Thursday, November 8th
Cinderella (Zolushka): Rossini’s comic opera. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Friday, November 9th
New Alice’s Album (Albom Alisy): Vladimir Rubon’s opera based on Lewis Carroll’s tale. Directed by Natalia Anastasyeva, choreographed by Alexander Andriyashkin. 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.
Opera Night: classical arias and duets. Alexei Kozlov Club. 11 p.m.
Saturday, November 10th
New A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Son v Letnyuyu Noch): Benjamin Britten’s opera based on Shakespeare as staged by Christopher Alden. Joint production of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater and the English National Opera. 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.
La Traviata: the concert version of Verdi’s opera performed by the Moscow Conservatory Opera Theater. Conservatory Great Hall. 2 p.m.
New The Child and the Spells (Ditya i Volshebstvo): Ravel’s opera-ballet for kids. Novaya Opera. 2 p.m.
The Love for Three Oranges (Lyubov K Tryom Apelsinam): Prokofiev’s opera based on a comedy by Carlo Gozzi. Directed by Peter Ustinov. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Sunday, November 11th
The Love for Three Oranges: (See Sat. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 6 p.m.
MT Pick The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka): This staging of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera focuses on a story of passionate love during the Russian Shrovetide carnival. Novaya Opera. 4 p.m.
Monday, November 12th
New A Midsummer Night’s Dream: (See Sat. listing.) Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 13th
Capriccio in Black and White (Kaprichchio v Chyornom i Belom): Vladimir Kobekin’s two one-act operas “Jester and King” and “The Happy Prince.” Directed by Denis Azarov. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
The Love for Three Oranges: (See Sat. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 14th
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.
The Love for Three Oranges: (See Sat. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
L’Elisir d’Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): This Donizetti opera features colorful costumes and clever props. Performed mostly in Russian with key passages in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Nov. 15, 7 p.m.
The Coffee Cantata (Kofeinaya Kantata): This charming, 40-minute production of Bach’s comic opera involves 30 audience members having coffee with the singers. Helikon Opera on Arbat Cafe. Nov. 15, 7 and 8:30 p.m.
The Tsar’s Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): Rimsky-Korsakov’s tragic opera about love and vengeance staged by Yury Grymov. Novaya Opera. Nov. 15, 7 p.m.
Coppelia: Delibes’ ballet, based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, about the doll-maker Coppelius, who wishes to create a doll with a soul. Choreography by Roland Petit, directed by Luigi Bonino. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Nov. 16, 7 p.m.
Flight (Beg): Nikolai Sidelnikov’s opera based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel. Directed by Olga Ivanova. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Nov. 16 at 7 p.m., Nov. 17 at 6 p.m.
MT Pick Pyramus and Thisbe: a mock opera by John Frederick Lampe. Helikon Opera. Nov. 16, 17 and 18, 7 p.m.
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