Thursday The 1st
ITALIAN Julius Caesar and Cleopatra (Tsezar i Kleopatra): Boris Pokrovsky's staging based on Handel's "Julius Caesar in Egypt." Performed in Italian. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Traviata: Verdi's opera based on the play "The Lady With Camelias," about a beautiful courtesan who breaks with a wealthy count because of her love for a young man. Directed by Francesca Zambello, sets by Peter John Davidson. Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Friday The 2nd
NEW Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (Volshebnaya Lampa Aladdina): Nino Rota's opera about Oriental youth, Aladdin, who finds a magic lamp with a genie trapped inside that helps him overcome the forces of evil. Performed in Russian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Traviata (see Thurs. listing). Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 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.
Saturday The 3rd
NEW Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (see Fri. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Traviata (see Thurs. listing). Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Prince Igor (see Fri. listing). Novaya Opera. 4 p.m.
The Adventures of Cipollino (Priklyucheniya Cipollino): Tatyana Kamyshyova's comic opera for kids based on a charming Italian tale with heroes who bear the names and characteristics of fruits and vegetables. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Noon and 4 p.m.
Sunday The 4th
NEW Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (see Fri. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 2 p.m.
Iolanta: Novaya Opera concert version of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's lyric opera about a blind princess. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN La Traviata (see Thurs. listing). Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
Moscow Conservatory Opera Theater performs the concert versions of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Mozart and Salieri and Puccini's opera Gianni Schiacchi. Conservatory Great Hall. 2 p.m.
The Adventures of Cipollino (see Sat. listing). Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Noon and 4 p.m.
Tuesday The 6th
Hamlet: the concert version of Ambroise Thomas' opera based on Shakespeare's tragedy. Performed by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sveshnikov Russian Choir, Laura Claycomb (soprano), Vardui Abramyan (mezzo-soprano), Igor Golovatenko (baritone), Alexei Neklyudov (tenor) and others. Benjamin Pionnier conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Moscow Conservatory Opera Theater (see Sun. listing). Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 7th
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.
MT PICK ITALIAN La Traviata: Alla Sigalova's excellent modernized staging of Verdi's opera uses Yevgeny Kolobov's boldly edited score of Verdi's original music. Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Orfeo ed Euridice: Gluck's opera as staged by Irina Lychagina features young soloists. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Rigoletto: Canadian director Robert Carsen stages Verdi's opera based on Victor Hugo's play "Le Roi s'amuse." Performed in Italian with Russian subtitles. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
The Nose (Nos): Shostakovich's satirical opera based on Gogol's story about a man who is tormented by his own nose, which may have been cut off at the barber's and is now stalking St. Petersburg in his place. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
FRENCH Carmen (see Wed. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Oct. 8, 7 p.m.
MT PICK ITALIAN La Traviata (see Wed. listing). Novaya Opera. Oct. 8, 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Orfeo ed Euridice (see Wed. listing). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater small stage. Oct. 8, 7 p.m.
ITALIAN Rigoletto (see Wed. listing). Bolshoi Theater New Stage. Oct. 8, 9, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m.
NEW Titus the Irreproachable (Tity Bezuprechny): Alexander Monotskov's opera based on Maksym Kurochkin's play on the themes of Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus." Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. Oct. 9 and 10, 7 p.m.
Aktovy Zal
18 Perevedenovsky Pereulok, entrance 1. M. Baumanskaya, Elektrozavodskaya. Project_Fabrika. 495-221-0757
Amadeus Musical Theater
Reservations 925-846-3377
ARTO Theater
6/1 Sretensky Bulvar, Bldg. 2. M. Turgenevskaya. 495-624-5990
Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555
Bulgakov House
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-970-0619
Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 495-646-3646, 692-6748
Chekhov International Theater Festival
www.chekhovfest.ru/en/
Commonwealth of Taganka Actors
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val, Taganskaya Ploshchad. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1148
Contemporary Play School
29/14 Neglinnaya Ulitsa. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 694-0738
Crocus City Hall
65-66 km of MKAD, Crocus Exhibition Center, Pavillion 3. M. Myakinino. 499-550-0055
DK Imeni Zuyeva
18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-3461
Drugoi Theater
at DK Imeni Zuyeva. 18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-2141, 4095-777-9181, www.dteatr.ru/afisha.html
Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 495-930-70
Estrada Theater
20/2 Bersenevskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Borovitskaya. 495-959-0456
Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 495-781-7811
Fomenko Studio
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740
Fomenko Studio New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740
Gogol Theater
8A Ulitsa Kazakova. M. Kurskaya. 499-262-9214, 499-261-5528, (website currently being reconstructed)
Helikon Opera on Arbat
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 495-695-6584, 690-6592, www.helikon.ru/eng
Hermitage Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, Hermitage Garden. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-6742
Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-9668/0708
Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-624-4046
Maly Theater Affiliate
69 Ulitsa Bolshaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 499-237-3181, www.maly.ru
Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 495-290-4658/6241
Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 495-290-4658/6241
MDM
28 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 499-248-6688, www.mdmpalace.ru
Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 495-363-1048
Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-2035
Moscow Musical Theater
27 Novozavodskaya Ulitsa. M. Bagrationovskaya. 495-797-6300
National Youth Theater
2 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-692-0069/1879
Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater
5 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-5177, teatr-sats.ru
Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868
Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House
9a Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-690-2557
Operetta Theater
6/2 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-925-5050, www.mosoperetta.ru
Pavel Slobodkin Center
48 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-6226/6588, www.center-slobodkina.ru
Platforma at Winzavod Center
14th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. www.platformaproject.ru, 495-917-1799, BigBilet.Ru, www.winzavod.ru
Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater
17 Nikolskaya Ulitsa. Metro Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-606-7008, www.opera-pokrovsky.ru
Polytheater
3/4 Novaya Ploshchad, Entrance 9. M. Lubyanka. 495-730-5491, 544-5545, www.polyteatr.ru
Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-544-5545, www.praktikatheatre.ru
Playwright and Director Center
35 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. 499-795-9282, 495-945-3245
Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-544-5545
Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-691-4443
Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-694-1289
Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-1896
Rossiya Theater
2 Pushkinskaya Ploshchad. M. Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya, Tverskaya. 495-788-4646
Russian Army Theater
2 Suvorov Square. M. Novoslobodskaya. 495-681-2110
Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-3642
Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Marina Roshcha. 495-689-7844
School of Dramatic Art
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. Metro Sukharevskaya. 495-632-9344
Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473
Stanislavsky Drama Theater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 495-699-7224
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325
Stas Namin Theater
9 Krymsky Val, Bldg. 33, in the Gorky Park. M. Oktyabrskaya, Frunzenskaya, Shabolovskaya. 945-633-9924, www.stasnamintheatre.ru
Studio of Theatrical Art
21 Ulitsa Stanislavskogo, Bldg. 7. M. Taganskaya (circle line), Marksistskaya. 495-646-7459, 8-916-907-9119
Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 495-628-9685, reservations 495-628-779, 624-46472
Taganka Theater
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1217
Teatrium na Serpukhovke
6 Pavlovskaya Ulitsa. Metro Serpukhovskaya. 499-237-1689
Teatr.doc
11/13 Tryokhprudny Pereulok, Bldg. 1, entrance from the side. M. Pushkinskaya. 8-919-765-8402
Ten Theater
5 Oktyabrskaya Ulitsa. M. Dostoevskaya, Maryina Roshcha. 495-681-1516/3590, www.tttttttttt.ru
Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-694-4681
Theater Kinoaktyora
33 Ul. Povarskaya. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-690-2811, 691-1461
Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 495-953-1317
Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi
4 Malaya Bronnaya. M. Tverskaya. 495-690-6731, reservations 495-728-6649
Theater Na Yugo-Zapade
125 Prospekt Vernadskogo, M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-433-1191
Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495-629-3739
Theater U Nikitskikh Vorot
Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya (at the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Nikitsky Bulvar). M. Arbatskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495- 695-8219
Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-4995/5360
Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-241-1679
Michurinsky Prospekt, 1 Olimpiiskaya Derevnya. M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-430-0410, 437-8626, www.mtvn.ru
Vysotsky Center
3 Nizhny Tagansky Tupik. M. Taganskaya. 495-915-4558
Yelena Kamburova Theater of Music and Poetry
53/55 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Ulitsa. M. Sportivnaya. 499 246-8175
Yermolova Theater
5/6 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-629-0594/4587
ZIL Cultural Center
4 Vostochnaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 1. M. Avtozavoskaya. 495-675-7872, www.zilcc.ru