The big-screen premiere of Mayakovsky Theatre’s “The Forest” was presented by the actors featured in the production: Daria Poverennova, Sergey Udovik, and Yaroslav Leonov

A warm, sincere, and witty conversation about the performance, its meanings, characters, and one of the main heroines of this "Forest" – water

Aquatic Life with Alexander Ostrovsky

...when the bark-like curtain rises, a gasp of amazement sweeps through the red velvet of the theater hall. Egor Peregudov and set (and costume!) designer Vladimir Arefiev have transformed the world of Ostrovsky's classic play into an aquatic world — and this metamorphosis is an absolute 'wow!'"

"Everyone just wants happiness, but everyone understands it in their own way”

On the eve of the screen life of Alexander Ostrovsky's tragicomedy "The Forest," director Yegor Peregudov talks about the power of water, theatrical tears, and the thin line between good and evil

Youth never tires

In cinemas now: Lev Dodin’s production "Romeo and Juliet in the Darkness", a work by Dodin’s Young Studio on the stage of the Maly Drama Theatre – Theatre of Europe in St. Petersburg. A vigorous work by the master; a collage of tragic plots and texts, yet filled with dance, rock ’n’ roll energy, and paradoxical optimism...

KOMMERSANT: It's all not like it is with other swans

...Scandinavian choreographers don't have their heads in the clouds. They are distinguished by a particular type of humor—both physical and distinctly everyday—that reliably protects them from pathos. In Inger's cleverly conceived and dynamically constructed *Swan Lake*, burlesque successfully rivals lyricism...

The TheatreHD Opera Club's latest premiere at the GUM Cinema Hall: Handel's "Julius Caesar in Egypt"

Guest of the screening, Natalia Surnina, musicologist, music critic, and press secretary of the Moscow Philharmonic, speeks about Dmitry Chernyakov's debut production at the Baroque Opera and the Salzburg Festival

Ural Ballet Artistic Director Maksim Petrov, MARÉM Leading Designer Lev Khlebnikov, and Ballet Critic Bogdan Korolek

...discussed the birth of the play and its title, the difference in creating costumes for the stage and for life, the collaboration between choreographers and composers, and answered questions from the audience

TheatreHD Opera Club at the GUM cinema hall

Welcome to the TheatreHD Opera Club in the very heart of Moscow – the legendary GUM cinema hall. Each screening is an encounter with outstanding, iconic productions from the world of opera and bold directorial interpretations, presented on the big screen in stunning HD quality

Salzburger Festspiele

Salzburg attracts audiences with new, unique opera productions and creates an irresistible desire to see everything. Salzburg attracts audiences with new, unique opera productions and creates an irresistible desire to see everything. Watch selected performances of the festival in our new project

Pushkin Theatre in cinemas

we have chosen three already classic, benchmark performances reflecting different facets of the Pushkin Theatre. "Talents and the Dead" is a dazzling work by the artistic director himself, a mischievous farce based on Mark Twain with Sergey Lazarev in the title burlesque role. "The Cherry Orchard" is a tragicomic grotesque by Vladimir Mirzoev with Victoria Isakova and Alexander Petrov in the roles of Ranevskaya and Lopakhin. "The Good Person of Szechwan" is an ideal example of Brecht's production in the version by Yuri Butusov with Alexandra Ursulyak brilliantly playing two key roles.

Teodor Currentzis & musicAeterna

Concerts by the Greco-Russian conductor Theodor Currentzis and his orchestra musicAeterna often resemble a sacred act and performance rather than just brilliant interpretations of music, invariably becoming vivid events in the musical world. On our screens, you can enjoy Theodor Currentzis's concerts featuring the great music of Mozart, Beethoven, and other composers.

Wiener Staatsoper

Today, the Vienna Opera is practically the ideal of an opera house, tickets are sold out months in advance, and the cast of soloists is capable of evoking a sigh of admiration from fans and envy from competitors: Elina Garanca, Asmik Grigoryan, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flores, Sonya Yoncheva, Ludovic Tézier – it is difficult to find a world-class star who did not sing in Vienna yesterday or is not going to sing tomorrow. After all, any performance at the Vienna Opera is something that will be talked about throughout the season, and which other theaters will be equal to.

Dmitri Tcherniakov: The Russian Opera

Stellar opera productions by the most famous Russian opera director, staged in Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Lyon, will be available online and in cinemas nationwide.