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Puccini's best-known opera, "Tosca," is performed Tuesday at the Bolshoi Theater's New Stage under the direction of Robert Trevino.
Thursday, February 9th
Boris Godunov: Alexander Sokurov stages Mussorgsky’s musical drama based on Pushkin’s tragedy about the tsar (1598-1605) who ruled in the Time of Troubles. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Die Fledermaus (Letuchaya Mysh): Johann Strauss’ operetta as staged by Dutch director Michiel Dijkema focuses on Baron von Eisenstein’s friend Dr. Falke. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Friday, February 10th
A Nest of the Gentry (Dvoryanskoye Gnezdo): a contemporary opera based on Ivan Turgenev’s novel about a Russian landlord who returns home from France to make a new start. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
MT Pick Eugene Onegin: a simple and dazzling staging of Tchaikovsky’s opera by Sergei Artsibashev with sets by Sergei Barkhin. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Hamlet of the Danes, a Russian Comedy (Gamlet Datsky, Rossiiskaya Komediya): Alexander Titel stages Vladimir Kobekin’s opera. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 11th
The Demon: Anton Rubinshtein’s opera as staged by Gennady Trostyanetsky. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 12th
Don Giovanni (Don Juan): Mozart’s classic about the brash Spanish lover who is undone by the statue of a man he once murdered. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
Lohengrin: Wagner’s medieval romantic opera as staged by Kasper Holten. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Werther: Massenet’s lyric opera based on Goethe’s novel “The Sorrows of Young Werther.” Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 14th
Don Giovanni (See Sun. listing.) Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Tosca: Puccini’s opera about the tragic love of a beautiful Roman singer for an artist. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 15th
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Skazki Gofmana): Offenbach’s opera based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s stories about his three loves. Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Peasant Cantata (Krestyanskaya Cantata): Alexander Borodovsky’s staging of Bach. Beer is served during the show. Helikon Opera Cafe on Arbat. 7 and 8:30 p.m.
and Beyond…
MT Pick Madame Butterfly: Puccini’s opera, staged by Lyudmila Nalyotova, features young singers. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Feb. 16, 7 p.m.
Rigoletto: Verdi’s opera based on Victor Hugo’s play “Le Roi s’amuse.” Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. Feb. 16, 7 p.m.
L’incoronazione di Poppea (Koronatsiya Poppei): Claudio Monteverdi’s opera based on the story of Poppea’s conquest of Nero and Nero’s rejection of his wife, Ottavia. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
Ruslan and Lyudmila: Mikhail Glinka’s opera based on Pushkin’s verse tale about a prince and his young bride kidnapped by an evil magician. Directed by Dmitry Chernyakov. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. Feb. 17, 18 and 19, 6 p.m.
The Marriage of Figaro (Svadba Figaro): Dmitry Bertman stages an updated version of Mozart’s classic. Helikon Opera on Arbat. Feb. 17, 18 and 19, 7 p.m.
The Woman’s Voice (Golos Zhenshchiny): contemporary opera novellas directed by Alla Chepinoga. Novaya Opera. Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
New X.M. Mixed-Matter (X.M. Smeshannaya Tekhnika): Four stories set to music by Kuzma Bodrov. Directed by Dmitry Krymov. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. Feb. 17 and 18, 7 p.m.
