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, MAY 30

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) "The Tartar from Taraskon."

BOLSHOY DRAMA "Meddler in the Nobility."

OTKRYTY "You and Only You."

SHOSTAKOVICH "Moscow Virtuosi" Chamber Orchestra.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31

BOLSHOY DRAMA "The Cherry Orchard."

GLINKA CAPPELLA The Cappella Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven and Brahms.

KOMISSARZHEVSKOY "Antigona in New York."

MARIINSKY "La Bayadere."

MUSSORGSKY "Esmeralda."

OTKRYTY "Dikar."

SHOSTAKOVICH The ZKR Academic Symphony Orchestra performs.

THURSDAY, JUNE 1

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) "Zoikina Apartment."

BOLSHOY DRAMA "The Noble Nest."

BUFF "A French Marriage."

KOMISSARZHEVSKOY "French Tricks."

MARIINSKY The Academic Russian Ballet performs.

MUSSORGSKY "Rigoletto."

OTKRYTY "If I Survive the Summer."

SHOSTAKOVICH The "Philharmonia Hungarika" symphony orchestra performs Brahms, Schumann and Bartok.

SMALL HALL The St Petersburg University Chamber Orchestra and "Blagovest" Girls Choir perform.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) "Filumena Marturano."

BOLSHOY DRAMA "Treachery and Love."

BUFF "Mandragora."

EXPERIMENTAL "Cherchez La Femme."

KOMISSARZHEVSKOY "These Free Butterflies."

MUSICAL COMEDY "The Merry Widow."

MUSSORGSKY "Swan Lake."

OTKRYTY "The Two-Headed Eagle."

SHOSTAKOVICH The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff and Sibelius with US soloist C Cherkassky.

SMALL HALL Pianist V Ilisavsky performs.

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) "Architect of Victory."

BOLSHOY DRAMA "Macbeth."

BUFF "The Millionairess."

CULTURAL CENTER The "Petersburg Mosaic" theater of music and comedy performs.

KOMISSARZHEVSKOY "Antigona in New York."

MUSSORGSKY "A Fairy Tale about the Tsar Saltan."

PUPPET (11:30am, 2pm) "A Crafty Fairy Tale."

SHOSTAKOVICH The "Philharmonia Hungarika" symphony orchestra performs Haydn, Brahms and Elgar.

SUNDAY, JUNE 4

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) "Accelerati."

BOLSHOY DRAMA "Family Portrait with a Stranger."

CULTURAL CENTER The "Petersburg Mosaic" theater of music and comedy performs.

EXPERIMENTAL "Mr Amilkar is Paying."

KOMISSARZHEVSKOY "French Tricks."

MUSSORGSKY Ballet evening.

OTKRYTY "Kroshka."

SHOSTAKOVICH The ZKR Academic Symphony Orchestra performs in honor of E Mravinsky.

SKAZKY "The Wizard of the Emerald City."

SMALL HALL The "Classica" Orchestra performs Mozart and Haydn.

SMOLNY (noon) The Smolny Choir performs spiritual music.

MONDAY, JUNE 5

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) "Planet of Love."

KAPPELLA German Men's Choir and "Kameya" women's chamber choir perform spiritual and traditional music.

MUSSORGSKY "The Barber of Seville."

OTKRYTY "The Divine Dandelion."

SHOSTAKOVICH The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra performs Glazunov.

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