Cultural Picks; What to do in Moscow on Wednesday

By The Moscow Times

Feb. 17, 2015

A selection of cultural events to attend in Moscow on Wednesday. For MT

The Coffee Cantata (Kofeinaya Kantata): This charming, 40-minute production of Bach's comic opera involves 30 audience members having coffee with the singers. Performed in German. Helikon Opera Cafe on Arbat. 11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. Metro Arbatskaya. 495-695-6584. At 7 and 8:30 p.m.

Exercises and Dances of Guido (Uprazhneniya i Tantsy Gvido): Vladimir Martynov's history of West-European opera styles is dedicated to Guido of Arezzo, the inventor of musical notation. Performed by Yulia Makaryants (soprano), Lyudmila Yeryutkina (soprano), Yury Rostotsky (tenor), the Opus Posth Ensemble and others. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. Metro Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011. At 8 p.m.

Opera. Jazz. Blues: Khibla Gerzmava (soprano) and Daniil Kramer (piano) in concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. Metro Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011. At 7 p.m.

Scorched (Pozhary): Quebec-based playwright/director Wajdi Mouawad stages his own play about love, hatred and reconciliation. Et Cetera Theater. 2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. Metro Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 495-781-7811. At 7 p.m.

Foreign-Language Movie

Foxcatcher (Okhotnik na Lis, 2014): Bennett Miller's crime drama based on the true events, and eventually tragic results, surrounding wrestling enthusiast John E. du Pont's efforts to hire the 1984 Olympic champion Schultz brothers to train U.S. wrestling Olympians. Stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo and Vanessa Redgrave.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 6:25 and 11:25 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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