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The Bright Stream

15-16 March, Sat-Sun, 12:00, 19:00
Ballet in two acts

Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov

Duration: 2 hours, 12+

Bolshoi Theatre
New stage
(4/2 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street)

Siegfried

15 March, Sat, 17:00
Musical drama in three acts

As part of the Richard Wagner Festival
Libretto by the composer

Mariinsky Theatre performance
Music Director-Valery Gergiev

Running time: 5 hours and 10 minutes with two intermissions, 12+

Language: German with Russian subtitles

Bolshoi Theatre
Historic stage
(1 Teatralnaya Square)

Medea

15 March, Sat, 19:00
Opera

The opera "Medea" is one of the masterpieces of French opera art at the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Its author is Luigi Cherubini, one of the founders of the Paris Conservatory, a composer whom Beethoven called the best among his contemporaries, a witness and chronicler of the Great French Revolution. He created a work comparable in scale to the ancient Greek myth taken as a basis. Cherubini's Medea, which is one of the greatest opera tragedies, demands vocal skills and bright acting talent from the performers.

Language: Italian with Russian subtitles

Running time: 3 hours and 10 minutes with two intermissions, 16+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Death of the Gods

16 March, Sun, 17:00
Götterdämmerung
Musical drama

As part of the Richard Wagner Festival
Libretto by the composer

Mariinsky Theatre performance
Music Director-Valery Gergiev

Running time: 5 hours and 30 minutes with two intermissions, 12+

Language: German with Russian subtitles

Bolshoi Theatre
Historic stage
(1 Teatralnaya Square)

In dark images. A small death. Minus 16

16-17 March, Sun-Mon, 19:00

Ballet

The Musical Theater presents an updated combination of one-act ballets.

Running time: 2 hours and 10 minutes with two intermissions, 16+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Romeo and Juliet

18-20 March, Tue-Thu, 19:00
Ballet in three acts

Repertoire: Sergey Prokofiev

Libretto by L. Lavrovsky, S. Radlov, S. Prokofiev and A. Piotrovsky based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare

Running time: 3 hours, 10 minutes, 12+

Bolshoi Theatre
Historic stage
(1 Teatralnaya Square)

Khovanshchina

19 March, Wed, 19:00
30 April, Wed, 19:00
Opera

Golden Mask Award - "Best Performance in Opera" (2016)

Khovanshchina "by the originality of the music, by its plot, perhaps, could become the most "Russian" opera. The composer defined its genre as a folk musical drama. "Khovanshchina" is a series of historical sketches depicting the fates of real historical and fictional characters. The Russian people occupy a special place in these sketches.

Language: Russian

Running time: 3 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission, 16+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Stone Flower

20-21 March, Thu-Fri, 19:00

22 March, Sat, 14:00

Ballet

Composer: Sergey Prokofiev
Libretto: Mira Mendelssohn-Prokofieva, Leonid Lavrovsky

Running time: 2 hours and 10 minutes with one intermission, 6+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Swan Lake

March 21, Fri, 19:00
March 22, Sat, 12:00, 19:00
March 23, Sun, 12:00
Ballet in four acts

Repertoire: Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Libretto by Yuri Grigorovich based on the script by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser

Fragments of choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky were used

Running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes, with one intermission, 12+

Bolshoi Theatre
Historic stage
(1 Teatralnaya Square)

Robinson Crusoe

23 March, Sun, 18:00
6 April, Sun, 18:00
Comic Opera

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater presents the first Russian production of the comic opera "Robinson Crusoe"by Jacques Offenbach. The production team of the play includes director Alexander Titel, conductor Arif Dadashev and artist Vladimir Arefyev. Alexey Ivashchenko wrote the Russian text of dialogues and vocal numbers commissioned by the theater.

Language: Russian

Running time: 3 hours with one intermission, 12+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Anyuta

25-27 March, Tue-Thu, 19:00
Ballet in two acts

to the music of Valery Gavrilin

Libretto by Alexander Belinsky and Vladimir Vasiliev based on the short story "Anna on the Neck"by Anton Chekhov

Running time: 2 hours and 5 minutes, with one intermission, 12+

Bolshoi Theatre
New stage
(1 Teatralnaya Square)

The Queen of Spades

26 March, Wed, 19:00
Opera

St. Petersburg is rightly called one of the main characters of P. I. Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades". The solemn and tragic beauty of the parade views of the Northern Capital determines the emotional structure of Alexander Titel's production. The key image of Sergei Barkhin's scenography is the majestic colonnade, incommensurably huge in comparison with human figures.

Language: Russian

Running time: 3 hours and 10 minutes with one intermission, 12+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Tosca

27 March, Thu, 19:00
Opera

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca is based on the drama of the same name by Victorien Sardou.

Language: Italian with Russian subtitles

Running time: 2 hours and 50 minutes with two intermissions, 12+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Lucia di Lammermoor

28 March, Fri, 19:00
Opera

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano

Lucia di Lammermoor has everything you expect from opera classics: wonderful, instantly memorable melodies, passionate love and equally passionate hatred set against the backdrop of an ancient Scottish castle.

Language: Italian with Russian subtitles

Running time: 2 hours and 50 minutes with one intermission, 12+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

The Master and Margarita

29-30 March, Sat-Sun, 12:00, 19:00
Ballet in two acts

music by Alfred Schnittke and Milko Lazar

Libretto by Edward Kluge based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov

Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission, 12+

Bolshoi Theatre
New stage
(4/2 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street)

Esmeralda

29 March, Sat, 19:00
30 March, Sun, 12:00, 19:00
Ballet

Jules Perrault, Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky, and Vladimir Burmeister have performed Roman Hugo on the ballet stage in Russia.… Today, only the version of Vladimir Burmeister exists without text loss. It was created in the most suitable era for such a plot – the era of the drambalet and, probably, in the most suitable theater for this – the Musical Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Running time: 3 hours with two intermissions, 12+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Carmen

31 March, Mon, 19:00
Ballet

Composer: Georges Bizet
Libretto: Henri Meljac, Ludovic Halevi

Running time: 3 hours 35 minutes with two intermissions, 16+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Madame Butterfly

7 April, Fri, 19:00
Opera

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" was written at the beginning of the XX century under the influence of the world fashion for oriental art.

Language: Italian with Russian subtitles

Running time: 2 hours and 50 minutes with one intermission, 12+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)

Anna Karenina

8-11 April, Tue-Fri, 19:00
Musical

From the creators of Russia’s best-selling musicals Count Orlov and Monte Cristo.

An original libretto based on the timeless novel by Leo Tolstoy. Best artists in the genre. Outstanding vocals. Effective choreography. Striking music. Live orchestra. Spectacular multimedia design. Anna Karenina brings it all together to create a dazzling show. Experience the 19th century glitter and luxury! Enjoy the breathtaking love story!

Moscow Operetta Theatre
(Bolshaya Dmitrivka street, 6)

L'elisir d'amore

Love Drink

24 April, Thu, 19:00
Opera in two acts

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani

Melodramma giocoso, "merry melodrama" - so defined the genre of the opera "Love Drink" by its author Gaetano Donizetti.

Language: Italian with Russian subtitles

Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission, 12+

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
Main stage
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St.)
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