Shows - List of Ballet, Opera and Show in St.Petersburg with Descriptions

Swan Lake is a ballet that has become has become a symbol of Russian art itself. The version of the famous ballet cannot be seen anywhere else in Moscow or St. Petersburg: the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s Swan Lake is the legendary ’Old Moscow’ production by Alexander Gorsky and Asaf Messerer.

Ballet-féerie in three acts with a Prologue and Apotheosis. Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Marius Petipa; after tales: Charles Perrault. Choreography: Marius Petipa

Ballets by Michel Fokine. Music by Robert Schumann

Fantastic ballet in three acts, four scenes. Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The historical fresco depicting the events of the French Revolution has returned to the stage, fanning the audience with the flames of the struggle for freedom and personal dignity. Vasily Vainonen’s choreography, hailed as the most outstanding achievement of Soviet ballet, has been recreated by Mikhail Messerer.

The historical fresco depicting the events of the French Revolution has returned to the stage, fanning the audience with the flames of the struggle for freedom and personal dignity. Vasily Vainonen’s choreography, hailed as the most outstanding achievement of Soviet ballet, has been recreated by Mikhail Messerer.

Music by Herman von Lovenskjøld Libretto by Adolphe Nourrit Choreography by August Bournonville in the reduction of Elsa Marianne von Rosen

Ballet in three acts (six scenes), based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Music by Ludwig Minkus, Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Choreography by Alexander Gorsky after Marius Petipa

Ballet in three acts (six scenes), based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Music by Ludwig Minkus, Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Choreography by Alexander Gorsky after Marius Petipa

A Ballet fairy tale in two acts with an Epilogue. Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Marius Petipa based on the story by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Ballet-féerie in three acts with a Prologue and Apotheosis. Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Marius Petipa; after tales: Charles Perrault. Choreography: Marius Petipa

Triple bill by Nacho Duato. Without Words is Nacho Duato’s second work for the prestigious American Ballet Theater company. The title refers to Schubert’s songs scores, which are instrumental music, music without words.

Ballets by Michel Fokine. Music by Robert Schumann

A fabled fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Libretto by Vladimir Begichey and Vasily Geltzer.

Ballet in two acts. Music by Rodion Shchedrin Libretto by Maxim Isaev after the tale of Pyotr Yershov

ballet in two acts music by Maurice Jarre Cast Esmeralda — Prisca ZeiselQuasimodo — Ivan VasilievClaude Frollo — Ernest LatypovPhoebus — Danila Khamzin Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov

A fabled fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Libretto by Vladimir Begichey and Vasily Geltzer.

Ballet in two acts. Music by Rodion Shchedrin Libretto by Maxim Isaev after the tale of Pyotr Yershov

ballet in two acts music by Maurice Jarre Cast Esmeralda — Prisca ZeiselQuasimodo — Ivan VasilievClaude Frollo — Ernest LatypovPhoebus — Danila Khamzin Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov

Fantasy ballet in two acts. The ballet tells the story of a lovely peasant girl named Giselle who has a passion for dancing, and when she finds out the man she loves is engaged to someone else she dies of a broken heart.

A fabled fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Libretto by Vladimir Begichey and Vasily Geltzer.

A modern version of the classic play from 1945, resurrected in a style fit for a digital-age audience. This production’s calling card has become its successful marriage of lovely ballet from years gone by and modern stage technology. Visual computer effects peacefully coexist with traditional costumes and props. Rostislav Zakharov, to whom the premiere is dedicated in celebration of the 110th anniversary of his birth

operetta by Johann Strauss IIFeaturing Sergei Semishkur, Antonina Vesenina, Denis Zakirov, Vladislav Kupriyanov, Yekaterina SergeyevaConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Johann Strauss II
Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée after a farce Das Gefängnis (The Prison) by Julius Roderich Benedix and vaudeville Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Russian text by Nikolai Erdman and Mikhail Volpin

Fantasy ballet in two acts. The ballet tells the story of a lovely peasant girl named Giselle who has a passion for dancing, and when she finds out the man she loves is engaged to someone else she dies of a broken heart.

A Ballet fairy tale in two acts with an Epilogue. Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Marius Petipa based on the story by E. T. A. Hoffmann