On Wednesday: Amfest and Queen of Spades

By The Moscow Times

Sep. 22, 2015

The Queen of Spades: Lev Dodin's production of Tchaikovsky's opera based on Pushkin's story about a young officer destroyed by his obsession for winning at cards. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage.

Amfest: Ashby: High-school student Ed Wallis enters into a friendship with his neighbor, Ashby, a retired CIA assassin who only has a few months left to live. Tony McNamara's romantic comedy starring Mickey Rourke, Nat Wolff and Emma Roberts. In English; Russian subtitles.

Formula Kino Gorizont. 21/10 Komsomolsky Prospekt. Metro Frunzenskaya. 800-250-8025. At 7:30 p.m.

Shakespeare. Musical and Dramatic Stories: Yevgenia Krivitskaya (organ), Oleg Bezinskikh (countertenor), Alexei Balashov (oboe) and Pyotr Tataritsky (narration) perform Dowland, Purcell, Stanford, Wesley and Britten. Conservatory Small Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. At 7 p.m.

The Queen of Spades: Lev Dodin's production of Tchaikovsky's opera based on Pushkin's story about a young officer destroyed by his obsession for winning at cards. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. At 7 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.

Jazzmeia Horn (jazz vocals) and the Oleg Butman Trio. Igor Butman Club Na Taganke. 27 Ulitsa Bolshaya Polyanka. Metro Polyanka. 8-926-262-3595. butmanclub.ru. At 8:30 p.m.

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