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!

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 one act

Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Opera in four acts. Music by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Guiseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after Henri Murger´s Scènes de la vie de Bohème

Romantic operetta in two acts

one act balletsFeaturing Nadezhda Batoeva, Alexei Timofeyev, Yekaterina Osmolkina, Maxim Zyuzin

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

ballet-parable

Opera in four acts. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the tragedy by William Shakespeare

one-act ballets

opera in three acts Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano after Sir Walter Scott´s novel The Bride of Lammermoor

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

Melodrama with one intermission

ballet in three acts

Opera in a prologue and four acts. Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Libretto by Vladimir Belsky after the folktale in verse of the same name by Alexander Pushkin

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

Classical operetta in two acts

melodramma giocoso in two acts

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani

opera in four acts music by Giuseppe Verdi production by Igor Ushakov Aida — Tatiana MelnychenkoRadames — Riccardo MassiRamfis — Barseg TumanyanAmonasro — Kiril Manolov

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

Opera-farce in two acts

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 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

one-act ballet in two scenes

Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alberto Alonso