Friday the 27th
NEW! The Makropulos Case (Sredstvo Makropulosa): Janacek's opera based on Karel Capek's sci-fi story about a longevity serum. See page III. Helikon Opera. 7 p.m. Eugene Onegin: a simple and dazzling staging of Tchaikovsky's opera by dramatic director Sergei Artsibashev with sets by Sergei Barkhin. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Saturday the 28th
Don Giovanni (Don Juan): Mozart's opera about the brash Spanish lover who is undone by a statue of a man he once murdered. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
NEW! Don Giovanni (Don Juan): Nikita Krygin's staging of Mozart's classic. A production of the Amadeus Musical Theater. Simfonicheskaya Estrada open stage of Sokolniki Park. 5 p.m.
NEW! The Makropulos Case: (See Fri. listing.) Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
Sunday the 29th
Don Giovanni: (See Sat. listing.) Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 6 p.m.
The Barber of Seville (Sevilsky Tsiryulnik): Gioacchino Rossini's opera based on Beaumarchais' comedy. The tricky barber Figaro helps a young count marry the girl he loves. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Monday the 30th
Betrothal in a Monastery (Obrucheniye v Monastyre): Sergei Prokofiev's opera, better known as "The Duenna," based on a plot by Sheridan with verses by Mira Mendelson. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Bravissimo: a musical show including arias and excerpts from various operas. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Wednesday the 2nd
The Tsar's Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): Rimsky-Korsakov's tragic opera about love and vengeance based on the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride in 1572. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Thursday the 3rd
INTERNATIONAL CHEKHOV FESTIVAL: Pierre le Grand: an opera by Andr‘-Ernest-Modeste Gr‘try. Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.
The Tsar's Bride: (See Wed. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
and beyond ...
INTERNATIONAL CHEKHOV FESTIVAL: Pierre le Grand: (See Thurs. listing.) Helikon Opera. July 6, 7 p.m.
NEW! Musical Tribute to Maria Callas: Novaya Opera soloists, choir and orchestra in a theatrical show. Novaya Opera. July 9 and 12, 7 p.m.
Eugene Onegin: a simple and dazzling staging of Tchaikovsky's opera by dramatic director Sergei Artsibashev with sets by Sergei Barkhin. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Pierre le Grand: an opera by Andr‘-Ernest-Modeste Gr‘try. Helikon Opera. 7 p.m.