... gruesome tale of both love and vengeance, which is connected to the true story of Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride. Friday, Saturday at Helikon Opera. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24th 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. Idomeneo: Mozart’s opera seria in Richard Strauss’ redaction. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater...

... placing special emphasis on orchestras from the Americas. Participants, all of whom have never performed in Moscow, come from Houston, Bogota and Cuba. Russia will be represented by Moscow and Yaroslavl, and the program includes both classical and modern music. The festival runs from Friday until June 12. Thursday, May 31st Concert of Contemporary Armenian Music. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission. Leipzig Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky...

... fairy tale by Carlo Gozzie, it will be performed at the Bolshoi on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 31st La Traviata: Verdi’s opera as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District (Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo Uyezda): Shostakovich’s opera staged by Temur Chkheidze. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m. Monday, June 4th The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Mozart’s lyric...

Avant-garde musician Genesis P-Orridge — of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV fame — will headline SKIF, or the Sergei Kuryokhin International Festival, St. Petersburg's leading experimental and avant-garde music event. ST. PETERSBURG — Avant-garde musician Genesis P-Orridge — of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV fame — will headline SKIF, or the Sergei Kuryokhin International Festival, St. Petersburg's leading experimental and avant-garde...

... Andrew’s Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m. Yury Tkanov (viola) and Yelena Nikitenko (piano) perform Schubert, Schumann, Hindemith and others. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Friday, May 25th Borodin Quartet performs Beethoven and Schubert. Gnesin Academy of Music. 7 p.m. Dalibor Miklavcic (organ) performs Bach, Buxtehude, Dupre, Widor and others. St. Mary’s Cathedral. 8:15 p.m. Moscow Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performs Schoenberg, Ibert and Milhaud. Soloist Maria Tchaikovskaya (cello). Conservatory...

Beat Film Festival, which presents a range of documentaries on music and contemporary culture from all around the world, opened late Wednesday at the Gorizont movie house. Beat Film Festival, which presents a range of documentaries on music and contemporary culture from all around the world...

... will be staged Friday, Saturday and June 26, opens the 20th International Stars of the White Nights festival, which runs through July 15. Spanning eight weeks, the annual festival at the Mariinsky Theater showcases a wealth of international classical music talent, from the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra to Greek virtuoso violinist Leonidas Kavakos (June 19) and mesmerizing French pianist Helene Grimaud (June 18). The orchestra will perform Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" under the baton...

(Video) The Moscow metro celebrated its birthday with a nighttime concert featuring choral music, contemporary hits and beat boxing at the Kropotkinskaya metro station. The Moscow metro celebrated its birthday with a nighttime concert featuring choral music, contemporary hits and beat boxing at the Kropotkinskaya metro station. A choir...

Portraits and belongings of famous female dancers, actresses and singers from Russian theater during the late 19th and early 20th centuries are on display at the State Museum of Theater and Music in a new exhibit titled "Beauties of the Russian Stage: Beauty Without Photoshop." ST. PETERSBURG — Portraits and belongings of famous female dancers, actresses and singers from Russian theater during the late...

... intellectual puzzle on themes of literature and history. Theater Na Maloi Bronoi. 7 p.m. Babushki: Svetlana Zemlyakova’s documentary play based on interviews with inhabitants of Siberian villages. Praktika. 8 p.m. Juno and Avos (Yunona i Avos): a musical by Alexei Rybnikov. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m. New Last Summer in Chulimsk (Chulimsk Proshlym Letom): Alexander Vampilov’s play directed by Sergei Puskepalis. Preview. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m. Notes of a Russian Traveler...

... little-known village in the Udmurtia republic, the group of women — five of whose seven performing members are above the age of 70 — have charmed both Russia and now Europe since being announced as Russia’s choice for the contest. Their music features a mix of traditional singing and international music hits sung in both Russian and their region’s native Udmurt language. Last week, Loreen met activists who accuse the government of forcing people from their homes for the building...

... production. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m. Friday, May 25th Don Quixote: a ballet by Minkus based on Cervantes’ novel about the adventures of a country gentleman who sets out to right the world’s wrongs. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m. Rodin: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m. Saturday, May 26th Camera: a contemporary dance piece choreographed by Ann Van den Broek. Aktovy Zal. 6 p.m. Sunday, May 27th Camera: (See Sat. listing.) Aktovy Zal...

... between the 20 finalists will be held Saturday. The women, all above the age of 70, come from a village in the Udmurtia republic and have endeared themselves to the country with their mix of traditional singing in Russian and Udmurt with international music hits. They first tried out to represent Russia in 2010, but didn't win until this year, beating out previous Eurovision winner Dima Bilan and tattooed rapper Timati to become Russia's choice for the contest. Last year, Eurovision's winners were...

An anti-Putin message on Twitter started trending worldwide after opposition activists posted a hashtag inspired by a pre-revolutionary Azerbaijani musical tradition. An anti-Putin Twitter message started trending worldwide after opposition activists posted a hashtag inspired by a pre-revolutionary Azerbaijani musical tradition, a type of freestyle rap performed in time to a rhythmic beat. The...

... Israel. China Town Cafe. 9 p.m. Unite It: from Brit pop to lounge. B2. 9 p.m. Vadim Ivashchenko and Boneshakers: r&b, rock, rockabilly, swing. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m. Yoki: folk rock. Bilingua. 9 p.m. Friday, May 25th Andy Stott: electronic dance music from Britain. Hecq: IDM from Germany. Shestnadtsat Tonn. Midnight. Anna Levshina (jazz vocals) and the Yevgeny Grechishchev Trio. Igor Butman Club Na Sokole. 8:30 p.m. Ashanti (jazz vocals) and the Oleg Butman Trio. Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh...

... based loosely on the plot of “A Chorus Line,” stars Alla Sigalova as the director and choreographer. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m. New Demons (Besy): Yury Lyubimov’s staging of Dostoevsky’s novel about 19th-century revolutionaries. Music by Igor Stravinsky and Vladimir Martynov. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m. Figaro: Kirill Serebrennikov’s staging of Beaumarchais’ witty play stars Yevgeny Mironov and Lia Akhedzhakova. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m. Five Evenings (Pyat Vecherov):...

... threat of a strike by some of its most popular celebrities. As Kommersant reported Saturday, Ksenia Sobchak — socialite, television host and one of the leaders of the protest movement that arose in December — was slated to host a Muz-TV music awards ceremony June 1, as she has done for the past four years. But Sobchak learned at the last minute that she had been pulled from the program. Kommersant also reported that Sobchak would not take part in the TEFI awards ceremony, Russia's equivalent...

... as Julie in the Hamburg Ballet's production of "Liliom," which takes its plot from a once-popular play of the same name by Hungarian Ferenc Molnar that was used by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II as the basis for their hit Broadway musical of 1945, "Carousel." Best male dancer award went to Carsten Jung of the Hamburg Ballet, for his performance of the title role in "Liliom," and Mathias Heymann of the Paris Opera Ballet, for the role of Zael in "La Source...

... pro-Kremlin rally that police said was attended by 30,000 people took place without incident. (Some news reports estimated that only about 3,000 people attended.) The crowd waved the flags of the state postal service and ruling United Russia party, and musical groups performed on a stage. Monday: Nonstop Vigil As Putin was sworn in as president for the next six years on Monday, the city center erupted with more opposition gatherings and marches down leafy boulevards. Police made about 300 detentions...

Sacha Baron Cohen plays a bizarre North African despot in "The Dictator." On at Gorky Park's outdoor cinema and in English at Pioner. Festival Beat Film: Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012): An intimate portrait of music video director Anton Corbijn as he travels the world. Formula Kino Gorizont Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles. Festival Beat Film: Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest (2011): Michael Rapaport documents the inner...