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

Opera in four acts. Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Libretto by Vladimir Belsky, after a Russian legend

Music by Ludwig Minkus Choreography by Marius Petipa

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

Conductor: Vladimir LandeProgramme: Shostakovich

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

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.

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 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

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

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Marius Petipa after tales of Charles Perrault Choreography by Marius Petipa revised version by Konstantin Sergeev

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

Music by Leo Delibes
Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille

opera in two acts with a prologue

Music by Sergei Banevich
Libretto by Tatiana Kalinina

Russian Circus show in two acts Director Askold Zapashniy

Opera in three acts Music by Giacomo Puccini Libertto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after the play Floria Tosca by Victorien Sardou

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann

opera in four actsConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky

Music by Farid Yarullin Libretto by Ahmed Faizi and Leonid Yakobson after motifs from Tatar folk tales Choreography by Leonid Yakobson (1950)

operetta by Johann Strauss IIFeaturing Sergei Semishkur, Antonina Vesenina, Denis Zakirov, Vladislav Kupriyanov, Yekaterina SergeyevaConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Johann Strauss II
Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée after a farce Das Gefängnis (The Prison) by Julius Roderich Benedix and vaudeville Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Russian text by Nikolai Erdman and Mikhail Volpin

ballet in two actsmusic by Aram Khachaturian choreography by George Kovtun

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Music by Sergei Prokofiev Libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, after the play The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Libretto by the composer after tale by Nikolai Gogol

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.

Opera in three acts