Thursday The 12th
NEW FRENCH Carmen: Alexei Borodin’s staging of Bizet’s opera based on Merimee’s short story. Performed in French. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
ENGLISH The Prodigal Son (Bludny Syn): Britten’s opera based on the Biblical story. Performed in English. Also in program is “Mavra”: Igor Stravinsky’s lighthearted, one-act opera based on Pushkin’s “The House in Kolomna.” Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Friday The 13th
Gvidon: Alexander Manotskov’s opera based on Daniil Kharms’ dialogues with God and eternity. Directed by Alexander Ogaryov. School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.
The Tsar’s Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): Rimsky-Korsakov’s tragic opera based on the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible’s search for a new bride in 1572. Directed by Yulia Pevzner. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Undine: The original version of Tchaikovsky’s opera performed by Anna Aglatova (soprano), Alexei Tatarintsev (tenor) and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra. Vladimir Fedoseyev conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Saturday The 14th
I Quattro Rusteghi (The Four Curmudgeons, Chetyre Samodura): Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s opera based on Goldoni’s comedy. Performed in Russian. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
Les Pecheurs de Perles (Iskateli Zhemchuga): the concert version of Bizet’s early opera performed by the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra, the Masters of Choral Song Choir, Yekaterina Syurina (soprano), Vasily Ladyuk (baritone), Yaroslav Abaimov (tenor) and Dmitry Orlov (bass). Laurent Campellone conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK ITALIAN Madame Butterfly: Puccini’s opera, staged by Lyudmila Nalyotova. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW Sadko: Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera based on a Russian epic poem about an adventurer, merchant and gusli musician from Novgorod. Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
The Tsar’s Bride (see Fri. listing). Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Sunday The 15th
I Quattro Rusteghi (see Sat. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
La Boheme (Bogema): the concert version of Puccini’s opera performed by the Moscow Conservatory Opera Theater. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
NEW Sadko (see Sat. listing). Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
The Legend of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane): Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera based on Pushkin’s comic verse tale about the tsar’s lost son, who becomes the king of a fairy island. Staged by Alexander Titel. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 2 p.m.
The Tsar’s Bride (see Fri. listing). Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Monday The 16th
Betrothal in a Monastery (Obrucheniye v Monastyre): Sergei Prokofiev’s opera, better known as “The Duenna,” based on a plot by Sheridan with verses by Mira Mendelson. St. Petersburg Opera production. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Tuesday The 17th
NEW Sadko (see Sat. listing). Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 18th
ITALIAN Don Giovanni (Don Juan): Mozart’s classic about the brash Spanish lover as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker): Vincenzo Bellini’s bel canto opera staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
GERMAN Leonore: an early version of Beethoven’s only opera “Fidelio,” that tells how Leonore, disguised as the prison guard “Fidelio,” rescues her husband from death in prison. Directed and choreographed by Mikhail Kislyarov. Performed in German. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW Sadko (see Sat. listing). Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
ITALIAN L’Elisir d’Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): This Donizetti opera features colorful costumes and clever props. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. Nov. 19 and 20, 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Sonnambula (see Wed. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. Nov. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m., Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.
ITALIAN La Traviata: Verdi’s opera as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Nov. 19, 7 p.m.
GERMAN Leonore (see Wed. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Nov. 19, 7 p.m.
GERMAN The Coffee Cantata (Kofeinaya Kantata): This charming, 40-minute production of Bach’s comic opera involves 30 audience members having coffee with the singers. Performed in German. Helikon Opera. Nov. 19, 7 and 8:30 p.m.
The Tsar’s Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): Rimsky-Korsakov’s tragic opera about love and vengeance staged by Ivan Popovski and Galina Vishnevskaya. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center. Nov. 19 and 27, 7 p.m.
A Play of Soul and Body (Igra o Dushe i Tele): an allegorical morality play, “Representation of Soul and Body,” composed in 1600 by Emilio de Cavaliery. Performed in Russian. Natalya Sats Children’s Musical Theater. Nov. 20, 7 p.m.
Aktovy Zal
18 Perevedenovsky Pereulok, entrance 1. M. Baumanskaya, Elektrozavodskaya. Project_Fabrika. 495-221-0757
Amadeus Musical Theater
Reservations 925-846-3377
ARTO Theater
6/1 Sretensky Bulvar, Bldg. 2. M. Turgenevskaya. 495-624-5990
Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555
Bulgakov House
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-970-0619
Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 495-646-3646, 692-6748
Chekhov International Theater Festival
www.chekhovfest.ru/en/
Commonwealth of Taganka Actors
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val, Taganskaya Ploshchad. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1148
Contemporary Play School
29/14 Neglinnaya Ulitsa. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 694-0738
Crocus City Hall
65-66 km of MKAD, Crocus Exhibition Center, Pavillion 3. M. Myakinino. 499-550-0055
DK Imeni Zuyeva
18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-3461
Drugoi Theater
at DK Imeni Zuyeva. 18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-2141, 4095-777-9181, www.dteatr.ru/afisha.html
Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 495-930-70
Estrada Theater
20/2 Bersenevskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Borovitskaya. 495-959-0456
Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 495-781-7811
Fomenko Studio
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740
Fomenko Studio New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740
Gogol Theater
8A Ulitsa Kazakova. M. Kurskaya. 499-262-9214, 499-261-5528, (website currently being reconstructed)
Helikon Opera on Arbat
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya. 495-250-2222, www.helikon.ru/eng
Hermitage Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, Hermitage Garden. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-6742
Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-9668/0708
Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-624-4046
Maly Theater Affiliate
69 Ulitsa Bolshaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 499-237-3181, www.maly.ru
Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 495-290-4658/6241
Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 495-290-4658/6241
MDM
28 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 499-248-6688, www.mdmpalace.ru
Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 495-363-1048
Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-2035
Moscow Musical Theater
27 Novozavodskaya Ulitsa. M. Bagrationovskaya. 495-797-6300
National Youth Theater
2 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-692-0069/1879
Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater
5 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-5177, teatr-sats.ru
Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868
Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House
9a Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-690-2557
Operetta Theater
6/2 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-925-5050, www.mosoperetta.ru
Pavel Slobodkin Center
48 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-6226/6588, www.center-slobodkina.ru
Platforma at Winzavod Center
14th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. www.platformaproject.ru, 495-917-1799, BigBilet.Ru, www.winzavod.ru
Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater
17 Nikolskaya Ulitsa. Metro Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-606-7008, www.opera-pokrovsky.ru
Polytheater
3/4 Novaya Ploshchad, Entrance 9. M. Lubyanka. 495-730-5491, 544-5545, www.polyteatr.ru
Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-544-5545, www.praktikatheatre.ru
Playwright and Director Center
35 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. 499-795-9282, 495-945-3245
Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-544-5545
Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-691-4443
Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-694-1289
Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-1896
Rossiya Theater
2 Pushkinskaya Ploshchad. M. Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya, Tverskaya. 495-788-4646
Russian Army Theater
2 Suvorov Square. M. Novoslobodskaya. 495-681-2110
Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-3642
Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Marina Roshcha. 495-689-7844
School of Dramatic Art
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. Metro Sukharevskaya. 495-632-9344
Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473
Stanislavsky Drama Theater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 495-699-7224
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325
Stas Namin Theater
9 Krymsky Val, Bldg. 33, in the Gorky Park. M. Oktyabrskaya, Frunzenskaya, Shabolovskaya. 945-633-9924, www.stasnamintheatre.ru
Studio of Theatrical Art
21 Ulitsa Stanislavskogo, Bldg. 7. M. Taganskaya (circle line), Marksistskaya. 495-646-7459, 8-916-907-9119
Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 495-628-9685, reservations 495-628-779, 624-46472
Taganka Theater
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1217
Teatrium na Serpukhovke
6 Pavlovskaya Ulitsa. Metro Serpukhovskaya. 499-237-1689
Teatr.doc
11/13 Tryokhprudny Pereulok, Bldg. 1, entrance from the side. M. Pushkinskaya. 8-919-765-8402
Ten Theater
5 Oktyabrskaya Ulitsa. M. Dostoevskaya, Maryina Roshcha. 495-681-1516/3590, www.tttttttttt.ru
Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-694-4681
Theater Kinoaktyora
33 Ul. Povarskaya. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-690-2811, 691-1461
Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 495-953-1317
Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi
4 Malaya Bronnaya. M. Tverskaya. 495-690-6731, reservations 495-728-6649
Theater Na Yugo-Zapade
125 Prospekt Vernadskogo, M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-433-1191
Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495-629-3739
Theater U Nikitskikh Vorot
Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya (at the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Nikitsky Bulvar). M. Arbatskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495- 695-8219
Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-4995/5360
Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-241-1679
Michurinsky Prospekt, 1 Olimpiiskaya Derevnya. M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-430-0410, 437-8626, www.mtvn.ru
Vysotsky Center
3 Nizhny Tagansky Tupik. M. Taganskaya. 495-915-4558
Yelena Kamburova Theater of Music and Poetry
53/55 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Ulitsa. M. Sportivnaya. 499 246-8175
Yermolova Theater
5/6 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-629-0594/4587
ZIL Cultural Center
4 Vostochnaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 1. M. Avtozavoskaya. 495-675-7872, www.zilcc.ru
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