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Contemporary Dance, Rodchenko and Shaun the Sheep ?€“ What to Do on the Weekend

The Enchantress (Charodeika): Tchaikovsky's opera based on Ippolit Shpazhinsky's romantic drama set in the 15th century in a tavern near Nizhny Novgorod. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. Damir Yusupov / Bolshoi Theater

At Home With Rodchenko and Stepanova. An exhibition looking at the works and lives of two pioneers of the Russian avant-garde with a tour in English led by art historian Ruth Addison. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. The Museum of Private Collections. 10 Ulitsa Volkhonka. Metro Kropotkinskaya. 495-697-1610. www.arts-museum.ru, artprivatecollections.ru. Fri at 7 p.m.

British Orpheus: A concert of vocal and instrumental music by Purcell and Italian composers from the 16th to the 18th century. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. Sat. at 7 p.m.

Boris Godunov: Dmitry Bertman stages Mussorgsky's musical drama based on Pushkin's tragedy about the tsar who ruled in the Time of Troubles. Helikon Opera on Arbat. 11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. Metro Arbatskaya. 495-695-6584. www.helikon.ru/eng. Fri, Sat, Sun. at 7 p.m.

Eros. Minos: Two contemporary dance pieces choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Juanjo Arques. ZiL Cultural Center. 4 Vostochnaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 1. Metro Avtozavoskaya. 495-675-7872. www.zilcc.ru. Fri, Sat. at 7 p.m.

The Enchantress (Charodeika): Tchaikovsky's opera based on Ippolit Shpazhinsky's romantic drama set in the 15th century in a tavern near Nizhny Novgorod. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage.?  Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. Sun. at 6 p.m.

Pavel Kogan Orchestra performs Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7. Pavel Kogan conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. Sat. at 7 p.m.

Rhinoceros (Nosorog): Ivan Popovski directs Eugene Ionesco's play about the people of a town turning into animals. English and French subtitles available. Fomenko Studio New Stage. 29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921. Fri. at 7 p.m.

Foreign-Language Movies

Code Black (Reanimatsiya, 2013): In his filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry provides unprecedented access to America's busiest Emergency Department — Los Angeles County Hospital's C-Booth.

Center of Documentary Cinema. 2 Zubovsky Bulvar, Bldg. 7. Metro Park Kultury. 495-637-7919. www.cdkino.ru. Sat. at 5 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Love's Labour's Lost (Besplodniye Usiliya Lyubvi): Dominic Dromgoole's 2009 staging of Shakespeare's comedy for Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

Formula Kino Praga. Ulitsa Nizhnyaya Maslovka, 10. Metro Savelovskaya. 495-795-37-95. Sun. at 7 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Shaun the Sheep Movie (Barashek Shaun, 2015): When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets more than he bargained for. British animated comedy directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak.

35MM. 47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. Metro Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. Tel. 495-780-9142. Sat. at 2:20 p.m., Sun. at 2:10 p.m. No dialogue.

See the calendar for more events.

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