Russian Plays in English, Strauss Gala and The Bolotnaya Case – What to Do in Moscow on Monday

By The Moscow Times

June 14, 2015

Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra performs Bartok's Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra, Barber's Adagio for strings, Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Soloists Boris Petrushansky and Polina Osetinskaya, conductor Vladimir Yurovsky. After-concert features Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400. At 7 p.m.

Strauss Gala: Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra in concert. Soloist Darya Zykova (soprano), conductor Fabio Mastrangelo. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall, 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. Metro Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011. At 7 p.m.

Coppelia: Roland Petit's innovative version of Delibes' ballet as staged by Luigi Bonino. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater, 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. At 7 p.m.

Drillalians/Sverliitsy. Episode Two: Boris Yukhananov stages a five-part opera series based on his own tale about the mystical Land of Drillalia that exists simultaneously in the past, present and future. Performed by the N'Caged Vocal Ensemble, the Questa Musica Ensemble and the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Episode Two is set to music by Boris Filanovsky. English subtitles. Stanislavsky Electrotheater, 23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. Metro Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya, Mayakovskaya. 495-699-7621. At 8 p.m.

A Day to Remember: post-hardcore from Florida. Ray Just Arena, 31 Leningrasky Prospekt, Bldg. 4. Metro Dinamo. 495-940-6755. At 8 p.m.

Olympia: Olga Mukhina's family saga follows changes in Russia from the 1970s to the present. Staged by Yevgeny Tsyganov. English subtitles available. Fomenko Workshop Theater, 30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921. At 7 p.m.

The Bolotnaya Square Case (Bolotnoye Delo): Yelena Gremina's documentary staging about the legal aftermath of "mass disorders" that took place on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. Teatr.doc Na Razgulyaye, 3 Spartakovskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. Metro Kurskaya, bus No. 40 to Ploshchad Razgulyai. 919-765-8402. At 8 p.m.

Foreign-Language Movie

Fresh Dressed (Na Stile, 2015): Sacha Jenkins makes his directorial debut with a documentary examining the rise and fall of fashion lines influenced by hip-hop music. 35MM, 47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. Metro Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. 495-780-9142. At 11:50 a.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Center of Documentary Cinema, 2 Zubovsky Bulvar, Bldg. 7. Metro Park Kultury. 495-637-7919. At 5:15 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner, 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240 At 4:45 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 9:40 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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