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Bolshoi's Hamlet, Charity Art and Rossini – What to Do in Moscow on Wednesday

Hamlet: Declan Donnellan's dance staging of Shakespeare choreographed by Radu Poklitaru. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. At 7 p.m.

The Barber of Seville (Sevilsky Tsiryulnik): Gioacchino Rossini's opera, based on Beaumarchais' comedy. Director Elijah Moshinsky, stage designer Anne Tilby. Performed in Italian. Novaya Opera. 3 Karetny Ryad. Metro Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868. At 7 p.m.

Sankt Joseph Kapelle Ensemble, Alisa Gitsba (soprano), Grigory Konson (countertenor), Andrei Vishnyakov (tenor), Edem Ibragimov (bass), Konstantin Kaznecheyev (violin), Ivan Lebedev (organ) and others perform Bach. St. Mary's Cathedral. 27/13 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa. Metro Barrikadnaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda. 495-252-4051. At 8 p.m.

Department Orlov: solo show of works by Andrei Filippov, put on by the E.K. ArtBureau and the Yekaterina Cultural Foundation, features his paintings, objects, photographs and installations. Yekaterina Cultural Foundation. 21 Kuznetsky Most, entrance No. 8 from Ul. Bolshaya Lubyanka. Metro Kuznetsky Most. 495-621-5522. www.ekaterina-fondation.ru.

Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, arias and duets from spiritual compositions by Bach and Vivaldi performed by the Tempo Restauro Baroque Consort and soloists. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. At 7 p.m.

The Art of Being Close (Iskusstvo Byt Ryadom): a charity exhibit of works by acclaimed contemporary Russian artists. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. 10 Gogolevsky Bulvar. Metro Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., ticket office to 7:15 p.m. 495-231-3660. www.mmoma.ru

Orpharion Ensemble performs Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart and others. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 29 Tverskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400. At 7 p.m.

Foreign-Language Film

The Humbling (Unizheniye, 2014): Barry Levinson's adaptation of the Philip Roth novel about an aging, suicidal stage actor Simon Axler (Al Pacino) and his struggles to find passion for life again.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 11:05 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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