EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

Events supplied courtesy of the Institute of Cultural Programs.


EXHIBITIONS

Repin Academy of the Arts.

  • Museum: Exhibition of graduation portfolios of the Class of 1995. Paintings, graphic art, sculpture, architecture. Month of September.

  • Library: "The Petrograd Side in the 18th and 19th Centuries." Engravings, photographs, lithographs. Month of September.

    St Petersburg Historical Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress.

  • "Petersburg Motifs," "Photographs and Paintings by I and D Yegorovsky." Month of September.

    St Petersburg Historical Museum, Rumyantsev Mansion.

  • "Great Britain--St Petersburg: Architecture, Parks, Engineering Works, Ideas and Craftsmen." Month of September.

    Hermitage.

  • "Unknown Chefs-d'oeuvre." Through September 29.

  • Japanese Painting and Engraving of the Utagawa School, and the Japonisme of Van Gogh. From September 6.

  • Italian Paintings from Corsini Gallery. From September 22.

  • Standing exhibits include. "The Wealth of the Imperial Palace," "Winter Palaces of Peter the Great," and "The Mint."

    Pushkin Apartment Museum.

  • The Avit Center of Petersburg Art presents an exhibit of the paintings of Neratova. Month of September.

    Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkammer).

  • "Chefs-d'oeuvre of the Arctic." Through November. Exhibition of children's drawings. Through January.

  • Standing exhibits include. "The Shaman and the Universe," "Anatomical Rarities of the Kunstkammer," "The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography During the War and Blockade."

    Museum of the History of Religion.

  • Standing exhibits include: "Russian Church Art," "The History of Russian Orthodoxy," "The History of Western Christianity," "Catholicism and Protestantism," and "Religion of the East."

    Museum of Russian Political History.

  • Standing exhibits include. "Those Who Won the War," "Democracy or Dictatorship?," "Business Russia," "The State Duma Yesterday -- and Today?," "The Past Century and the Present," and "An Epoch Passes, Hope Remains."

    Museum of Military History.

  • Exhibition dedicated to the 250th Jubilee of M I Kutuzov. Month of September.

    Wax Museum.

  • "Intrigue and Power." Standing exhibit.

    Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

  • St Petersburg International Film-TV-Video Fair '95. September 15-30.

    Russian Artists' Union Exhibition Center.

  • The Pushkin Apartment Museum presents a combined exhibition of paintings by Petersburg, Italian and Dutch artists. September 16-29.


    EVENTS

    Mariinsky Theater of Opera and Ballet (formerly Kirov).

  • Shostakovich, "Katerina Izmailova" September 24.

  • Verdi, "Aida" September 26.

  • Minkus, "Don Quixote" September 27.

    [Performances begin 7:00 pm].

    Maly Opera and Ballet Company (Musorgsky Theater).

  • Borodin, "Prince Igor" September 22.

  • Millard, "The White Knight" September 23.

  • Loevenschold, "Sylphide" September 24 (12:00).

  • Tchaikovsky, "Mazeppa" September 24.

  • Musorgsky, "The Khovansky Affair" September 27.

    [Performances begin 7:00 pm unless otherwise noted].

    Grand Hall of the Philharmonic.

  • Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Philharmonic (Yuri Temirkanov, conductor; Victor Tretyakov, violin); Rimsky-Korsakov, Overture to "Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh," Sibelius Violin Concerto, Shostakovich Fifth Symphony. September 23.

  • Organ and Voice Recital (A Slavny, D Zaretsky); Bach, Luzzi, Schubert, Caccini, Tosti, Dvorak and Verdi. September 24.

  • Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Philharmonic (Maris Janssohns, conductor; Marianna Tarasova, soprano); Musorgsky, "Songs and Dances of Death," Shostakovich Seventh Symphony "Leningrad". September 25.

  • Student Choir of the University (V Altschuler, conductor); Musorgsky, Taneyev, Shostakovich. September 26

    Maly (Glinka) Hall.

  • St Petersburg Camerata (S Sondetskis, conductor); Shostakovich. September 25.

  • Vocal Recital (Yelena Ustinova). September 26.

  • Piano Recital (Peeter Laul); Schubert, Schumann. September 27.

    St Petersburg Capella (Glinka).

  • Boys' Choir and State Academic Orchestra of the Capella (V Begletsov, conductor); Russian classics. September 27.

    Museum of Theatrical and Musical Arts.

  • Nikolai Yakimov's "Romances and Waltzes of Love and Death," performed by the composer, September 21.

  • W Luce's "The Enchantress of Amherst," directed by Y Kotov, September 24.

  • R Ataillarde's "Madame Margarita," directed by Y Kotov, September 25.

  • Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" (film), September 27.

    Tovstonogov Great Academic Drama Theater (Nab. Reki Fontanki 65).

  • Shakespeare, "Macbeth" September 19, 26.

  • M Gorky, "The Last" September 21.

  • Chekhov, "Uncle Vanya" September 22.

  • Dickens, "The Pickwick Club" September 23.

  • "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" free adaptation by B Ratser and V Konstantinov on motifs of Jean-Baptiste Moliere, September 24.

  • Chekhov, "The Cherry Orchard" September 27.

    Academic Open Theater.

  • C Goldoni, "The Petty Tyrants" September 21, 27.

  • V Konstantinov & B Ratser, "The Hussar from the KGB" September 22.

  • T Stoppard, "You and You Alone" September 24.

  • J Letreuse, "A Crumb" September 25.

  • A Cassona, "The Savage" September 26.

    Theater of Musical Comedy (Baltysky Dom).

  • J Strauss, "Die Fledermaus" September 20, 25.

  • J Kalmann, "Countess Maritsa" September 26.

    Komissarzhevskaya Academic Drama Theater.

  • J Anouilh, "Invitation to the Castle" September 21, 25.

  • Y Gremina, "The Case of Flag-Officer O--v" September 22.

  • J Goldman, "The Lion of Winter" September 23.

  • Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra" September 24.

  • L Gersh, "Those Free Butterflies" September 27.

    Baltysky Dom Theater.

  • V Voynovich, "Chonkin" September 22.

  • F Sagan, "Castle in Sweden" September 23.

  • Y Chepovetsky, L Cherkassky, "The Adventures of Capt. Vrungel" September 24 (12:00).

  • R Lamoureux, "Auntie, a Ferrari and 300 Million" September 24.

    Academic Maly Drama Theater.

  • A Hellman, "The Bench" September 23, 24.

    Bolshoy Puppet Theater.

  • B Turover, Y Mirsakov, "Piglet Chok" September 23 (11:30, 2:00).

  • S Prokofieva, "An Unknown with a Tail" September 24 (11:30, 2:00).


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