Opera
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Opera Addresses
Thursday, July 4th
L'Elisir d'Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): This Donizetti opera features colorful costumes and clever props. Performed mostly in Russian with key passages in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 6th
Iolanta: Pyotr Tchaikovsky's lyric opera about a blind princess who is cured by the love of a man who violates the king's order not to tell the girl of her blindness. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.Sunday, July 7th
Iolanta: (See Sat. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 6 p.m.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Donizetti's operatic masterpiece about the feud between two aristocratic families, staged by Adolf Shapiro. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 9th
La Boheme (Bogema): a sparkling version of Puccini's opera about the loves, passions and deceptions of a group of artists in the Latin quarter of Paris in the 1830s. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, July 10th
NEW La Sonnambula: (The Sleepwalker): Vincenzo Bellini's bel canto opera staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
NEW La Sonnambula: (See Wed. listing.) Bolshoi Theater New Stage. July 11, 12 and 13 at 7 p.m., July 14 at 6 p.m.
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Skazki Gofmana): Offenbach's opera based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's stories about his three loves. Performed in French. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. July 12, 7 p.m.
Tosca: Puccini's opera about the tragic love of a beautiful Roman singer for an artist. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. July 13, 7 p.m.
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