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

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.

opera by Gioachino Rossini

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti

Ballet in three acts. Music by Aram Khachaturian. Choreography by Leonid Yakobson. Libretto by Nikolai Volkov

Russian Circus show in two acts Director Askold Zapashniy

opera by Gioachino RossiniFeaturing Ildar Abdrazakov Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Angelo Anelli

ballet by Alexander Gorsky set to music by Ludwig MinkusFeaturing Oxana Skorik, Andrei Yermakov

Music by Ludwig Minkus
Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes
Choreography by Alexander Gorsky after Marius Petipa
Gypsy and Oriental Dances choreographed by Nina Anisimova
Fandango choreographed by Fyodor Lopukhov

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

opera by Pietro Mascagni

Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the drama Don Álvaro, o La fuerza del sino by Ángel de Saavedra

Music by Boris Asafiev Libretto by Nikolai Volkov based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin

Opera in three acts Music by Giuseppe Verdi The assassination of Gustav III of Sweden in 1792 became the basis of many plays and operas, among them an opera libretto by Eugène Scribe, set by Giuseppe Verdi in 1859 as Un ballo in maschera

Opera in four acts. Music by Georges Bizet. Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after the novel by Prosper Mérimée

Enjoy this unique opportunity of getting acquainted with the history and cultural traditions of Russia!

Music by Ludwig Minkus Choreography by Marius Petipa

opera in two acts (сoncert performance)

Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto by Felice Romani after the eponymous French tragedy by Louis Alexandre Soumet

A Fantasy ballet in two acts. Music: By Adolphe Adam. Libretto: Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier, and Jean Coralli. Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa

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

Ballets by Michel Fokine. Music by Robert Schumann

melodramma giocoso in two acts

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani

Opera in five acts, seven scenes. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Libretto by the composer and Valentin Kataev, after the novell I, Son of the Working People by Valentin Kataev

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky after the poetic novel of the same name by Alexander Pushkin

one act ballets

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

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

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