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

ballet in three actsmusic by Rodion Schedrin choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer Conductor — Pavel Sorokin

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

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

opera by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartFeaturing Olga Pudova, Elena Karpesh, Daniil Shtoda, Askar Abdrazakov, Margarita Ivanova, Yaroslav Petryanik

Classical operetta in two acts

Night of Russian ballet represents the apogee of Russian Ballet performances. It consists of fragments of the masterpieces of ballet classics such as "Swan lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Giselle", "Corsair", "Don Quixote", "Spartacus", etc.

Ballet for children in two acts Music by Karen Khachaturian The fairy-tale story by Italian author Gianni Rodari tells of the adventures of the Little Onion boy (in Italian, Cipollino), who fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable folk (his little girlfriend Radish, old Mr Pumpkin, handyman Master Grape) by the fruit ‘aristocracy’ (foppish Prince Lemon, martinet Signor Tomato and twin Countesses Cherries).

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

Opera fantasy in two parts

The most lyrical Verdi’s work is La traviata, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils The Lady of the Camellias. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman Who Goes Astray.

opera in five acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier
Italian version of the libretto by Eugenio Caimi

ballet in two actsmusic by Aram Khachaturian choreography by George Kovtun

Musical drama with no intermission

opera by Pietro MascagniFeaturing Tatiana Serjan, Akhmed Agadi, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Alexei Markov, Elena VitmanConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Pietro Mascagni
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci after the eponymous novella by Giovanni Verga

Opera in three acts

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

ballet in three acts

Lyrical scenes in seven episodes

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

opera by Leo Delibes Featuring Aigul Khismatullina, Yevgeny Akhmedov, Viktor Korotich

Music by Leo Delibes
Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille

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

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 fairy-tale for children and their parents with singing and dancing

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 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

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