Thursday The 20th
ITALIAN L'Elisir d'Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): This Donizetti opera features colorful costumes and clever props. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor): Alexander Borodin's opera about Prince Igor and his son Vladimir in captivity during the war with the Polovtsians. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
The World on the Moon (Lunny Mir): an opera buffa by Joseph Haydn with a libretto by Carlo Goldoni. Performed in Russian. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Friday The 21st
Eugene Onegin: Andris Liepa's staging of Tchaikovsky's opera, based on Pushkin's novel. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center. 7 p.m.
Eugene Onegin: the concert version of Tchaikovsky's opera performed by the Moscow Conservatory Opera Theater. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
NEW ITALIAN FRENCH Le Cinesi. L'Ivrogne Corrige (Kitayanki. Ispravivshiysya Pyanitsa): two one-act comic operas by Gluck "The Chinese Women" and "The Drunkard Reformed." Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
Opera Night: arias, duets, jam. Kozlov Club. 11 p.m.
World Opera Classics Masterpieces: soloists of the Bolshoi Theater in concert. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday The 22nd
NEW ITALIAN FRENCH Le Cinesi. L'Ivrogne Corrige (see Fri. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN The Barber of Seville (Sevilsky Tsiryulnik): Gioacchino Rossini's opera based on Beaumarchais' comedy. The tricky barber Figaro helps a young count marry the girl he loves. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): Rimsky-Korsakov's tragic opera based on the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride in 1572. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
NEW GERMAN Tristan and Isolde: Wagner's opera based on Gottfried von Strassburg's Middle High German courtly romance. Directed by Nicola Raab. Performed in German with Russian subtitles. Novaya Opera. 6 p.m.
Sunday The 23rd
NEW ITALIAN FRENCH Le Cinesi. L'Ivrogne Corrige (see Fri. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
GERMAN The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Mozart's lyric opera. Performed in German. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
NEW The Tsar's Bride (see Sat. listing). Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Tosca: Puccini's opera about the tragic love of a beautiful Roman singer for an artist. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Monday The 24th
Novaya Opera Mezzo-Sopranos: Novaya Opera soloists and orchestra in a concert of opera and operetta arias. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
GERMAN The Magic Flute (see Sun. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Tuesday The 25th
Eugene Onegin: (see Fri. listing). Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center. 7 p.m.
GERMAN The Magic Flute (see Sun. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW The Tsar's Bride (see Sat. listing). Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 26th
FRENCH Carmen: Bizet's opera based on Merimee's short story about a man's tragic attraction to a woman he allows to escape from jail on purpose. Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN L'Elisir d'Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): Donizetti's opera about a young man turning to magic to win his sweetheart. Directed by Yury Alexandrov. Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
The Legend of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane): Rimsky-Korsakov's opera based on Pushkin's comic verse tale about the tsar's lost son, who becomes the king of a fairy island. Performed by the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, Irina Samoilova (soprano), Alexander Zakharov (tenor), Mikhail Guzhov (bass) and Yekaterina Mironycheva (soprano). Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
Don Carlos: the concert version of Verdi's opera performed by the Symphony Capella of Russia. Soloists Mikhail Kazakov (bass), Oleg Dolgov (tenor), Andrei Baturkin (baritone), Yelena Yevseyeva (soprano), Lyudmila Kuznetsova (mezzo-soprano) and others. Valery Polyansky conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Traviata: Verdi's opera as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Viva Verdi!: Novaya Opera soloists, chorus and orchestra perform excerpts from Verdi's operas. Novaya Opera. Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
The Fiery Angel (Ognenny Angel): Prokofiev's opera based on Valery Bryusov's novel about possession by the devil and exorcism in 16th-century Cologne. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. Feb. 28 and March 1 at 7 p.m., March 2 at 6 p.m.
The Inspector General (Revizor): Vladimir Dashkevich's opera based on Gogol's comedy. Libretto by Yuly Kim. Directed by Olga Ivanova. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.
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