In the "New Opera" they put a masterpiece of the Belcanto era - "Lucia Di Lammermur" Gaetano Donitnitti. This responsible work is quite clearly positioned by the theater as the performance “For the public”, and not “for critics”. That is, we do not pretend to be “golden masks”, not necessary to turn on the brains, enjoy beauty. Well, O'Kay, why not. But since I came to the premiere, I’ll tell you what is wrong, for my taste, with beauty.

Graduates of the School Rodchenko Lilia Lilia Li-Mi-Yang and Katerina Sadovsky implemented a project on the violence of man within the personal world on Lake Baikal. From the authors The project “after marble” relies on the experience of residence in Lake Baikal in the fall of 2017.

The AD Marginem Publishing House, together with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Garage publishes the book “Articles and Dialogues” of the famous art critic, curator, founder and director of the Institute of Contemporary Art of Joseph Bakstein. It included texts of different years, as well as archival photographs and descriptions of the exhibitions that he oversee.

The exhibition “Alexander Labas will be held in Moscow. Twelve" © "Rosa Azor" On February 7, an exhibition “Alexander Labas will open in the Moscow Gallery“ Rosa Azor ”. Twelve ”, dedicated to the centenary of the poem by Alexander Blok.

An exhibition of Boris Grebenshchikov will be held in St. Petersburg © Boris Grebenshchikov / Museum of Modern Art "Erarta" On January 26, the Museum of Modern Art of Erarta in St. Petersburg will open an exhibition of the leader of the Aquarium group Boris Grebenshchikov “ABC of the Lunar Light”. According to the website of the Erarta Museum, the exposition will include oil paintings on canvas and drawings created by Boris Grebenshchikov in recent years.

Moscow monument to Solzhenitsyn will create the author of the monument to Alexander III The winner of the All -Russian contest of the monument projects Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow was the sculptor Andrei Kovalchuk, the author of the monuments to Alexander III in Livadia and Nicholas II in Belgrade.

Last summer , the diaries of Konstantin Somov were released for 1917-1923 . The published notes are devoted to the life of the artist during the Civil War - in fact, the book ends with Somov’s departure from Petrograd. Thus, the beginning of the next volume of diaries falls on the new line in the life of their author and the protagonist: he will no longer return to Soviet Russia and will live in the United States and France for one and a half years.

In the 1960s-1970s, Henry Bello repeatedly came to Moscow with his wife and sons. Why did he and Lev Kopelev become friends? At first, the lack of a language obstacle and the fact that both went through the war (and how they passed it) helped. Understanding that war united them. About this their general book “Why did we shoot at each other?”, Published in 1982.

"Adventures of Paddington - 2" will be released on January 20 © Warner Bros. Pictures Today, January 19, it became known that the rental of the film “The Adventures of Paddington - 2” in Russia, which the Ministry of Culture wanted to transfer to February 1, will begin on January 20. From this date, it was decided to issue a rental certificate at a meeting in the Ministry of Culture with representatives of the film industry, reports Profisinema .

Short films Magdalena Crowley will show on Lenfilm © Olga Frank on the set of the film "Stalinsky acid" On January 24, at the Lenfilm film studio in St. Petersburg, a show of two short films of VGIK graduates, directed by Magdalena Crowley, who participated in the International Film Festival of VGIK will be held.

"Agnus Dei" Alexander Knaifel will be performed in Moscow for the first time in 30 years © Meladina Alexander Knaifel, 1982 On January 27, at the Gulag Museum of History for the first time in Moscow, after 30 years from the day of the premiere, the work of Alexander Knaifel “Agnus Dei” (1985), dedicated to the victims of the blockade of Leningrad, will sound. An essay for four saxophones, scambalo, electroorgan, piano, double bass and electronics will be performed by the Kymatic ensemble.

Dua Lipa will give a concert in Moscow © Dua Lipa / YouTube In the summer of 2018, the British pop singer Dua Lipa will perform in Moscow. The concert will take place on June 2 at Crocus City Hall , tickets at a price of 3,500 to 10,000 rubles have already entered sale . “At the age of 22, Dua Lipa is no doubt the most fashionable, discussed and promising pop singer in the world!”, The concert organizers, the SAV Entertainment group and the Russian show Center report .

The British Council will present in Moscow a series of Selector Live series On January 26, in the Moscow club Powerhouse, as part of the Selector Pro 2017 program, a party will be held from the series of the British Council of Selector Live, which introduces the Russian public with representatives of the most modern areas of British music.