Opera

Thursday The 19th

ITALIAN Aida: Verdi's opera about the forbidden love between an Ethiopian slave girl and an Egyptian army commander. Directed by Peter Stein. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

ITALIAN Alcina, or, the Magic Island Handel's opera partially based on Ludovico Ariosto's poem "Orlando Furioso." Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 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.

NEW The Stone Guest (Kamenny Gost): Alexander Dargomyzhsky's opera based on Pushkin's short tragedy about Don Juan, who sacrifices his life for Donna Anna's love. Directed by Dmitry Belyanushkin. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): This concise and passionate version of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera is a grim tale of love and vengeance connected in part with the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride in 1572. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 7 p.m.

Friday The 20th

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.

NEW The Stone Guest (Kamenny Gost): Alexander Dargomyzhsky's opera based on Pushkin's short tragedy about Don Juan, who sacrifices his life for Donna Anna's love. Directed by Dmitry Belyanushkin. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): This concise and passionate version of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera is a grim tale of love and vengeance connected in part with the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride in 1572. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 7 p.m.

Saturday The 21st

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (Volshebnaya Lampa Aladdina): Nino Rota's opera about Oriental youth, Aladdin, who finds a magic lamp with a genie trapped inside that helps him overcome the forces of evil. Performed in Russian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 2 p.m.

MT PICK Eugene Onegin: a simple and dazzling staging of Tchaikovsky's opera by Sergei Artsibashev with sets by Sergei Barkhin.?  Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

GERMAN Lazarus: Franz Schubert's unfinished religious drama completed by Edison Denisov. Performed in German. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.

Rigoletto: Verdi's opera directed by Ivan Popovski. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center.?  7 p.m.

NEW The Stone Guest (Kamenny Gost): Alexander Dargomyzhsky's opera based on Pushkin's short tragedy about Don Juan, who sacrifices his life for Donna Anna's love. Directed by Dmitry Belyanushkin. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): This concise and passionate version of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera is a grim tale of love and vengeance connected in part with the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride in 1572. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 7 p.m.

Sunday The 22nd

ITALIAN Lucia di Lammermoor: Donizetti's operatic masterpiece about the feud between two aristocratic families, staged by Adolf Shapiro. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

NEW The Nightingale (Solovei): Stravinsky's musical fairy tale based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

NEW The Stone Guest (Kamenny Gost): Alexander Dargomyzhsky's opera based on Pushkin's short tragedy about Don Juan, who sacrifices his life for Donna Anna's love. Directed by Dmitry Belyanushkin. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 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. The concert version performed by the Moscow Conservatory Opera Theater. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Monday The 23rd

And the Dawns Are Quiet Here (A Zori Zdes Tikhiye): the concert version of Kirill Molchanov's opera performed by the Symphony Capella of Russia and soloists. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

GERMAN Salome: Richard Strauss' opera based on Oscar Wilde's play. Performed in German. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

Tuesday The 24th

GERMAN The Coffee Cantata (Kofeinaya Kantata): This charming, 40-minute production of Bach's comic opera involves 60 audience members having coffee with the singers. Performed in German. Helikon Opera Pokrovsky Hall. 7 and 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday The 25th

Rigoletto: Verdi's opera directed by Ivan Popovski. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center.?  7 p.m.

GERMAN The Ban on Love (Zapret na Lyubov): Wagner's comic opera based on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." Performed in German. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 7 p.m.

ITALIAN The Barber of Seville (Sevilsky Tsiryulnik): Gioacchino Rossini's opera based on Beaumarchais' comedy. The tricky barber Figaro helps a young count marry the girl he loves. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

ITALIAN The Barber of Seville (Sevilsky Tsiryulnik): Gioacchino Rossini's opera based on Beaumarchais' comedy. Director Elijah Moshinsky, stage designer Anne Tilby. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

and Beyond…

Boris Godunov:?  Mussorgsky's musical drama based on Pushkin's tragedy about the tsar (1598-1605) who ruled in the Time of Troubles. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. May 26, 27, 28 and 29, 7 p.m.

Idomeneo: Mozart's opera seria in Richard Strauss' redaction. Performed in Russian. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. May 26 and 27, 7 p.m.

MT PICK ITALIAN La Traviata: Alla Sigalova's excellent modernized staging of Verdi's opera uses Yevgeny Kolobov's boldly edited score of Verdi's original music. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. May 26, 7 p.m.

GERMAN The Ban on Love (Zapret na Lyubov): Wagner's comic opera based on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." Performed in German. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. May 26, 27 and 28,7 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
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