Thursday The 13th
Boris Godunov: Dmitry Bertman stages Mussorgsky's musical drama based on Pushkin's tragedy about the tsar who ruled in the Time of Troubles. Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
GERMAN Die Fledermaus (Letuchaya Mysh): Vasily Barkhatov's controversial staging of Johann Strauss' operetta includes original texts by Maksym Kurochkin. Performed in German. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN The Barber of Seville (Sevilsky Tsiryulnik): Gioacchino Rossini's opera, based on Beaumarchais' comedy. Director Elijah Moshinsky, stage designer Anne Tilby. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
NEW 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 14th
Boris Godunov (see Thurs. listing). Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
GERMAN Die Fledermaus (see Thurs. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Golden Mask: In the Mood for Opera (Nastroisya na Operu): an operatic show. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 12:30 and 4 p.m.
Opera Night: arias, duets, jam. Kozlov Club. 11 p.m.
NEW The World on the Moon (see Thurs. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Saturday The 15th
Boris Godunov (see Thurs. listing). Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
GERMAN Die Fledermaus (see Thurs. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. Noon and 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Rigoletto: Verdi's opera based on Victor Hugo's play "Le Roi s'amuse." Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): the concert version of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera performed by the Moscow Conservatory Opera Theater. Conservatory Great Hall. 2 p.m.
Sunday The 16th
Boris Godunov (see Thurs. listing). Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
Carnival of Animals (Karnaval Zhivotnykh): interactive theatrical and musical show for kids to music by Saint-Saens. Novaya Opera foyer. Noon and 2 p.m.
GERMAN Die Fledermaus (see Thurs. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 6 p.m.
May Night (Maiskaya Noch): Alexander Titel stages Rimsky-Korsakov's opera based on Gogol's short story "A May Night, or the Drowned Maiden." Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Opera A Priori: Bartok's "Bluebird's Castle" and the world premiere of Kurbatov's "The Black Monk" performed by the Pavel Kogan Orchestra, the Yurlov Capella and soloists. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Rigoletto (see Sat. listing). Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Monday The 17th
Tribute to Rachmaninov: Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center soloists perform arias and scenes from Rachmaninov's operas. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 19th
FESTIVAL Golden Mask: ITALIAN L'Italiana in Algeri (Italianka v Alzhire): Rossini's operatic drama staged by Yevgeny Pisarev. Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Golden Mask: 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.
GERMAN The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Graham Vick's avant-garde staging of Mozart's lyric opera. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
FESTIVAL Golden Mask: Strider (see Wed. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. March 20, 7 p.m.
Kalmania: Edvald Smirnov's staging based on Imre Kalman's operettas. Helikon Opera. March 20, 21, 22 and 23, 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Traviata: Verdi's opera as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. March 20, 7 p.m.
GERMAN The Magic Flute (see Wed. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. March 20 and 21 at 7 p.m., March 22 at noon and 7 p.m., March 23 at 6 p.m.
ITALIAN Nabucco: Verdi's opera based on the Biblical story of the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar as staged by Latvian director Andrejs Zagars. Novaya Opera. March 21, 7 p.m.
MT PICK Simon Boccanegra: the concert version of Verdi's opera performed by the Symphony Capella of Russia and soloists. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. March 21, 7 p.m.
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