Playing with classics: Wagner at the Bolshoi, Gogol at Lenkom, fashion at the Arena

Movie

The little things of life, 18+

Directed by Tim Millants. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Claire Dunn, Kieran Hinds, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh

The story is based on real events described in well-known investigative journalism and UN materials. Ireland, 1985. On Christmas Eve, a humble coal miner and devoted father of the family, Bill Furlong, accidentally witnesses horrific events outside the walls of a local Catholic monastery. In his search for justice, he will have to face the disapproval of his family and challenge society. The film is a prize-winner of the Berlin Film Festival.

Starting March 13 at the box office

My name is Lyubov, 16+

Directed by Valentin Makarov. Starring: Tatiana Legantieva, Anna Flegontova, Ilyana Pavlova, Gennady Turantaev, Fedot Lvov, Dmitry Baishev

Lyubov is a middle—aged woman who lives in the village with her parents and her brother's family. For the past five years, she's been dreaming of changing her life, but she doesn't know where to start. On her birthday, she makes a wish — to get married. That same evening, she hears in the horoscope that she needs to act right now, and immediately she sees an advertisement for the reality show "Bachelorette" on the NBC Sakha. Lyubov decides to go to Yakutsk to take part in the show and find her soulmate.

From March 13, the cinema "Eldar"

The body is like a gadget, 12+

Directed by Vladimir Khramovitsky

NMG DOC presents the popular science documentary series "The Body as a gadget". Four episodes about skin, vision, mind and blood. Leading Russian experts, researchers and doctors of sciences will talk about the almost limitless reserves of the human body. They will teach you to see with your eyes closed, change the composition of your blood, influence your own consciousness, and change the life around you with your mind. Each of us is able to slow down aging. There are hidden functions in the human body that we know about, but still don't use. How do you get the body to activate these abilities? The popular science series "The body as a gadget" will tell about this.

Starting March 12 at the Wink online cinema

Last birthday, 16+

Directed by Yuri Astakhov. Starring: Arseny Popov, Artur Sopelnik, Olga Prokofiev, Alexander Andrienko, Natalia Berger, Polina Belenkaya, Mikhail Dobrzhansky

A thriller about a psychological experiment to find the "formula of happiness." A large family gathers for the birthday celebration: parents, three brothers and a sister. Nothing foreshadows trouble: table conversations flow peacefully, glasses are raised with wide smiles. An awkward remark changes everything, and family happiness turns out to be an artfully created project of one of the "brothers," an experienced psychologist who has devoted his life to finding the "formula of happiness." His method is to manipulate the emotions and desires of others, but love intervenes in precise mathematical calculations.

Starting March 13 at the box office

The state of things, 16+

Director: Denis Karro. Starring: Nikita Panfilov, Alexandra Florinskaya, Marusya Klimova, Nikita Tarasov, Artyom Osipov, Sergey Batalov, Lyubov Germanova

During an attack by robbers in the museum, a heavy statue falls on the special forces soldier Vadim. When he wakes up in the hospital surrounded by his father and brothers, he discovers in himself an amazing ability to communicate with objects. To rid Vadim of strange interlocutors, the therapist sends him to the owner of the antique salon and her adviser to protect the rented items. An unusual gift will help a closed guy in a new job, solve long—standing problems, and most importantly, find love.

From March 17 on STS

Theatre

Gustav Mahler. Symphony No. 8, +12

The Combined Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theaters, as well as choirs, will perform Mahler's Eighth Symphony. The GABT Children's choir will join them. Maestro Valery Gergiev is at the conductor's desk. Soloists: Ekaterina Morozova (The Great Sinner), Maria Lobanova (The Penitent, formerly called Gretchen), Anna Aglatova (Mother of God in Heavenly Glory), Ekaterina Vorontsova (Samaritan Wife), Alina Chertash (Mary of Egypt), Sergey Skorokhodov (Herald of the Veneration of the Mother of God), Alexander Krasnov (Father Enthusiastic), Mikhail Petrenko (The father is in-depth).

March 12, 19:00, Bolshoi Theater, Historical Stage

Last letter, 12+

Directed by Nikolai Sheiko. Starring: Alexandra Islentyeva, Vasily Korsunov

"Perhaps this is catharsis," wrote the famous critic Marina Zaionts about the feelings of the audience after the performance. A story about the victory of humanity in inhumane circumstances. It is based on a farewell letter to his mother from Vasily Grossman's novel "Life and Destiny" and a reply message from the writer himself, addressed to his mother two decades after her execution. The story, monstrous in its merciless cruelty and tragedy, is conveyed in the play without excessive sentimentality, simply and with tact. An intelligent, delicate, benevolent mother tells her son about her life in the Jewish ghetto and the upcoming execution with wise sadness and self-respect, trying to support her son with the power of her love, who will read the letter when she is gone. The performance will be held for the 100th time.

March 14, 19:00, Moscow Hermitage Theater, Small Stage

Forty-first, 16+

Directed by Ivan Pachin. Starring: Evgeny Syrkin, Yulia Pilipovich, Alexey Veretin, Sergey Medvedev, Sergey Rensevich, Alexander Smirnov

Boris Lavrenev's novel "The Forty-first" in the version of the Provincial Theater becomes a parable about love, which is born in spite of the world and time. A civil war has thrown two irreconcilable class enemies onto a desert island. A thin young Maryutka, a girl warrior, a revolutionary sniper, who keeps count of the enemies she killed, and Vadim Govorukha, a boy, a lieutenant of the white army with eyes as blue as the sea, an enemy from another life, another culture.

March 19, 19:00, Moscow Provincial Theater, small Stage

How important it is to be serious, 16+

Director: Sergey Pankov. Starring: Levan Tsiskadze, Anton Gorchakov, Simon Ewald, Maria Polikarpova, Victoria Troitskaya, Ksenia Morozova, Anastasia Ermak, Andrey Gavryushkin, Sergey Intyakov

The premiere of the St. Petersburg theater "Workshop" in Moscow. The play is based on Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Serious." Wilde's comedy in the play is only a plot, in the center is the inside of the theater. The actors play the actors who are staging the play. A real assistant director and make-up artist, a costume designer and a prop designer, as well as a stage machinist come on stage. They all work in the "Workshop".

Karel Chapek's humorous essays "How it's Done" about how the play is staged and the theater as a whole help to connect "How important it is to be serious" and the "rehearsal" part of the play. And the original motto of the director of the play and Sergey Pankov himself was a quote from the film by Federico Fellini "Orchestra Rehearsal".

March 18 and 19, 19:00, On Strastnoy shopping center

Autumn, 16+

Directed by Andrey Goncharov. Starring: Artem Bystrov, Olga Litvinova

The heroes of the short story "Autumn" by August Strindberg are a husband and wife who have been married for ten years. The thrill of first feelings, the heat of passion are long in the past, worn out by everyday life, but still remembered by both spouses. And one day in the fall, they will try to return everything by making a date with each other in the city where their love experienced spring.

March 15 and 16, 19:00, Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, New Stage

Gogolliada, 16+

Directed by Igor Mirkurbanov. Starring: Pavel Kapitonov, Igor Mirkurbanov, Zinaida Dianova, Veronika Chernyshova, Evgeny Boytsov, Dmitry Groshev, Maria Domanskaya, Maria Antipp

Theatrical collage based on the works Nikolai Gogol. For his performance, Igor Mirkurbanov created an author's staging based on the key works of the writer.: "Nose", "Portrait", "Notes of a madman", "Dead souls", "The Inspector General". The director turns to the sacred theme that has occupied a central place in the spiritual path of the writer, especially in the last years of his life — the theme of repentance. In the context of the author's later religious and moral search, the production team discovers in Gogol's satirical characters the tragic theme of personal responsibility before the supreme court. The performance is like a prayer in the face of the inevitable.

March 14, 15, 19:00, Lenkom of Mark Zakharov

Concerts

Sound like Russian, 6+

The sound of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Svetlanov's music contains the genetic code of the Russian people, the very essence of Russia and its soul. The melodies, which are rare in beauty, echo the intonations of folk songs. Russian Russian Sounding is a new program of the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert will feature the symphonic poem "Kalina Krasnaya" by Evgeny Svetlanov, Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The soloist is one of the brightest young pianists of the 21st century, winner of eight prestigious international competitions Philip Kopachevsky.

March 13, 19:00, House of Music, Svetlanovsky Hall

Evgeny Grigoriev, 12+

The popular performer, also widely known to the Russian public under the pseudonym Zheka, will present the anniversary program "25 years on stage". A quarter of a century ago, the artist performed for the first time in front of the audience, at the same time his debut album "Pines-Cedars" was recorded, which became a landmark. The festive program will consist of everyone's favorite songs, as well as compositions rarely performed at concerts. The author of the famous hit "A glass of vodka on the table" promises his listeners an atmosphere of sincere and sincere conversation.

March 19, Concert Hall "Moscow", 19.00

Get up, Russian people! 12+

A concert from the cycle "The Living echo of the battles of the past". The Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra, led by Ivan Nikiforchin, will present two monumental works by great Russian composers Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Pianist Ivan Bessonov, mezzo-soprano Yulia Mennibayeva, actress Ekaterina Guseva, the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A.V. Alexandrov and the State Academic Choral Capella of Russia named after A.A. Yurlov will take the stage.

March 18, 19:00, The State Kremlin Palace

Riad Mammadov, 16+

Solo concert by pianist and composer Riad Mammadov, in which jazz and the art of improvisation will combine with the traditions of the Russian piano school. The program, compiled specifically by MAMM, focuses on the idea of sound and refers to the title of Maurice Ravel's play "The Play of Water". Inheriting the composer's imagery, which was especially evident in this work, Riad Mammadov fills the compositions chosen for performance, as well as his own plays, with symbolism and suggests thinking about the synthesis of arts, which seems to be a particularly logical thought within the walls of the museum.

March 15, 21:30, Multimedia Art Museum

Museums

Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 6+

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has opened an exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Art Gallery, which today has over three thousand works from the Middle Ages to the present day. The project tells about an important stage in the history of the State Museum of Fine Arts, when paintings by Rembrandt, Frans Sneijders, Guercino, Nicolas Poussin and other recognized masters were added to the Egyptian collection and the collection of casts. A small exhibition unfolded on a White floor, equipped with explanatory text, documents and photographs, tells about the initial period of the Art Gallery's formation and the main stages of its history.

Until April 27, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

The year is 1775. The triumph of Catherine. Public and private, 12+

The exhibition is dedicated to the history of Catherine II's stay in Moscow during 1775. The first section of the exhibition is about the residents of Moscow who met the Empress. A separate section is devoted to the surroundings of the Prechistensky Palace: what Catherine II saw from its windows. This is the Alekseevsky Monastery located opposite, whose place was later occupied by the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The last room tells about the dramatic fate of the Prechistensky Palace. Shortly after Catherine II's departure to St. Petersburg, it was dismantled and moved to the foundations of the old royal palace on Vorobyovy Gory. The exhibition presents drawings, drawings, portraits, furniture, porcelain and glass, in total more than 180 objects from the collections of the Museum of Architecture, 14 museum and archival collections.

From March 14 to July 13, Shchusev Museum of Architecture

Kachalov – Chatsky. Griboyedov "Woe from wit", 6+

The exhibition is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the comedy "Woe from Wit" and the 230th anniversary of its author Alexander Griboyedov. The work is considered the pinnacle of drama and poetry. The bright aphoristic style contributed to the fact that she was all about quotes.

The hero of the play Chatsky became a special character in the repertoire of the great Russian artist Vasily Kachalov. He was lucky enough to play this role for 33 years. For the first time in the Moscow Art Theater, "Woe from Wit" was played in 1906. Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko found it an interesting task to stage one of the most repertory plays of the Russian stage. The exhibition presents sketches of decorations and costumes, portraits, photographs, archival documents, furniture, props, memoirs of contemporaries and many inspired poetic lines from "Woe from Wit" performed by Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov.

From March 14 to June 8, K.S. Stanislavsky House Museum

To be remembered... 6+

In 2025, the country celebrates the 80th anniversary of the end of the bloodiest war in human history. People from one of the most peaceful professions, museum staff, also had their own front. The exhibition "To be remembered ..." is designed to tell the little-known story of the feat of museum workers of Leningrad and suburban palaces-museums. During the years of the blockade, they lived and worked in St. Isaac's Cathedral and were able to preserve the treasures of our culture. The exhibition will feature items from the museum's collections, several installations reproducing the appearance of the cathedral during the years of the blockade, archival photographs of the war years, documents, and video materials.

From March 18 to June 29, the Pushkin State Museum

The woman behind the scenes. Postscript to the 100th anniversary of film director Tatiana Lioznova, 12+

The exhibition covers almost the entire history of Russian cinema, but tells about it from the point of view of women who worked in the film industry. The exhibition became a study designed to answer the question of who the women directors of the last century were and what distinguishes them from the current representatives of the directing profession. The heroines of the exhibition are a vivid list of names — from the pioneers of the movement to today's debutantes. Museum visitors will be able to learn about the life and work of Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Margarita Barskaya, Esther Shub, Nadezhda Kosheverova, Tatiana Lioznova, Yulia Solntseva, Alexandra Khokhlova, Kira Muratova, Larisa Shepitko, Dinara Asanova, and the Brumberg sisters.

From March 13 to July 27, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

Excursions

We are on the air, +6

On the birthday of the greatest Russian radio engineer, Alexander Popov, the Polytechnic Museum is conducting a thematic tour of its Open Collection, "We are on the Air." Popov's main invention is radio. On May 7 (25), 1895, at a meeting of the Russian Physico-Chemical Society, the inventor demonstrated for the first time a device whose bell reacted to vibrations of Hertz waves outdoors at a distance of about 60 meters. Popov created the first radio communication system capable of operating in Morse code. This scheme has become a classic and formed the basis of first-generation radio communication devices. And since 1945, Radio Day has been celebrated in our country — a professional holiday for workers in all communication industries. In the collection of the Polytechnic Museum there is a receiver model designed by Alexander Popov in 1895.

March 16, 3 p.m., Technopolis Moscow, Open Collection of the Polytechnic Museum

Festivals

Richard Wagner Festival at the Bolshoi Theatre, 16+

The GABT Festival, dedicated to Wagner's work, has reached its apogee. The tetralogy "Ring of the Nibelung" will be shown in full on the Historical Stage. Soloists from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters will take part in the performances.

"Gold of the Rhine" — March 13 (19:00). "Valkyrie" — March 14 (18:00). "Siegfried" — March 15 (17:00). "Death of the Gods" — March 16 (17:00). Maestro Valery Gergiev is at the conductor's desk. The Mariinsky Theatre had already brought the Ring of the Nibelung to the Bolshoi 20 years ago before the closure of the historic building for reconstruction. The event was truly grandiose: then, for the first time in many years, the Moscow audience saw Wagner's tetralogy in its entirety.

From March 13, Bolshoi Theatre, Historical Stage

4th Moscow Fashion Week, 6+

Moscow Fashion Week will once again be held in the capital. The venue of the event will be the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". The program includes screenings by Russian and foreign designers, an open market with products from local brands, a lecture hall with the participation of leading industry experts, as well as a festival of short films about fashion World Fashion Shorts and a professional showroom. Participating designers will be able to present their work to the general public and fashion industry experts, find a new audience and expand business ties. The organizer of the Moscow Fashion Week is the Fashion Foundation with the support of the Moscow government

From March 13 to March 18, the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege"

Moscow Baroque, 6+

Yuri Bashmet, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Alexander Rudin, the Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, the Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra and many others will take part in the festival. The festival will feature music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and their contemporaries. The music forum will end on Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday on March 31.

Until March 31, KZ Zaryadye

The Triumph of Jazz, 12+

The XXV anniversary Igor Butman International Jazz Festival will present the best jazz musicians of our time to the Russian public. On March 14 and 15, maestro Igor Butman with the Moscow Jazz Orchestra and actor of the Vakhtangov Theater Viktor Dobronravov will take the stage at the Moscow House of Music. They will perform the jazz play "Peter and the Wolf". And on March 17, Cuban pianist and vocalist Roberto Fonseca and his band will join them on the stage of the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg. You can also listen to Kubinets at the MTS Live Hall in Moscow on March 16. And on March 18, Igor Butman invited American saxophonist Alex Khan to Tula.

From March 17, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tula