Helicon Opera on Arbat

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Helicon Opera on Arbat Museum

Metro	Arbatskaya
Address	Novy Arbat ul., 11
Phone	202-6584, 290-0971
Hours	Morning performances start at 15:00 Evening performances starts at 19:00
Tickets
Website	http://helikon.ru

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Contents 1 Description 1.1 Operas 1.2 Opera Cafe 2 Photos

[edit] Description

Dmitry Bertman, chief director of Helicon Opera, created his theatre when he was only 22. He gathered young and talented actors and musicians under one roof of the 18th-century mansion in Moscow downtown. He produced a new understanding of opera theatre, believing it to be art of the future.

[edit] Operas

The theatre performs well-known operas, including such rare stagings as "Mavra" by Igor Stravinsky, "Magdalene" by Sergey Prokofiev, "Rothschild's Violin" by Benjamin Fleishman and "Hin und Zurueck" by Paul Hindemith. At Helicon you can also get acquainted with non-traditional interpretations of famous Russian operas: “Evgeny Onegin” and “Queen of Spades” by Petr Chaikovsky, “Golden Cock” by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, and staged for the first time in Russia “Peter the Great” by Andre Gretri.

[edit] Opera Cafe

There is an Opera Cafe, where you can taste wonderful vocal together with vine – “Apollo and Hyacinth” by Mozart, coffee – “Coffee Cantata” or beer – “Peasant Cantata” by Johann Bach, tea – “Mavra” by Igor Stravinsky, or hot chocolate – “The Lady-Maid” by Giovanni Pergolesi.

[edit] Photos

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