OPERA 10/09/2008
OPERA
Friday the 10th
La Serva Padrona (The Maid as Mistress, Sluzhanka-Gospozha): Dmitry Bertman’s staging of Pergolesi’s short comic opera. Also “Mavra”: Igor Stravinsky’s lighthearted, one-act opera based on Pushkin’s “The House in Kolomna.” Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia (Skazaniye o Nevidimom Grade Kitezhe i Deve Fevronii): Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera based on Russian historical and folk legends. Directed by Eimuntas Nekrosius. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Territory: World Premieres of avant-garde operas: Alexei Syumak’s “The Station” (Stantsiya) and Andreas Mustukis’ “Deae ex Machina” (Bogini iz Mashiny). Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Teodor Currentzis conducts. Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art. 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturday the 11th
Blood Wedding (Krovavaya Svadba): Shirvani Chalayev’s opera based on Federico Garcia Lorca’s play about a bride who runs off with her former lover and is murdered by her husband. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia: (See Fri. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Territory: World Premieres: (See Fri. listing.) Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art. 2 and 8 p.m.
The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya Dama): Tchaikovsky’s opera based on Pushkin’s supernatural story of a young officer who is obsessed with learning a mysterious old woman’s secret of winning at cards. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Sunday the 12th
Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia: (See Fri. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage.
7 p.m.
The Legend of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane): Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera based on Pushkin’s comic verse tale about the tsar’s lost son, who becomes the king of a fairy island. Staged by Alexander Titel. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 2 p.m.
The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Mozart’s lyric opera performed in Russian and German. Amadeus Musical Theater at the Alexei Tolstoy Apartment Museum. 6 p.m.
Monday the 13th
Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia: (See Fri. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Svetlanov: Lakme: Leo Delibes’ opera in the Oriental style, performed in a concert version by young soloists with the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra. Alexei Osetrov conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Tuesday the 14th
Cherevichki: the concert version of Tchaikovsky’ comic opera based on Gogol’s story “Christmas Eve” performed by the Symphony Capella of Russia. Valery Polyansky conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Wednesday the 15th
The Demon: Anton Rubinshtein’s opera as staged by Gennady Trostyanetsky. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Thursday the 16th
The Demon: Anton Rubinshtein’s opera based on Lermontov’s poem. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
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.
CONCERT, OPERA, DANCE, THEATER ADRESSES
Aktovy Zal
18 Perevedenovsky Pereulok, entrance 1. M. Baumanskaya, Elektrozavodskaya. 265-3935, www.aktzal.ru
Alexei Tolstoy Apartment Museum
4 Spiridonovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 290-0956
Amadeus Musical Theater
Reservations 290-0956, www.amadei.ru
Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 250-7317, www.bolshoi.ru
Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 229-8760, 692-6748, www.art.theatre.ru
Concert Hall Na Prechistenke
32 Ulitsa Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 213-2719, 201-3564
Conservatory Great Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183
Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall
11 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183
Conservatory Small Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183, www.mosconsv.ru
Dom Muzyki
Moscow International House of Music, 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. M. Paveletskaya. 730-4350, reservations and delivery 730-1011/1860/2224, www.mmdm.ru
Dom Zhurnalista
House of Journalists. 8A Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. 291-2474
Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 930-0347/4269, www.dzigartheater.ru
Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 781-7811, 625-2161, www.et-cetera.ru
Fomenko Studio
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 8-499-249-1136/1703/8105
Fomenko Studio New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 8-499-249-1136/1703/8105
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center
25 Ulitsa Ostozhenka, Bldg. 1. M. Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury. 201-4378, www.opera-centre.ru
Glinka Museum
4 Ulitsa Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya. 639-6226
Gnesin Academy of Music
1 Maly Rzhevsky Pereulok. M. Arbatskaya. 290-6737, 290-2422
Gnesin Hall Na Povarskoi
38 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 291-3086
Golitsyn Manor
5 Kozitsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 299-2262/4204
Helikon Opera on Arbat
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 202-6584, 290-0971, www.helikon.ru
Hermitage Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, Hermitage Garden. M. Pushkinskaya. 209-6742, www.ermitazh.theatre.ru
Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 699-9668/0708, www.lenkom.ru
Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 623-2621, 624-4083, reservations 507-3925, www.maly.ru
Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 290-4658, reservations 290-6241/4658, www.mayakovsky.ru
Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 208-8061, reservations 290-6241/4658, www.mayakovsky.ru
Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 363-1048, www.meyerhold.ru
Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-2035, mossovet.theatre.ru
Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 694-0868/1830, www.novayaopera.ru
Philharmonic Chamber Hall
29 Tverskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. M. Mayakovskaya. 699-4942
Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater
17 Nikolskaya Ulitsa. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 621-0672, reservations 629-1326, www.opera-pokrovsky.ru
Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-4492, www.praktikatheatre.ru
Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 623-6204, 291-4443
Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 203-8582, http://pushkin.theatre.ru
Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 209-1896, http://pushkin.theatre.ru
Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 699-3642/6305, www.satire.ru
Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Rizhskaya, then trolleybus 18 or 42. 602-6583, 689-7885/7844, www.satirikon.ru
School of Dramatic Art on Sretenka
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. M. Sukharevskaya. Information and reservations 623-7025/6204, www.sdart.ru
Scriabin Museum
11 Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Pereulok. M. Okhotny Ryad. 299-1192, 241-1901
Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473, www.sovremennik.ru
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church
8 Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 772-5842
St. Mary’s Cathedral
27/13 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda. 252-4051, www.artbene.ru
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 629-8388, www.stanislavskymusic.ru
Stanislavsky Drama Theater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 299-7224
Stary Arbat Theater
11 Filippovsky Pereulok, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 291-2156
Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 928-9685, reservations 928-7792, www.tabakov.ru
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-3957, 232-5353
Teatr.doc
11-13 Tryokhprudny Pereulok, Bldg. 1, entrance from the side. M. Pushkinskaya. 233-4064, www.teatrdoc.ru
Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 694-4680/86, www.nastrastnom.ru
Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 953-1121, www.lunatheatre.ru
Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 629-3739/5397, www.freestage.ru
Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 299-9917
TsDRI
9 Pushechnaya Ulitsa. Metro Kuznetsky Most, Lubyanka. 624-9347, 623-9982
Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 241-1651, www.vakhtangov.theatre.ru
