Papers concerning the staging of Moscow Cheryomushki, including: programme, poster, tickets, correspondence and papers concerning planning and equipment, minutes of planning meetings, plans of the performance area in the Dome, seating plans, guest list, background notes on the reasons for staging the opera and the choice of the opera, which 'takes a wry and spirited swipe at contemporaneous building activities in Russia'. ['Paradise Moscow' - Dmitri Shostakovich's 1958 comic opera, was performed in the Dome 28 February and 1 March 2003 to mark the beginning of the fundraising campaign to mark the 50th anniversary of New Hall and the opening of the newly refurbished Dome. Participants included Marie Almond (New Hall 2nd year) as 'Lucy' and Hannah Watson (New Hall 2nd year) as stage director.]