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Carmen: Bizet?€™s opera based on Merimee?€™s short story about a man?€™s tragic attraction to a woman he allows to escape from jail on purpose. Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Oleg Chernous / Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater

Thursday The 7th

MT PICK ENGLISH Pyramus and Thisbe: a mock opera by John Frederick Lampe. Helikon Opera Belokolonny Hall. 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.

Viva Verdi!: Novaya Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra perform excerpts from Verdi's operas. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

Friday The 8th

ITALIAN Cinderella (Zolushka): Rossini's comic opera. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

ITALIAN Cinderella (Zolushka): Rossini's comic opera. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera production. Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

Eugene Onegin: concert version of Tchaikovsky's opera performed by the Symphony Capella of Russia and soloists. Philharmonic-2 Hall. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL ENGLISH Golden Mask: 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.

ITALIAN La Traviata: Verdi's opera as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

MT PICK ENGLISH Pyramus and Thisbe: a mock opera by John Frederick Lampe. Helikon Opera Belokolonny Hall. 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.

Saturday The 9th

FRENCH Carmen: Bizet's opera based on Merimee's short story about a man's tragic attraction to a woman he allows to escape from jail on purpose. Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL ENGLISH Golden Mask: 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.

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.

Peter and the Wolf, The Ugly Duckling (Petya i Volk, Gadky Utyonok): Prokofiev's musical tales for kids. Novaya Opera. 1 and 4 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.

Sunday The 10th

ITALIAN Cinderella (Zolushka): Rossini's comic opera. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. 4 p.m.

Evening of Classical Operetta.?  Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

The Martian Opera: Helikon Opera jubilee gala concert. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 4 p.m.

Monday The 11th

FESTIVAL ENGLISH Golden Mask: 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.

Tuesday The 12th

FESTIVAL ENGLISH Golden Mask: 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.

Serse (Xerxes): concert version of Handel's opera performed by the Matheus Ensemble. Soloists David Hansen (countertenor), David DQ Lee (countertenor), Kerstin Avemo (soprano), Ivonne Fuchs (soprano), Vasquez Christian Senn (baritone), Luigi di Donato (bass) and Hanna Husahr (soprano). Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

The Martian Opera: Helikon Opera jubilee gala concert. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 7 p.m.

Wednesday The 13th

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.

The Martian Opera: Helikon Opera jubilee gala concert. Helikon Opera Stravinsky Hall. 7 p.m.

and Beyond…

FESTIVAL Golden Mask: 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. April 14, 8 p.m.

NEW Love Kills: Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater production of early Spanish opera "Fieras Afemina Amor" by Juan Hidalgo de Polanco. Performed in Russian. Dom Muzyki Theater Hall. April 14, 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL FRENCH Golden Mask: Romeo et Juliette: Gounod's tragic opera as staged by Arnaud Bernard. Performed in French. Novaya Opera. April 15, 6 p.m.

NEW Servilia: Rimsky-Korsakov's lesser known opera set in Ancient Rome during Nero's reign. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. April 15 at 7?  p.m., April 16 and 17 at 6 p.m.

NEW Doctor Haass (Doktor Gaaz): Alexei Sergunin's opera in 11 episodes about Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass who as a member of Moscow's governmental prison committee spent 25 years until the end of his life to humanize the penal system. Libretto by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, directed by Denis Azarov. Helikon Opera Belokolonny Hall. April 6 at 7 p.m., April 17 at 4 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

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