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

Opera in two acts. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Mira Mendelssohn-Prokofieva after the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy

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.

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

Musical drama with one intermission

Ballet in three acts. Music by Arif Melikov. Libretto by Nazim Khikmet.

for soloists, chorus and symphony orchestra (stage version)

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

Opera in two acts

Music by Boris Tishchenko
Libretto by Vladimir Varnava and Konstantin Fyodorov

Opera in two acts Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Iolanta by Pyotr Tchaikovsky is one of the most lyrical and poetic works of the composer. The libretto created by Modest Tchaikovsky was based on the play by the Danish poet and playwright H. Hertz King René’s Daughter.

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

Russian Circus show in two acts Director Askold Zapashniy

National musical drama in five acts, six scenes. Music by Modest Musorgsky Orchestrated by Dmitry Shostakovich

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

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.

Gala сoncert in two parts

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 Alexander Krein сhoreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani revised by Mikhail Messerer Laurencia — Angelina VorontsovaFrondoso — Ernest Latypov     debut Conductor — Pavel Sorokin

Script Author and Host: Natalia Entelis

Lyrical scenes in seven episodes

melodramma giocoso in two acts

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani

opera buffa in two acts music by Gioachino Rossini production by Éric Vigié Conductor — Philipp Selivanov

opera in three actsProduction by the National Theatre in Prague (2019) Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Boris Godunov is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Modest Mussorgsky. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar (1598 to 1605) during the Time of Troubles, and his nemesis, the False Dmitriy (reigned 1605 to 1606). The Russian-language libretto was written by the composer, and is based on the drama Boris Godunov by Aleksandr Pushkin

one act ballets