EVENTS

* Performances start at 7pm unless otherwise stated. All performances, except operas and concerts, are in Russian; operas and concerts in original language unless otherwise stated. Events courtesy of the Institute for Cultural Programs.


TUESDAY, APRIL 4

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) M Bulgakov's "Zoikina Apartment."

GLINKA CAPPELLA Youth Symphony Orchestra from the Rimsky-Korsakov School performs Mendelssohn, Martinu, and Poulenc.

MARIINSKY L Minkus' "Don Quixote."

MOLODYOZHNY THEATER A Ruccello's "Ferdinando."


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) P Fyodorov's "Az and Fert [A and F]."

ALEXANDRINSKY (6pm) "The Wizard of the Emerald City."

GLINKA CAPPELLA Austrian organist Karon de Pastel performs.

MARIINSKY Puccini's "Tosca."

MOLODYOZHNY THEATER L Razumovskaya's "Dear Elena Sergeyevna."

MUSSORGSKY A Borodin's "Prince Igor."

OTKRYTY THEATER V Constantinov and B Ratser's "God's Dandelion."

SHOSTAKOVICH Glinka's "Ruslan and Lyudmila."

SMALL HALL Swedish chamber orchestra "Musica Viva" performs.


THURSDAY, APRIL 6

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) E Vaime and I Terdzoli's "A Gypsy Woman Told Me..."

GLINKA CAPPELLA Concert featuring young musicians from the children's art school.

MARIINSKY L Minkus' "The Bayadere."

MUSSORGSKY Evening of ballet to the music of Tchaikovsky.

OTKRYTY THEATER V Constantinov and B Ratser's "God's Dandelion."

SHOSTAKOVICH The Philharmonic Orchestra performs Schnitke and Tchaikovsky.

THEATER ON LITEINY Moliere's "The Miser."


FRIDAY, APRIL 7

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) A Daudet's "The Tartar from Taraskov."

ALEXANDRINSKY (6pm)"The Blue Bird."

BALTIISKY DOM Shakespeare's "As You Like It."

GLINKA CAPPELLA Choral and Symphonic Orchestra ensembles perform.

MARIINSKY Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin."

MOLODYOZHNY THEATER "Music Sounded in the Garden."

MUSSORGSKY Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades."

SHOSTAKOVICH The Philharmonic Orchestra performs "new opera."


SATURDAY, APRIL 8

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) O Danilova's "Planet of Love."

ALEXANDRINSKY (2, 6pm) "The Blue Bird."

BALTIISKY DOM (noon) Gogol's "The Inspector."

MARIINSKY Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty."

MOLODYOZHNY THEATER S Mrozhek's "Tango."

MUSSORGSKY Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

OTKRYTY THEATER (10:30am, 1:30pm) V Livanov and Y Entin's "The Troubador and His Friends." (6pm) J Cocteau's "The Two-Headed Eagle."

SMALL HALL The St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra "Classica" performs.

THEATER ON LITEINY Chekhov's "Three Sisters."


SUNDAY, APRIL 9

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) A Ostrovsky's "Easy Money."

ALEXANDRINSKY (2, 6pm) "The Wizard of the Emerald City."

BALTIISKY DOM (6pm) D Coburn's "The Gin Game," on the small stage.

MARIINSKY (11:30am) B Asafiev's "Bakhchisaraisky Fountain." (7pm) Glinka's "Ruslan and Lyudmila."

MUSSORGSKY (noon) T Khrennikov's "The Naked King." (7pm) Adan's "Giselle."

OTKRYTY THEATER (noon) A Lindren's "Malysh and Carlson, Who Live on the Roof."

SHOSTAKOVICH The Philharmonic Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.

SMALL HALL (3pm) Lecture-concert, "Concert-Secret: A Long Time Ago, There Lived..." Irina Levant, lecturer. (7pm) Vocals evening.

SMOLNY (6:30pm) The Smolny Chamber Choir performs music of Russian and Western European composers, and Russian traditional music.


MONDAY, APRIL 10

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) B Ratser and V Konstantinov's "Architect of Victory."

ALEXANDRINSKY (6pm) "The Wizard of the Emerald City."

MUSSORGSKY Verdi's "La Traviata." Premiere.


ADDRESSES

Akimova Comedy Theater, 56 Nevsky Prospect.

Alexandrinsky Drama Theater (formerly Pushkin Drama Theater), 2 Ploshchad Ostrovskovo.

Glinka Chamber Hall, 30 Nevsky Prospect.

Glinka Cappella (Choral Hall): 20 Naberezhnaya Reki Moika.

Maly Theater of Opera and Ballet, 1 Ploshchad Iskusstv.

Mariinsky Theater, 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad.

Bolshoy Hall of the Philharmonia: 2 Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa (opposite the Hotel Europe)

Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory Theater: 3 Teatralnaya Ploshchad.

Smolny Cathedral: 3 Rastrelli Ploshchad.