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...

A play lost but not quite. A musical score quartered and plundered. Three great names in the Russian arts — Alexander Pushkin, Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Tairov — who were to have come together under a single marquee in 1937 but never quite did. A play...

... libretto was written by Tchaikovsky's brother Modest Tchaikovsky. Novaya Opera's production is on Sat. at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 2nd Il Tabarro (Plashch) and “Gianni Schiacchi”: two late one-act operas by Puccini. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m. 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...

“Anyuta” is a two-part ballet based on Chekhov's “Anna on the Neck,” documenting a young woman's rise from poverty to fame. Set to the music of Valery Gavrilin and showcasing new choreography by Vladimir Vasilyov it plays Thursday, Saturday and Sunday on the Bolshoi Theater's New Stage. 7 p.m. Thursday, February 2nd Anyuta: Valery Gavrilin’s ballet based on the story by Chekhov...

... Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m. National Philharmonic of Russia performs Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 1, Tchaikovsky’s Italian Capriccio and Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain. Vladimir Spivakov conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m. New Music Studio Ensemble in a concert of contemporary Hungarian and Russian music. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission. Philharmonic Debut: Vyacheslav Kiselyov (piano) performs Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Philharmonic...

"Don Quixote," a ballet by Minkus based on the Cervantes novel, is on Monday at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Friday, February 10th Giselle: Yury Grigorovich’s version of Adolphe Adam’s ballet. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m. La Esmeralda: This ballet by Pugni is a tragic love story based on Hugo’s “The Hunchback...

... keyboards. Cool Train. 9 p.m. Zero People: minimalist beat piano rock. China Town Cafe. 9 p.m. Friday, February 3rd Ataman i Ko. : rock. Schwein. 7:30 p.m. MT Pick Boris Grebenshchikov and Akvarium: rock. B2. 9 p.m. BubaMara Brass Band: Balkan dance music. FAQ Cafe. 10 p.m. Crazy Dance Sessions. FAQ Cafe. 11:59 p.m. Crematorium: Moscow legendary rockers. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m. Cumshot: ska, punk. FM Club. 9 p.m. Dub TV, KhriNiki, Den Bez Daty and Sny: dub, reggae. Bilingua. 9 p.m. Experimental...

... Minin conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m. Sergei Terekhov (piano) performs Schubert. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Ten Sopranos: an operatic concert. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m. Saturday, February 4th Madrigal Ensemble performs early Spanish music. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m. Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra Soloists perform Dupuis, Lauber and Schumann. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra performs Nielsen, Rautavara and Segerstam. Leif Segerstam conducts. Conservatory...

... Jan. 20. There will be no seriousness on show "I'm just having a laugh: Look at me — it's all a circus. If you don't like it, we won't see you tomorrow, but if you like it, come again. But this 'profound inner meaning' that [Russian rock music station] Nashe Radio is full of makes me laugh. Because there's no meaning in it, there's no music in it, there's no humor in it — so what are we doing, guys?" Yefremenko acknowledges DDT frontman Yury Shevchuk's independent civic stance...

The goalposts for little Johnny's birthday party have moved somewhat over the last 30 years, and in Moscow the expectations are especially high. I've changed my mind. On this blog last week, I wrote that the point of disconnect between cultures is music. But I've been giving it some thought, and actually I think I have another contender. It's that old favorite: kids' birthday parties. I suspect that wherever you go in the world, the goalposts for little Johnny's birthday party have moved somewhat...

A schmaltzy music video hailing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as Russia's savior became a hit on the Russian Internet on Tuesday, with many bloggers and YouTube users poking fun at the song's hyperbolic lyrics. A schmaltzy music video...

... staged by Roman Viktyuk. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m. New Gorbunov and Gorchakov: Yevgeny Kamenkovich stages Iosif Brodsky’s poem set in a Leningrad mental hospital. Sovremennik Theater Drugaya Stage. 7:30 p.m. Juno and Avos (Yunona i Avos): a musical by Alexei Rybnikov. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m. New L.G. Sinichkin: Yury Yeryomin stages a jazz version of Dmitry Lensky’s 19th-century Russian vaudeville with texts by Nikolai Erdman and Mikhail Volpin. Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m. My Elevator Days...

The Retuses, a Moscow-based indie folk band, play at Sixteen Tons on Wednesday. Musical influences include Beirut and Neutral Milk Hotel. Thursday, February 9th Amy Banks: jazz vocals. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m. Esh: Brazilian jazz. Cool Train. 9 p.m. Half Dub Theory: trip-hop, jungle, dub from St. Petersburg. Gogol. 8 p.m....

... Vassa Zheleznova: Lev Erenburg directs Maxim Gorky’s play about the forces destroying a traditional Russian family. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m. Monday, February 6th A Russian on a Rendezvous (Russky Chelovek na Rendez-Vous): a romantic musical staging based on Ivan Turgenev’s story “Spring Freshets.” Fomenko Studio. 7 p.m. New Anarchy: Garik Sukachyov stages Mike Packer’s play “The Dysfunckshonalz” about middle-aged men attempting to reunite their...

... the chorus, which sums up their weariness with Putin as he intends to extend his 12 years in power in March: "You're just like me, a man not a god. I'm just like you, a man not a sod." The former paratroopers' song is just one of the many musical, literary and artistic creations that have inspired and enlivened a protest movement that is still largely the reserve of erudite, urban Russians. Mikhail Vistitsky, a 45-year-old veteran of the elite force, wrote the lyrics after attending one...

... have tackled a project of this nature. In 2007 they mounted a similar project that gave form to another "lost" production — Vsevolod Meyerhold's planned production of Pushkin's "Boris Godunov" with a score by Prokofiev. The music from that unrealized work was not entirely lost, however. According to Emerson, Prokofiev recycled the "Godunov" music "into later symphonies and cantatas" while portions of "Onegin" were incorporated into the composer's...

... Ministry were put out of action Wednesday as disgruntled Internet users hit back at the government after it shut down a popular file-sharing site. On Tuesday, Ukrainian police closed down Ex.ua , a website used by millions of Ukrainians to obtain movies, music and software for free. Authorities accused it of copyright piracy. The move triggered an uproar among Ukrainians, who bombarded government websites with automated requests, which overloaded their capacity. "Unidentified people have been attacking...

... for which she quite deservedly received a Golden Mask award five years ago. Since then, I have found much to admire in her frequent Moscow appearances, most notably as a guest artist the past two seasons at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Obraztsova's Aurora proved little short of ideal, combining a radiant stage presence with fluidity of movement and near-absolute precision. With her was Ruslan Skvortsov, as Désiré, who danced his part with elegance and...

... between them and Bikini Kill. “What we have in common is impudence, politically loaded lyrics, the importance of feminist discourse, nonstandard female image,” Pussy Riot said. “The difference is that Bikini Kill performed at specific music venues, while we hold unsanctioned concerts. On the whole, Riot Grrrl was closely linked to Western cultural institutions, whose equivalents don’t exist in Russia.” Pussy Riot’s unsanctioned concerts are reminiscent of the Sex...

... The organizing committee for the opposition rally at Bolotnaya Ploshchad published a partial list of who will be speaking and performing. There will be six speakers, including author Lyudmila Ulitskaya and journalist Leonid Parfyonov, as well as three musical performances. The performers will be rocker Yury Shevchuk, leader of the band DDT; music critic, and vocal Kremlin critic, Artemy Troitsky; and a group of paratroopers whose anti-Putin ballad has gone viral on the RuNet, collecting over 1 million...