Summer Fair

THE BEST OF THE FESTS

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company, August 7 through 11: Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts.

Itzhak Perlman with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, August 10: The Berkshire Music Festival at Tangle wood, Lenox, Massachusetts.

The world premiere of Act One of Rachmaninoff’s opera Monna Vanna, with Tatiana Troyanos, Sherrill Milnes, and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Igor Buketoff, August 11: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York.

Glamour boy of the keyboard Ivo Pogorelich with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas, August 9: The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois.

AMAZING GRACELAND

Elvis Presley’s Memphis home rocks during Elvis International Tribute Week, August 11 through 18. Highlights: Elvis Presley Memorial Karate Tournament, “Relive the Magic” memorabilia exhibit, Bad Bob’s Elvis Impressionist Contest. Don’t be cruel.