Thursday, January 24th
Carmen: David Pountney's staging of Bizet's opera based on Merimee's short story. Performed in French. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
New Dialogues With Pokrovsky (Dialogi s Pokrovskim): An operatic show, dedicated to Boris Pokrovsky, features scenes from the Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater current and old stagings. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
La Traviata: Verdi's opera as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Khibla Gerzmava, Nadzhmiddin Mavlyanov and Alexei Shushlyayev in the leads. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): This concise and passionate version of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera is a grim tale of love and vengeance connected in part with the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride in 1572. Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
Friday, January 25th
Carmen: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Opera Night: classical arias. Alexei Kozlov Club. 11:30 p.m.
Rigoletto: Verdi's opera based on Victor Hugo's play "Le Roi s'amuse." Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
The Tsar's Bride: (See Thurs. listing.) Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 26th
Carmen: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
I Due Foscari (Dvoye Foscari): the concert version of Verdi's early opera about two Venetian families fighting for the throne. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
The Tsar's Bride: (See Thurs. listing.) Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
Un Ballo in Maschera (Bal Maskarad): The tale of a man who falls in love with his best friend's wife. The Concert version of Verdi's opera performed by the Symphony Capella of Russia, Yelena Yevseyeva (soprano), Oleg Dolgov (tenor), Larisa Kostyuk (contralto), Sergei Toptygin (baritone) and others. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Sunday, January 27th
Carmen: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 2 p.m.
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Skazki Gofmana): Offenbach's opera based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's stories about his three loves. Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Noon.
New Old Babushka's Tales (Skazki Staroi Babushki): This operatic show for kids and parents includes scenes set to Mussorgsky's music. Novaya Opera Foyer. Noon.
The Adventures of Cipollino (Priklyucheniya Cipollino): Tatyana Kamysheva's comic opera for kids based on a charming Italian tale with heroes who bear the names and characteristics of fruits and vegetables. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater producton. Dom Muzyki Theater Hall. 1 p.m.
The Lombards on the First Crusade (Lombardtsy v Pervom Krestovom Pokhode): The concert version of Verdi's opera based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
The Tsar's Bride: (See Thurs. listing.) Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, January 29th
New Strider (Kholstomer): Vladimir Kobekin's opera based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about the life, loves, misfortunes and death of a "useless" work horse. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 30th
New Strider: (See Tues. listing.) Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
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