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Opera

The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya Dama): Yury Alexandrov stages Tchaikovsky's opera about an officer obsessed with winning at cards to become rich. Novaya Opera.

Thursday The 23rd

ENGLISH Gershwin's Porgy & Bess performed by the Moscow Chamber Choir and the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra. Soloists Indira Mahajan (soprano), Angela Renee Simpson (soprano), Ronald Samm (tenor) and Kevin Short (bass-baritone). Wayne Marshall conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

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. 7 p.m.

FRENCH Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Skazki Gofmana): Offenbach's opera based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's stories about his three loves. Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya Dama): Tchaikovsky's opera based on Pushkin's story about a young officer who entices an old woman to reveal her gambling secret. Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.

Friday The 24th

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.

The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya Dama): Yury Alexandrov stages Tchaikovsky's opera about an officer obsessed with winning at cards to become rich. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Queen of Spades (see Thurs. listing). Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.

ITALIAN Tosca: Puccini's opera about the tragic love of a beautiful Roman singer for an artist. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

Saturday The 25th

ITALIAN Anna Bolena: the concert version of Donizetti's opera performed by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and the Masters of Choral Song Choir. Soloists Ermonela Jaho (soprano), Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano), Diego Silva (tenor), Simone Alberghini (bass-baritone), Konstantin Shushakov (baritone), Igor Morozov (tenor) and Darya Telyatnikova (mezzo-soprano). Marco Zambelli conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

NEW ITALIAN I Pagliacci: Ivan Popovski's staging of Ruggero Leoncavallo's famous verismo about a traveling actor who goes mad with jealousy. Performed in Italian. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center. 7 p.m.

ITALIAN La Sonnambula (see Fri. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

Operetta Arias and Scenes performed by Novaya Opera soloists. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

The Child and the Spells (Ditya i Volshebstvo): Ravel's opera-ballet for kids. Novaya Opera. 2 p.m.

The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Mozart's lyric opera as staged by Alexander Titel and Igor Yasulovich. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Queen of Spades (see Thurs. listing). Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.

Sunday The 26th

A Human Voice (Chelovechesky Golos): Francis Poulenc's opera for one actress based on Jean Cocteau's drama. Performed in Russian. Also in program is Pergolesi's cantata "Stabat Mater." Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.

Boris Godunov: musically brilliant production of the lesser-known, 1869 version of Mussorgsky's opera based on Pushkin's tragedy about the tsar. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

ITALIAN La Sonnambula (see Fri. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 6 p.m.

The Magic Flute (see Sat. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Queen of Spades (see Thurs. listing). Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.

Tuesday The 28th

NEW ITALIAN I Pagliacci (see Sat. listing). Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center. 7 p.m.

Wednesday The 29th

NEW ENGLISH Dido: This operatic diptych includes Michael Nyman's "Dido. Prologue" and Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" (Didona i Enei). Performed in English with Russian subtitles. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

NEW ITALIAN Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage, Tainy Brak): an opera buffa by Antonio Cimarosa. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 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 Cafe on Arbat. 7 and 8:30 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.

and Beyond…

NEW ITALIAN Il Matrimonio Segreto (see Wed. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. Oct. 30, 7 p.m.

ENGLISH The Prodigal Son (see Wed. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Oct. 30, 7 p.m.

FRENCH Dialogues des Carmelites (Dialogi Karmelitok): Francis Poulenc's opera based on historical events which took place at a monastery of Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. Helikon Opera on Arbat. Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and 2, 7 p.m.

ITALIAN Don Carlo: The Milan version of Verdi's opera as staged by British director Adrian Noble. Performed in Italian. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2 and 3 at 6 p.m.

ITALIAN Norma: Bellini's operatic masterpiece staged by Jossi Wieler, Sergio Morabito and Anna Viebrock (Stuttgart State Opera). Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Novaya Opera. Oct. 31, 7 p.m. 

Opera Addresses

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
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 495-695-6584, 690-6592, 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

Nikulin Circus Na Tsvetnom Bulvare
13 Tsvetnoi Bulvar. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 495-625-8970, circusnikulin.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

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

Vladimir Nazarov Musical Theater
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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