From Armando Iannucci’s Soviet satire to Metallica live, here’s our pick of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days

From the return of St Vincent to Dr Seuss on stage, here is our pick of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days

The station’s latest invitational offers a selection of boundary-crossing works, while China’s leading living composer is the focus of the RSNO’s season opener

Mussorgsky’s historical epic opens Welsh National Opera’s new season, while Enescu’s opera ushers in that of the London Philharmonic

Opera North presents six one-act operas designed by Charles Edwards, while new works by Goehr and Casken feature in the ensemble’s latest showcase

Richard Jones’s production of Puccini’s enduring weepie comes to the Royal Opera House, while the LSO’s new music director unveils his first programme

Judith Weir’s Highland-set opera comes to London, while Karina Canellakis leads a performance of Bartók, Dvořák and Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia

The latest Proms At… matinee heads to a disused car park in south London. Plus: the Edinburgh international festival celebrates its 70th anniversary

The Proms season continues with a performance to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation and a new piece from Gerald Barry

Judith Weir’s cantata forms part of this year’s Proms, while Shakespeare’s play makes a rare Edinburgh festival appearance as a fully staged opera

Opera and a cello concerto are on the cards at the Royal Albert Hall, while Joe Hill-Gibbins directs a retelling of the Oedipus legend in Edinburgh

David Sawer’s athletic orchestral piece is reprised thanks to the PRS’s Resonate scheme. Plus: Thomas Adès conducts the National Youth Orchestra

The choral extravaganza comes to Worcester, while the BBC celebrates the late Proms conductor on the 50th anniversary of his death

Daniel Barenboim conducts the two Elgar symphonies as part of the Proms, while Opera Holland Park revives Leoncavallo’s sentimental comedy

John Casken’s melodrama promises to be the pick of new works at Cheltenham music festival, while Mozart’s opera seria gets a rare British performance

The Carducci Quartet play two days of Mendelssohn’s piano music, while Buxton hosts a new production of Verdi’s first attempt at a Shakespearean opera

The star mezzo-soprano and countertenor join forces for a rare joint recital, while Fife plays host to a long weekend of music-making

Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in a much anticipated production of Verdi’s opera, while City of Birmingham SO are among the performers at the Suffolk gala

Brett Dean’s opera gets its first performance, while the Royal Northern Sinfonia recreates the concert at which four great Beethoven works debuted

Welsh National Opera performs a much-loved work by Strauss, while the London Sinfonietta brings its Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish programme to Britain