'Porgy & Bess,' 'La Bayadere and Photographer Eisenstaedt ?€“ What to Do in Moscow on Monday

By The Moscow Times

April 19, 2015

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995): works by this German-born American photographer and photojournalist, to May 24. Jewish Artists in the Russian Avant-Garde. 1910s-80s, to May 24. Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center. Alfred Eisenstaedt / Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

Symphony Capella of Russia performs Dvorak's "Symphony From the New World," Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" and "Rhapsody in Blue." Soloist Daniil Kramer (piano). Conservatory Great Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. At 7 p.m.

Fortuna vis Lucem: Francesco Vintriglia's ballet set to Orff's "Carmina Burana" and Ravel's "Bolero." Novy Ballet production. Novaya Opera. 3 Karetny Ryad. Metro Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868. At 7 p.m.

La Bayadere (Bayaderka): a ballet by Minkus based on an old Indian legend about God's retribution for betrayed love. Choreography by Marius Petipa, redaction by Natalya Makarova. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. At 7 p.m.

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995): works by this German-born American photographer and photojournalist, to May 24. Jewish Artists in the Russian Avant-Garde. 1910s-80s, to May 24. Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center. 11 Ulitsa Obraztsova, Bldg. 1A. Metro Savyolovskaya, then two stops by bus 12 to Ulitsa Obraztsova. Sun. to Thurs. noon to 10 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. closed Sat. and Jewish holidays. 495-645-0550, www.jewish-museum.ru.

Foreign-Language Movies

Lost River (Kak Poimat Monstra, 2014): A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads to a secret underwater town. Written and directed by Ryan Gosling, stars Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker and Matt Smith.

Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. At 4:15 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 2:45 and 8:40 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

The Last Five Years (Posledniye Pyat Let, 2014): Richard LaGravenese's screen version of Jason Robert Brown's musical about a struggling actress and her novelist lover stars Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan and Tamara Mintz.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya (See address above) At 5:35 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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