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Ballet competition at the Bolshoi, 'War and Peace' and Wynn Bullock ?€“ What to Do in Moscow on Tuesday

War and Peace. The Beginning of the Novel (Voina i Mir. Nachalo Romana): In English, French and German. Pyotr Fomenko's dramatization of sections of Leo Tolstoy's novel. Viktor Sentsov / Fomenko Studio

Russian Ballet Competition. The creme de la creme of young Russian ballet dancers will take to the stage against one another. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. 7 p.m.

La Traviata: In Italian. 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 with Russian subtitles. Novaya Opera. 3 Karetny Ryad. Metro Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868. 7 p.m.

Guitar Virtuosos: Zoran Dukic performs Bach, Barrios, Piazzolla, Scarlatti, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and others. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400. 7 p.m.

Russian National Orchestra: The orchestra and the Intrada Vocal Ensemble perform Haydn's Symphonies No. 95, No. 100 and his Nelson Mass. Soloists Joanne Lunn (soprano), Maria Gortsevskaya (mezzo-soprano), Alexei Neklyudov (tenor) and Oleg Tsybulko (bass). Federico Maria Sardelli conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. 7 p.m.

War and Peace. The Beginning of the Novel (Voina i Mir. Nachalo Romana): In English, French and German. Pyotr Fomenko's dramatization of sections of Leo Tolstoy's novel. English, German and French subtitles available. Fomenko Studio New Stage. 30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921. 7 p.m.

Wynn Bullock. Immersion: retrospective of works by one of America's most innovative and experimental photographers of the 20th century. Brothers Lumiere Center of Photography. Located at 3 Bolotnaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. Metro Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 9 p.m. 495-228-9878. www.lumiere.ru

Foreign-Language Movies

The Green Prince (Syn Khamas, 2014): Nadav Schirman's documentary in the style of a thriller recounts the true story of the son of a Hamas leader who emerged as one of Israel's prized informants.

35MM. 47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. Metro Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. 495-780-9142. At 7 p.m. In English and Hebrew; Russian subtitles.

The Imitation Game (Igra v Imitatsiyu, 2014): Morten Tyldum's historical drama stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who helped solve the Enigma code during the World War II and committed suicide after his prosecution for homosexuality.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 3:55 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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