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

Opera in two acts with a prologue. Music by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Libretto by the composer

Melodrama in three acts. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Antonio Somma, after the play Gustave III by Eugène Scribe

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.

Opera in three acts. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Libretto by Giambattista Varesco

Opera in three acts. Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Modest Tchaikovsky after the novel by Alexander Pushkin

Russian Circus show in two acts Director Askold Zapashniy

Music by Charles Gounod Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after motifs from the eponymous legend and tragedy by Goethe

Ballet in three acts and a prologue Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky The Mikhailovsky Theatre has received an absolutely new production of the classical Sleeping Beauty. The renowned Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato has told the famous fairytale in his own way, preserving the incredibly romantic and magical spirit of this famous ballet.

The Mariinsky Stradivarius EnsembleSoloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici

The preliminary evening of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in four scenes. Music by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer.

Ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes) Music by Sergei Prokofiev Libretto by Andrian Piotrovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov and Leonid Lavrovsky, based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare

The first day of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in three acts. Music by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer.

Music by Ludwig Minkus Choreography by Marius Petipa

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.

"There is no sadder story in the world than the story of Romeo and Juliet" Music Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Choreography: Elizabeth Menshikova

The second day of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in three acts. Music by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer

ballet in three acts

The third day of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in three acts with prologue. Music by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer

Opera in four acts Music by Giacomo Puccini There are few productions in the world of opera that could compete with this lyrical drama. It is not pretentious, convoluted or emotional — here, the art of opera and the real world collide.

Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after the play of the same name by Victorien Sardou

opera in four actsConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky

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

Lyric drama in three acts and five scenes. Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after motifs from the story of the same name by Carlo Gozzi

Romantic opera in three acts (revival of the 1999 production). Music by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer.

national musical drama in five acts, six scenes

Music by Modest Musorgsky
Orchestrated by Dmitry Shostakovich
Libretto by the composer