Jazz opera hip hop design

A. Lucia di Lammermoor: July 25, 7 pm,

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.

Fill in the chart about the events you read.

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?

 to travel a lot

 to be independent

 to buy things you like

 to spend freely on your hobbies

 to help others in need

4) Which would you most like to improve?

 your social life

 your attitude to studies

 your looks

 your relations with your friends

 your relations with your family