Live shows, performances and events in the area this week

Delaware Valley Opera Company: Rossini's charming romp "La Cenerentola" ("Cinderella") receives a fully-staged English-language production, with Timothy Ribchester at the piano. Mezzo Joanna Gates sings the title role, with tenor Timothy Oliver as Don Ramiro, soprano Elizabeth Oliver and mezzo Theresa Seri as the comic stepsisters, baritone Jeffrey Carr as Dandini, bass Milo Morris as Don Magnifico and bass David Perelman as Alidoro. Roxborough High School Theater, 6498 Ridge Ave., 8 p.m. tomorrow, $15, 215-725-4171, www.dvopera.org.

Young People's Concert: Mann Center program features an "Urban Dance Explosion," combining the talents of Philly's Chosen Dance Company and the Buckets and Tap Shoes troupe from Minneapolis. These programs always raise young audiences to sheer euphoria. Highly recommended for kids of all ages. Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 52nd Street and Parkside Avenue, 11 a.m. Monday, free, 215-546-7900, www.manncenter.org.

Peter Nero and the Philly Pops: The crack band moves to the Mann with a celebration of two American composer icons: Leonard Bernstein and Richard Rodgers. Nero has brought along Broadway stars Christiane Noll and Doug LaBrecque to interpret these classics. He's also throwing in some Andrew Lloyd Webber tunes - audience-pleasing lightweights next to the work of these two giants. Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 52nd Street and Parkside Avenues, 8 p.m. Wednesday, $20-$70, 215-893-1999, www.phillypops.org.

Philadelphia Orchestra: Rossen Milanov conducts a program of fanciful tales, audience favorites all. The bill begins with Wagner's Overture to "Tannhauser" and continues with the mischievous antics of the German folk hero of the Middle Ages, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks." The wrap is Rimsky-Korsakov's brilliantly scored chronicle of the tales from the Arabian nights, "Sheherazade." Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 52nd Street and Parkside Avenue, 8 p.m. Thursday, $30-$50, $10 for lawn tickets, 215-893-1999, www.manncenter.org.

Kathleen Bride, Christine Kwak, Gordon Turk: This harp-violin-organ collaboration features works by Handel, Bach, Saint-Saens, Mahler, Kreisler, Respighi and Grandjany. Great Auditorium, Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways, Ocean Grove, N.J., 7:30 p.m. Thursday, $13, 800-965-9324, www.oceangrove.org. *