EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

Events supplied courtesy of the Institute of Cultural Programs.

EVENTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24.

  • Mariinsky Theater. Adam, "Giselle."

  • Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall. Collegium Musicum Ensemble. Bach, Mozart.

  • Glinka (Maly) Hall. Classica Chamber Orchestra (Alexander Kantorov, director). Mozart, Haydn, Gluck, Schubert.

  • Glinka Capella. Choir of the State Academic Capella (V Chernushenko, director).

  • Gorky Palace of Culture. "Guys and Dolls, or, The Night-life of Broadway."

    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25.

  • Mariinsky Theater. Verdi, "Aida."

  • Musorgsky Theater. Borodin, "Prince Igor."

  • Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall. Vocal recital by Tatyana Novikova, accompanied by Elena Matusovskaya. Arias from operas by Tchaikovsky, Rakhmaninov.

  • Glinka Capella. Channel 5 Solovyev-Sedov Symphony Orchestra (S Gorkovenko, director).

  • Dostoyevsky Apartment Museum. Sappho, Greek lyric poetry (performed by M Krutikova).

  • Gorky Palace of Culture. "Guys and Dolls, or, The Night-life of Broadway."

  • House of Samoylov Apartment Museum. Evening of romances. N Morozov, V Krivonos.

    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26.

  • Mariinsky Theater. Asafyev, "The Fountain of Bakhchiserai."

  • Musorgsky Theater. Adam, "Giselle."

  • Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall. Piano recital by Jean-Pierre Loublier (France). Schumann, Liszt, Debussy.

  • Glinka (Maly) Hall. Piano recital by Igor Lazko. Bach.

  • Glinka Capella. Student Choir of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. Rakhmaninov, "Liturgy"; Sviridov, Cantata "Songs of Kursk."

  • Akhmatova Museum. "That's What We Called the Town of Kitezh," exhibit of graphic art, ceramics, textiles (4:00).

    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27.

  • Mariinsky Theater. Prokofiev, "Fiery Angel."

  • Musorgsky Theater. Tchaikovsky, "Iolanthe."

  • Glinka Capella. Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Capella (V Chernushenko, director). Mozart, Mass.

    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28.

  • Musorgsky Theater. Tchaikovsky, "The Nutcracker."

  • Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall. St Petersburg State Orchestra (Ravil Martynov, director; Jean-Pierre Loublier, piano). Schubert.

  • Glinka Capella. Vocal recital by Irina Potapenko (mezzo, Moscow), accompanied by Yury Polubelov (Moscow). Schoenberg, Wolf, Tsemlyansky.

  • Smolny Cathedral. Zabava Russian Folk Music Ensemble (St Petersburg; V Fonin, director).

  • Blok Apartment Museum. "The English Embankment: People and Destiny."

  • Mayak Palace of Culture. Chamber orchestra concert (A Kuznetsov, director).

  • Yusupov Palace. Russian State Concert Orchestra of St Petersburg (V Popov, director).

    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29.

  • Mariinsky Theater. Tchaikovsky, "Sleeping Beauty" (morning). Verdi, "La Traviata" (evening).

  • Musorgsky Theater. Lebedev, "The Wizard of the Emerald City" (morning). Puni, "Esmeralda" (evening).

  • Glinka (Maly) Hall. Lecture-recital "The Birth of the Orchestra" (4:00).

  • Glinka Capella. Vocal-organ recital, V Yuzvenko (soprano), N Oksetyan (organ), and A Varosyan (harp). Bach, Handel, Brahms, Grieg, Liszt, Gluck, Saint-Saens, Bellini, Verdi, Caccini.

  • Mayak Palace of Culture. Children's Choir (T Bolova, director), and Kuranta Ensemble.

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment Museum. "Memorable Dates in Music," the sesquicentennial of Gabriel Faure. Vocal and chamber works. Ksenia Gurenko (mezzo), Natalya Gavrilova (piano) (4:00).

    MONDAY, OCTOBER 30.

  • Musorgsky Theater. Rimsky-Korsakov, "The Tale of the Tsar Saltan."

  • Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall. Concert performance of Bellini's "Norma" (A Anikhanov, director).

  • Glinka (Maly) Hall. Piano recital by Jan Henrick Kaiser. Norwegian music.

  • Museum of Theatrical and Musical Arts. Piano recital by Vadim Palmov. Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Musorgsky.

    EXHIBITIONS

  • Blok Library. "St Petersburg," photo-exhibit by V P Ilyin. Through January.

  • Dostoyevsky Apartment Museum. "One to One." Paintings by A Kolesnikov. October 4-26. "Fifty-Fifty." From the collection of V Khudoley. October 6-30.

  • Hermitage. Italian painting from the Corsini Gallery. Month of October. Japanese painting and engravings of the Utagawa School. Month of October. "Unknown Chefs-d'oeuvres." French painting from the 19th to the early 20th century. Through March. Constable's "Boat Passing Through the Lock," exhibition of a single painting. Through October 30. Standing exhibits include: "The Wealth of the Imperial Palace," "Winter Palaces of Peter the First," and "The Mint."

  • Library of the Academy of Arts. "The Masters of Color." Reproductions of western European paintings of the 19th to early 20th century. Month of October. "The Bicentenary of Russian Engraving." A P Sapozhnikov. Month of October.

  • Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Paintings by Mikhail Shemyakin. October 17-November 15.

  • Museum of the History of Religion. Standing exhibits include: "Russian Ecclesiastical 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."

  • New House of Culture. "Autumnal Fantasia." Exhibition of decorative and applied arts. From October 14.

  • Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkammer). Standing exhibits include: "The Shaman and the Universe," "Anatomical Rarities of the Kunstkammer," and "The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography During the Blockade."

  • Russian Museum, Stroganov Palace. "Russian Terracotta, 18th to early 19th Century." Month of October.

  • Smolny Cathedral. "Our Life 100 Years Ago, as Viewed Through the Lens." From photographic and film archives. October 6-December 6.

  • Summer Garden Tea House. "The Rose of the Neva." Paintings. Month of October.

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