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

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

Japanese tragedy in three acts. Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after David Belasco´s stage version of a magazine story by John Luther Long

opera in four actsmusic by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart production by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev Conductor — Philipp Selivanov

Japanese tragedy in three acts

Ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue. Music by Adolphe Adan, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburgsky. Libretto by Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier, edited by Yuri Slonimsky and Pyotr Gusev

Russian Circus show in two acts Director Askold Zapashniy

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.

Ballet in three acts. Music by Ludwig Minkus

Concert in two parts

Script Author and Host: Natalia Entelis

Opera in four acts. Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Libretto by Ilya Tyumenev based on a scenario by the composer after the drama by Lev Mey

Concert in two parts

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

Opera in two acts. Music and libretto by Rodion Shchedrin. Musical Director and Conductor: Valery Gergiev.

Music by Alexander Borodin Libretto by the composer based on Old Russian epos The Tale of Igor´s Raid

Ballet in three acts and a prologue. Music by Ludwig Minkus. Libretto: Marius Petipa. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky

Opera in three acts

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Viktor Burenin based on the epic poem Poltava by Alexander Pushkin

Opera in three acts and six scenes. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare´s plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV

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

Lyric opera in two acts

opera in two acts with a prologue

Music by Sergei Banevich
Libretto by Tatiana Kalinina

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.

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

Opera in three acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the tragedy Le roi s´amuse by Victor Hugo