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 11

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) R Toma's "Freddy."

ALEXANDRINSKY C Dickens' "Cricket on the Hearth."

MARIINSKY Levenschold's "Sylphida."

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."

MARIINSKY Prokofiev's "Fire Angel."

MUSSORGSKY Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov."

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) E de Filippo's "Filumena Marturano."

GLINKA CAPPELLA The "Music of Russia" festival.

MARIINSKY Piano concert with S Richter.

MUSSORGSKY C Caleche's "Macbeth."

FRIDAY, APRIL 14

GLINKA CAPPELLA The Cappella Choir and

MARIINSKY Verdi's "La Traviata."

MUSSORGSKY Rossini's "The Barber of Seville."

SATURDAY, APRIL 15

GLINKA CAPPELLA The French children's choir "Cicada" performs.

MARIINSKY Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty."

MUSSORGSKY Tchaikovsky's "Cinderella."

SUNDAY, APRIL 16

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."

ALEXANDRINSKY (6pm) E O'Neill's "Mirages."

MARIINSKY Rimsky-Korsakov's "Sadko."

MUSSORGSKY Tchaikovsky's "Yolanta."

MONDAY, APRIL 17

GLINKA CAPPELLA The Mussorgsky school youth chamber orchestra performs Haydn and Handel.

MUSSORGSKY Rimsky-Korsakov's "Fairy Tale of the Tsar Saltan."

ADDRESSES

Akimova Comedy Theater, Nevsky Prospect 56.

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

Glinka Chamber Hall, 30 Nevsky Prospect.

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

Maly Theater of Opera and Ballet, 1 Ploshchad Iskusstv.

Mariinsky Theater, 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad.

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

Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory Theater: 3 Teatralnaya Ploshchad.

Smolny Cathedral: 3 Rastrelli Ploshchad.