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, MARCH 14

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

GLINKA CAPPELLA French ensemble "Gradivas" performs Indian canticles.

MALY DRAMA E Schwartz' "Cinderella."

MARIINSKY The Vaganavaya Russian Ballet Academy performs.

SHOSTAKOVICH The Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Philharmonia performs Haydn and Stravinsky.


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15

AKIMOVA (noon) M Bulgakov's "Zoykina Apartment."

MARIINSKY Puccini's "Madame Butterfly," in Italian.

SMOLNY (6:30pm) Concert from the "From the Avant-garde to Today" festival. The Smolny Chamber Choir performs Korolev, Falek and Vorobyev.


THURSDAY, MARCH 16

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

GLINKA CAPPELLA Organ duet. US organist R Corneils and Russian organist V Ryakhin perform Bach, Handel and others.

MARIINSKY L Minkus' "Don Quixote," ballet in four acts.

MUSSORGSKY Prokofiev's "Tsar Boris," ballet in two acts.

SHOSTAKOVICH Evening of Vladislav Uspensky.


FRIDAY, MARCH 17

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) O Danilov's "The Tartar from Taraskov."

GLINKA CAPPELLA The Cappella Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky.

MARIINSKY Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin."

MUSSORGSKY Verdi's "La Traviata," opera in four acts.

SHOSTAKOVICH Organ-vocals evening. Baritone A Slavny and organist D Zaretskits perform.

SMOLNY "Peak of Musical Art" concert. Tchaikovsky's "Liturgy of St John of Zlatoust."


SATURDAY, MARCH 18

AKIMOVA (noon) Chekhov's "Can I Hope?" (7:30pm) O Danilov's "Planet of Love."

ALEXANDRINSKY (6pm)

GLINKA CAPPELLA Piano evening. N Lugansky performs Brahms, Schumann and Rachmaninoff.

MARIINSKY Levenschold's "Sylphida," ballet in two acts.

MUSSORGSKY Prokofiev's "Romeo an Juliet," ballet in three acts.

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (6pm) Mozart's "The Wedding of Figaro," opera in four acts.


SUNDAY, MARCH 19

AKIMOVA (7:30pm) Chekhov's "Can I Hope?"

GLINKA CAPPELLA (3pm) Young musicians from Children's Musical School No. 11 perform. (7pm) Youth chamber choir "Notre Dame de Lourdes" performs D Smirnov.

MARIINSKY (11:30am) Rimsky-Korsakov's "Pskovityanka." (7:00pm) The ballet of Mikhail Fokin: "Scheherazade," "The Fire-Bird," and others.

MUSSORGSKY Levenschold's "Sylphida," ballet in two acts.

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (6pm) Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin."

SMOLNY (noon) The "Blagovest" chamber choir performs Russian spiritual music.


MONDAY, MARCH 20

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

MARIINSKY Symphony concert.

MUSSORGSKY Puccini's "Cho-Cho-San," opera in three acts.

SHOSTAKOVICH The Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Philharmonia performs Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and others.


ADDRESSES

* AKIMOVA COMEDY THEATER,
Nevsky Prospect 56

* ALEXANDRINSKY DRAMA THEATER
(formerly Pushkin Drama Theater), 2 Ploshchad Ostrovskovo

* GLINKA CHAMBER HALL,
30 Nevsky Prospect

* GLINKA CAPELLA (Choral Hall):
Naberezhnaya Reki Moika 20

* MALY THEATER OF OPERA AND BALLET,
Ploshchad Iskusstv 1

* MARIINSKY THEATER,
Teatralnaya Ploshchad 1

* 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