OPERA 06/10/2008

OPERA

Friday the 8th
Dialogues des Carmelites (Dialogi Karmelitok): Francis Poulenc’s opera. Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.

Saturday the 9th
Cavalleria Rusticana NEW (Selskaya Chest): Mascagni’s opera based on a story by Giovanni Verga as staged by Liliana Cavani. Mikhailovsky Theater at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Dialogues des Carmelites: (See Fri. listing.) Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.
Sorochintsy Fair (Sorochinskaya Yarmarka): Mussorgsky’s folk opera based on Gogol’s story. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
The Magic Flute (Volshebnaya Fleita): Mozart’s lyric opera performed in Russian and German. Amadeus Musical Theater at the Alexei Tolstoy Apartment Museum. 6 p.m.

Sunday the 10th
L’Elisir d’Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): Donizetti’s opera about a young man turning to magic to win his sweetheart. Directed by Yury Alexandrov. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Sorochintsy Fair: (See Sat. listing.) Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.

Wednesday the 13th
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.

Thursday the 14th
Iolanta: Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s lyric opera about a blind princess who is cured by the love of a man who violates the king’s order not to tell the girl of her blindness. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
La Traviata: Verdi’s opera as staged by Alexander Titel. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

and Beyond…
Iolanta: (See Thurs. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. Feb. 15, 7 p.m.
The Coffee Cantata (Kofeinaya Kantata): This charming, 40-minute production of Bach’s comic opera involves 30 audience members having coffee with the singers. Helikon Opera on Arbat Cafe. Feb. 15, 16 and 17, 7 p.m.
Bastien and Bastienne: a pastoral comic opera by the young Mozart, based on Rousseau’s “Le Devin du Village,” followed by “The Impresario” (Direktor Teatra), Mozart’s opera describing the blustery rivalries between two prima donnas. Amadeus Musical Theater at the Alexei Tolstoy Apartment Museum. Feb. 17, 6 p.m.
La Boheme (Bogema): a moving production of Puccini’s opera about the loves, passions and deceptions of a group of artists in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1830s. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
Tosca: Puccini’s opera about the tragic love of a beautiful Roman singer for an artist. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. Feb. 17, noon.
The Tsar’s Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): Rimsky-Korsakov’s tragic opera about love and vengeance staged by Ivan Popovski and Galina Vishnevskaya. Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center. Feb. 21 and 24, 7 p.m.

CONCERT, OPERA, DANCE, THEATER ADRESSES

Aktovy Zal
18 Perevedenovsky Pereulok, entrance 1. M. Baumanskaya, Elektrozavodskaya. 265-3935, www.aktzal.ru

Alexei Tolstoy Apartment Museum
4 Spiridonovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 290-0956

Amadeus Musical Theater
Reservations 290-0956, www.amadei.ru

Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 250-7317, www.bolshoi.ru

Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 229-8760, 692-6748, www.art.theatre.ru

Concert Hall Na Prechistenke
32 Ulitsa Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 213-2719, 201-3564

Conservatory Great Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183

Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall
11 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183

Conservatory Small Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183, www.mosconsv.ru

Dom Muzyki
Moscow International House of Music, 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. M. Paveletskaya. 730-4350, reservations and delivery 730-1011/1860/2224, www.mmdm.ru

Dom Zhurnalista
House of Journalists. 8A Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. 291-2474

Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 930-0347/4269, www.dzigartheater.ru

Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 781-7811, 625-2161, www.et-cetera.ru

Fomenko Studio
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 8-499-249-1136/1703/8105

Fomenko Studio New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 8-499-249-1136/1703/8105

Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center
25 Ulitsa Ostozhenka, Bldg. 1. M. Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury. 201-4378, www.opera-centre.ru

Glinka Museum
4 Ulitsa Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya. 639-6226

Gnesin Academy of Music
1 Maly Rzhevsky Pereulok. M. Arbatskaya. 290-6737, 290-2422

Gnesin Hall Na Povarskoi
38 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 291-3086

Golitsyn Manor
5 Kozitsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 299-2262/4204

Helikon Opera on Arbat
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 202-6584, 290-0971, www.helikon.ru

Hermitage Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, Hermitage Garden. M. Pushkinskaya. 209-6742, www.ermitazh.theatre.ru

Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 699-9668/0708, www.lenkom.ru

Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 623-2621, 624-4083, reservations 507-3925, www.maly.ru

Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 290-4658, reservations 290-6241/4658, www.mayakovsky.ru

Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 208-8061, reservations 290-6241/4658, www.mayakovsky.ru

Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 363-1048, www.meyerhold.ru

Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-2035, mossovet.theatre.ru

Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 694-0868/1830, www.novayaopera.ru

Philharmonic Chamber Hall
29 Tverskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. M. Mayakovskaya. 699-4942

Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater
17 Nikolskaya Ulitsa. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 621-0672, reservations 629-1326, www.opera-pokrovsky.ru

Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-4492, www.praktikatheatre.ru

Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 623-6204, 291-4443

Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 203-8582, http://pushkin.theatre.ru

Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 209-1896, http://pushkin.theatre.ru

Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 699-3642/6305, www.satire.ru

Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Rizhskaya, then trolleybus 18 or 42. 602-6583, 689-7885/7844, www.satirikon.ru

School of Dramatic Art on Sretenka
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. M. Sukharevskaya. Information and reservations 623-7025/6204, www.sdart.ru

Scriabin Museum
11 Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Pereulok. M. Okhotny Ryad. 299-1192, 241-1901

Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473, www.sovremennik.ru

St. Andrew’s Anglican Church
8 Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 772-5842

St. Mary’s Cathedral
27/13 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda. 252-4051, www.artbene.ru

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 629-8388, www.stanislavskymusic.ru

Stanislavsky Drama Theater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 299-7224

Stary Arbat Theater
11 Filippovsky Pereulok, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 291-2156

Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 928-9685, reservations 928-7792, www.tabakov.ru

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-3957, 232-5353

Teatr.doc
11-13 Tryokhprudny Pereulok, Bldg. 1, entrance from the side. M. Pushkinskaya. 233-4064, www.teatrdoc.ru

Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 694-4680/86, www.nastrastnom.ru

Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 953-1121, www.lunatheatre.ru

Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 629-3739/5397, www.freestage.ru

Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 299-9917

TsDRI
9 Pushechnaya Ulitsa. Metro Kuznetsky Most, Lubyanka. 624-9347, 623-9982

Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 241-1651, www.vakhtangov.theatre.ru