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Summary
Spectators fill up seats as the orchestra prepares before a performance, Moscow, Russia, file photo.

The smaller (or "Maly Theatre" with 750 seats) is used while the larger (or "Bolshoi" Theatre with 2,000 seats) is being renovated. Budget cuts have delayed the re-opening until 2013.

Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times, found at: Los Angeles Times, Copyright 2009 Los Angeles Times.