. The final act, Diamonds, choreographed to music from Tchaikovsky鈥檚 third symphony, evokes Russia鈥檚 Imperial Ballet, where Balanchine received his training. Performances of Jewels continue through September 24.

On Site Opera brings its first site-adaptive opera Song of the Nightingale to Manhattan West September 21-23. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale, the opera by composer Lisa DeSpain and librettist Melisa Tien was co-commissioned by On Site Opera and Brookfield Properties Arts & Culture. Additional performances will take place next week, September 28-30, at Brookfield Place.

Ahead of its Met premiere next week, members of the cast and creative team of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally鈥檚 Dead Man Walking will join a discussion moderated by Met General Manager Peter Gelb as part of the Guggenheim鈥檚 Works & Process series September 18. Dead Man Walking, directed by Ivo van Hove and starring Joyce DiDonato and Ryan McKinny, will open the Metropolitan Opera鈥檚 2023-24 season September 26.

September 19, the Martha Graham Dance Company will offer an inside look at the company鈥檚 new production of Agnes de Mille鈥檚 Rodeo at the Martha Graham Studio Theater. The new production, which will have its premiere in California September 30, will include costumes by Oana Botez, projected stage design by Beowulf Boritt, and new bluegrass arrangement by Gabe Witcher of Aaron Copland鈥檚 score.

September 20, the National Chorus of Korea, led by conductor EuiJoong Yoon, will perform "The choral epic: Hunminjeongeum" at Lincoln Center鈥檚 David Geffen Hall. This will be the U.S. premiere of the work by composer Byunghee Oh.

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