The Schuber Club's St. Paul Summer Song Festival

The Schubert Club is importing some mighty impressive talents for this series of six intimate recitals, including performances by soprano Dawn Upshaw and artists from the famed New York Festival of Song–both of which, alas, are long sold out. But you might still get tickets for performers like Michael Schade, the young German-Canadian tenor acclaimed for his way with Mozart, and Isabel Bayrakdarian, whose latest recording, Cleopatra just won a Juno for Best Classical Album. Best of all, the concert by VocalEssence at the stunning Schubert Club Heilmaier Bandstand, on Raspberry Island, is free and open to everyone. 651-292-3268; www.schubert.org