
Graham Vick's avant-garde staging of Mozart's lyric opera "The Magic Flute" plays at the Bolshoi Theater New Stage on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Thursday, May 10th
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. 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.
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.
The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Graham Vick’s avant-garde staging of Mozart’s lyric opera. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Friday, May 11th
Cinderella (Zolushka): Rossini’s comic opera. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Don Giovanni: (See Thurs. listing.) Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
The Magic Flute: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 12th
Cosi Fan Tutte Ossia La Scuola Degli Amanti (Tak Postupayut Vse Zhenshchiny ili Shkola Vlyublyonnykh): Alexander Titel stages Mozart’s comic opera about two young officers who disguise themselves as Turkish merchants to test their fiancees’ fidelity. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Gvidon: Alexander Manotskov’s opera based on Daniil Kharms’ dialogues with God and eternity. Directed by Alexander Ogaryov. School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.
The Magic Flute: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 13th
The Magic Flute: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15th
Contract for Pulcinella and Orchestra (Kontrakt Dlya Pulchinelly s Orkestrom): Mikhail Kislyarov’s opera-pasticcio on themes of Pergolesi and Stravinsky. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16th
Contract for Pulcinella and Orchestra: (See Tues. listing.) Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 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.
Falstaff: Verdi’s opera based on Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” and his comedy “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
May Night (Maiskaya Noch): Alexander Titel stages Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera based on Gogol’s short story “A May Night, or the Drowned Maiden.” Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
Falstaff: (See Wed. listing.) Helikon Opera on Arbat. May 17, 18 and 19, 7 p.m.
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center Soloists in a concert of opera scenes. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. May 17, 7 p.m.
New Iolanta: Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s opera about a blind princess based on the lyrical drama “King Rene’s Daughter” by Danish poet Henrik Hertz. Directed by Dmitry Bertman. Natalya Sats Children’s Musical Theater. May 17, 7 p.m.
The Queen of Spades (Pikovaya Dama): Valery Fokin’s production of Tchaikovsky’s opera based on Pushkin’s story about a young officer destroyed by his obsession for winning at cards. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. May 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, 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. May 17, 7 p.m.
L’Elisir d’Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): Donizetti’s opera about a young man turning to magic to win his sweetheart. Directed by Yury Alexandrov. Novaya Opera. May 18, 7 p.m.
The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Mozart’s lyric opera. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. May 18 and 19, 7 p.m.
Idomeneo: Mozart’s opera seria in Richard Strauss’ redaction. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. May 22, 23 and 24, 7 p.m.








