Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre
Khibia Gerzmava as Lucia and Alexei Dolgov as Edgardo – two lovers caught up in an old family feud
Wallow in the pain of love and death as you enjoy a classical Italian tragic opera
Catch one of the very last opera performances this season at the Stanislavsky Musical Theatre – “Lucia di Lammermoor”. Internationally acclaimed star soprano Khibia Gerzmava returns to reprise the role of Lucia. The production is classical and Donizetti’s music is poignant.
B. Daniil Kramer’s Trio
July 29, 8.30 pm
Igor Butman’s Club
Daniil Kramer’s Trio – consisting of the virtuoso jazz pianist with contrabass player Sergey Vasiliev and drummer Pavel Timofeyev – are to perform their “Jazz Games” show at Igor Butman’s Club next Thursday.
The band plays all kinds of contemporary and traditional jazz, jazz-rock, funk and blues. Kramer often experiments with styles – from classics to avant-garde – and does it brilliantly. The audience will experience a very talented jazz performance.
C. Wu Tang Clan
July 29, 9 pm, Arena Moscow
This legendary New York hip hop group – which came to prominence in the mid-1990s and to this day remains among the most influential acts on the international hip hop scene – is for the first time coming to Moscow with a line-up featuring all the main stars.
D. The European Design Show
13 May-28 August
Free
Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Open every day Mon-Saturday 10 am-5pm
Sunday 11am-5pm
Challenge your perception of how design affects every aspect of our lives at the European Design Show, touring directly from the Design Museum, London. The exhibition explores every area of design ranging from furniture, graphics and multimedia to the latest rapid proto-typing technology. Compelling innovations include beautiful designer books, and magazines, ingenious lighting, amazing video games and even a newly discovered shade of black.
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3a. Write down the names of your favourite:
film star singer musician sportsperson TV presenter
club TV programme film magazine
3b. Find out if other students like the people or things you wrote in 3a. Compare your preferences. Use the following expressions:
To state preferences: To express doubt:
I’d rather … I can’t say that…
I prefer … to… Well, I’m not sure
I like … more than … OK, but …
(See ‘List of Speech Acts’, p. 104)
A. Read the questions and answers below carefully. Rank all the answers to each question from 1 to 5. Give number 1 to the answer that applies to you most of all, number 2 to the second most applicable, and so on. Number 5 should be the answer you least agree with.
1) Which would you most like to do tonight?
go to the cinema and see an action film
read a good book
playMonopoly with friends
interact in the social net
surf the Internet
2) What would you like to take a course in?
beauty care
a foreign language
scuba diving
communication
driving
3) Which would you like to have a lot of money for?