Photography of the Victorian Age (Fotografiya Viktorianskoi Epokhi): British photography from the 1850s to the 1870s, to May 31. Zurab Tsereteli Arts Gallery. 19 Prechistenka. Metro Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., Sun. noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-637-2569, www.tsereteli.ru.
Ruslan and Lyudmila: a folkloric ballet based on Mikhail Glinka's operatic treatment of Pushkin's poem. A young man must employ magic to rescue his beloved from the clutches of an evil dwarf. Kremlin Ballet production. Kremlin Palace. Moscow Kremlin, the Troitsky Gate entrance. Metro Alexandrovsky Sad. Ticket office 1 Ulitsa Vozdvizhenka. Metro Borovitskaya. 495-628-5232. kremlinpalace.org. Sat at 2 p.m
The Marriage of Figaro (Svadba Figaro): Mozart's classic based on Beaumarchais' witty play about a commoner who wants to marry his master's servant girl, and encounters numerous adventures along the way. Directed by Yevgeny Pisarev. Performed in Italian. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. Sat., Sun., at 7 p.m.
Manon: Kenneth MacMillan's ballet set to Massenet's music and based on the novel "Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" by Antoine-Francois Prevost d'Exiles. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. Fri. At 7 p.m.
Jewish Museum & Tolerance Center:
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995): works by this German-born American photographer and photojournalist.
Jewish Artists in the Russian Avant-Garde. 1910s-80s. Jewish Museum & Tolerance Center. 11 Ul. Obraztsova, Bldg. 1A. Metro Savyolovskaya, then two stops by bus 12 to Ulitsa Obraztsova. 495-645-0550, www.jewish-museum.ru.
Foreign-Language Movies
1915 (2015): Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theater director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life. Written and directed by Garin Hovannisian and Alec Mouhibian.
In English; Russian subtitles. Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Fri. at 5:40 p.m., Sat. at 2:50 p.m., Sun. at 4:10 p.m.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Mstiteli; Era Altrona, 2015): When Tony Stark tries to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. Joss Whedon's superhero film starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo.
Pioner (See address above) Fri. at 1:10, 1:25, 7:10, 9:20 and 9:50 p.m., Sat. at 1:35, 4:35, 6:05, 7:15, 8:45 and 9:55 p.m., Sun. at 1:20, 3:40, 6, 6:30, 8:40 and 9:10 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.
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