Thursday, January 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.
New La Traviata: (See Jan. 9 listing.) Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Friday, January 11th
New Il Trovatore (Trubadur): Verdi's tragic opera, set in 16th-century Spain, about the search for a boy, mistakenly thought to have been murdered in infancy, which leads to a duel in love between two unknowing brothers decades later. Directed by Marco Gandini. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
New La Traviata: (See Jan. 9 listing.) Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Opera Night: classical arias. Alexei Kozlov Club. 11:30 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. 7 and 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 12th
New La Traviata: (See Jan. 9 listing.) Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Sunday, January 13th
Il Tabarro (Plashch) and "Gianni Schiacchi": two late one-act operas by Puccini. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
New La Traviata: (See Jan. 9 listing.) Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 6 p.m.
Nabucco: Verdi's opera based on the Biblical story of the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar as staged by Latvian director Andrejs Zagars. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 16th
Hercules: the concert version of Handel's opera. In the leads Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Lucy Crowe (sprano), Romina Basso (contralto), Nicholas Phan (tenor) and Oleg Tsybulko (bass). Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
The Love for Three Oranges (Lyubov K Tryom Apelsinam): Prokofiev's opera based on a comedy by Carlo Gozzi. Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Mozart's lyric opera. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
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