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'Cherry Orchard,' 'Snow Maiden' and Fashion Photos ?€“ What to Do in Moscow on Wednesday

By The Moscow Times
The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka): Kremlin Ballet production of Tchaikovsky?€™s ballet based on Alexander Ostrovsky?€™s tale of love. Kremlin Palace. For MT

Leonore: an early version of Beethoven's only opera "Fidelio," which tells how Leonore, disguised as the prison guard "Fidelio," rescues her husband from death in prison. Directed and choreographed by Mikhail Kislyarov. Performed in German. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 17 Nikolskaya Ulitsa. Metro Lubyanka. 495-606-7008. At 7 p.m.

Don Quixote: Minkus' ballet based on Cervantes' novel. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, new choreographic version by Alexei Fadeyechev. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. At 7 p.m.

Fashion and Style in Photography: works by Ricardo Lopez Bueno, Isabel Munoz, Margo Ovcharenko, Michel Platnic and others. RuArts Gallery. 1 Manezh Square. Metro Okhotny Ryad, Alexandrovsky Sad. Noon to 10 p.m. 495-645-9277, moscowmanege.ru.

Philharmonic Debut: Pianists Alexandra Stychkina, Anastasia Makhamendrikova and Alexei Chufarovsky perform Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Villa-Lobos, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Chopin and others. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 29 Tverskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400. At 7 p.m.

The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka): Kremlin Ballet production of Tchaikovsky's ballet based on Alexander Ostrovsky's tale of love. Kremlin Palace. Moscow Kremlin, the Troitsky Gate entrance. Metro Alexandrovsky Sad. Ticket office 1 Ulitsa Vozdvizhenka. Metro Borovitskaya. 495-628-5232, kremlinpalace.org. At 7 p.m.

The Cherry Orchard (Vishnyovy Sad): Anton Chekhov's play about a family being overtaken by social and historical change. Lenkom Theater. 6 Malaya Dmitrovka. Metro Pushkinskaya. 495-699-9668. At 7 p.m.

Mihaly Munkacsy (1844-1900): works by this Hungarian painter, who lived in Paris and earned an international reputation with his genre pictures and large biblical paintings. New Western Art Gallery. 14 Volkhonka. Metro Kropotkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 495-697-1546, www.arts-museum.ru.

Foreign-Language Movie

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Marigold Hotel: Zaseleniye Prodolzhayetsya, 2015): John Madden's sequel to his 2012 comedy starring veteran British actors.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 3:20 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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