Thursday The 17th
Evening of Classical Operetta. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW ITALIAN Rodelinda: English National Opera and the Bolshoi Theater joint production of Handel's Italian opera, directed by Richard Jones, is an epic story of political intrigue in medieval Lombardy. Devastated by her husband's apparent death and fearful for her son, Queen Rodelinda shows remarkable courage and guile as she challenges Grimoaldo, the tyrant who has usurped the throne and is forcing her into marriage. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Strider (Kholstomer): Vladimir Kobekin's opera based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about the life, loves, misfortunes and death of a "useless" work horse. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 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 Pokrovsky Hall. 7 and 8:30 p.m.
Friday The 18th
ITALIAN Alcina, or, the Magic Island Handel's opera partially based on Ludovico Ariosto's poem "Orlando Furioso." A staging for future mothers. Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
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.
Strider (Kholstomer): Vladimir Kobekin's opera based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about the life, loves, misfortunes and death of a "useless" work horse. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
The Nutcracker. Opera (Shchelkunchik. Opera): Alla Sigalova stages a musical for kids based on Tchaikovsky's ballet. Novaya Opera. 2 and 6 p.m.
Saturday The 19th
ITALIAN Cosi Fan Tutte Ossia La Scuola Degli Amanti (Tak Postupayut Vse Zhenshchiny ili Shkola Vlyublyonnykh): Alexander Titel stages Mozart's comic opera about two young officers who disguise themselves as Turkish merchants to test their fiancees' fidelity. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
GERMAN Die Fledermaus (Letuchaya Mysh): Original version of Johann Strauss' operetta about a neglected wife's clever plan to regain her philandering husband's attention. Performed in German and Russian. Helikon Opera Belokolonny Hall. 7 p.m.
NEW ENGLISH Drillalians/Sverliitsy. Episode Three: Boris Yukhananov stages a five-part opera series based on his own tale about the mystical Land of Drillalia that exists simultaneously in the past, present and future. Performed by the N'Caged Vocal Ensemble, the Questa Musica Ensemble and the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Episode Three is set to music by Alexei Syumak. English subtitles. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.
Iolanta: Pyotr Tchaikovsky's lyric opera as staged by Alexander Petrov. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center. 7 p.m.
NEW ITALIAN Rodelinda: English National Opera and the Bolshoi Theater joint production of Handel's Italian opera, directed by Richard Jones, is an epic story of political intrigue in medieval Lombardy. Devastated by her husband's apparent death and fearful for her son, Queen Rodelinda shows remarkable courage and guile as she challenges Grimoaldo, the tyrant who has usurped the throne and is forcing her into marriage. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
The Nutcracker. Opera (Shchelkunchik. Opera): Alla Sigalova stages a musical for kids based on Tchaikovsky's ballet. Novaya Opera. Noon and 4 p.m.
Sunday The 20th
NEW 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 and 7 p.m.
GERMAN Die Fledermaus (Letuchaya Mysh): Original version of Johann Strauss' operetta about a neglected wife's clever plan to regain her philandering husband's attention. Performed in German and Russian. Helikon Opera Belokolonny Hall. 7 p.m.
NEW ENGLISH Drillalians/Sverliitsy. Episode Three: Boris Yukhananov stages a five-part opera series based on his own tale about the mystical Land of Drillalia that exists simultaneously in the past, present and future. Performed by the N'Caged Vocal Ensemble, the Questa Musica Ensemble and the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Episode Three is set to music by Alexei Syumak. English subtitles. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.
Tasty Tales (Syedobniye Skazki): Mikhail Bronner's musical for kids and parents. Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 1 and 5 p.m.
NEW The Cunning Little Vixen (Kamenny Tsvetok): Yury Grigorovich stages Sergei Prokofiev's last ballet based on Pavel Bazhov's tale about a folk sculptor who must choose between art and love. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
The Nutcracker. Opera (Shchelkunchik. Opera): Alla Sigalova stages a musical for kids based on Tchaikovsky's ballet. Novaya Opera. Noon and 4 p.m.
Tuesday The 22nd
NEW ENGLISH Drillalians/Sverliitsy. Episode Four: Boris Yukhananov stages a five-part opera series based on his own tale about the mystical Land of Drillalia that exists simultaneously in the past, present and future. Performed by the N'Caged Vocal Ensemble, the Questa Musica Ensemble and the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Episode Four is set to music by Sergei Nevsky and Alexei Sysoyev. English subtitles. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.
NEW Iolanta: Sergei Zhenovach stages Pyotr Tchaikovsky's lyric opera about a blind princess who is cured by the love of a man who violates the king's order not to tell the girl of her blindness. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
GERMAN Peasant Cantata (Krestyanskaya Cantata): Alexander Borodovsky's staging of Bach. Performed in German. Helikon Opera Pokrovsky Hall. 7 and 8:30 p.m.
NEW The Cunning Little Vixen (Kamenny Tsvetok): Yury Grigorovich stages Sergei Prokofiev's last ballet based on Pavel Bazhov's tale about a folk sculptor who must choose between art and love. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
The Nutcracker. Opera (Shchelkunchik. Opera): Alla Sigalova stages a musical for kids based on Tchaikovsky's ballet. Novaya Opera. 2 and 6 p.m.
Wednesday The 23rd
NEW ENGLISH Drillalians/Sverliitsy. Episode Four: Boris Yukhananov stages a five-part opera series based on his own tale about the mystical Land of Drillalia that exists simultaneously in the past, present and future. Performed by the N'Caged Vocal Ensemble, the Questa Musica Ensemble and the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Episode Four is set to music by Sergei Nevsky and Alexei Sysoyev. English subtitles. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.
NEW Eugene Onegin: Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, based on Pushkin's verse novel about a Petersburg dandy who rejects the love of a pure, provincial girl only to be rebuffed by her later, when he falls in love with her. Dmitry Bertman's version based on Stanislavsky's 1922 staging. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 7 p.m.
NEW Iolanta: Sergei Zhenovach stages Pyotr Tchaikovsky's lyric opera about a blind princess who is cured by the love of a man who violates the king's order not to tell the girl of her blindness. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
NEW Khovanshchina: Modest Mussorgsky's opera about the Strelets Revolt in 1698, as a result of which thousands of soldiers were beheaded on Red Square. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW The Cunning Little Vixen (Kamenny Tsvetok): Yury Grigorovich stages Sergei Prokofiev's last ballet based on Pavel Bazhov's tale about a folk sculptor who must choose between art and love. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
The Nutcracker. Opera (Shchelkunchik. Opera): Alla Sigalova stages a musical for kids based on Tchaikovsky's ballet. Novaya Opera. 2 and 6 p.m.
and Beyond…
NEW Eugene Onegin: Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, based on Pushkin's verse novel about a Petersburg dandy who rejects the love of a pure, provincial girl only to be rebuffed by her later, when he falls in love with her. Dmitry Bertman's version based on Stanislavsky's 1922 staging. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. Dec. 24, 25 and 26 at 7 p.m., Dec. 27 at 4 p.m.
NEW Iolanta: Sergei Zhenovach stages Pyotr Tchaikovsky's lyric opera about a blind princess who is cured by the love of a man who violates the king's order not to tell the girl of her blindness. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. Dec. 24, 7 p.m.
ITALIAN L'Italiana in Algeri (Italyanka v Alzhire): Rossini's operatic drama staged by Yevgeny Pisarev. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Dec. 24, 7 p.m.
The Nutcracker. Opera (Shchelkunchik. Opera): Alla Sigalova stages a musical for kids based on Tchaikovsky's ballet. Novaya Opera. Dec. 24, 25, 29 and 30 at 2 and 6 p.m., Dec. 26, 27 and 31 at noon and 4 p.m.
GERMAN Lazarus: Franz Schubert's unfinished religious drama completed by Edison Denisov. Performed in German. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Dec. 25 and 26, 7 p.m.
NEW ENGLISH Drillalians/Sverliitsy. Episode Five: Boris Yukhananov stages a five-part opera series based on his own tale about the mystical Land of Drillalia that exists simultaneously in the past, present and future. Performed by the N'Caged Vocal Ensemble, the Questa Musica Ensemble and the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Episode Four is set to music by Vladimir Rannev. English subtitles. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. Dec. 26 and 27, 8 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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