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

ballet in three actsmusic by Rodion Shchedrin choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer Ivan — Nikita TchetverikovTsar Maiden — Ekaterina Borchenko     debutHumpbacked Horse — Sabina Yapparova     debut Conductor — Pavel Sorokin

opera by Gioachino RossiniFeaturing Ildar Abdrazakov Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Angelo Anelli

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

opera by Jacques OffenbachConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Jules Barbier after the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after works by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

Music by Charles Gounod Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after motifs from the eponymous legend and tragedy by Goethe

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after the comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

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

Ballet in two acts Music by Sergey Prokofiev Nacho Duato has staged his own version of the celebrated ballet Romeo and Juliet because he is convinced that „Sergey Prokofiev’s score is the most amazing thing that has ever been created for the ballet stage“.

Ballet in three acts. Music by Sergei Prokofiev Libretto by Mira Mendelssohn-Prokofieva and Leonid Lavrovsky, revised by Yuri Grigorovich after motifs of the Ural tales The Malachite Box by Pavel Bazhov Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich

opera by Giuseppe VerdiFeaturing Tatiana Serjan, Yulia Matochkina, Oleg Videman

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).

Lyric scenes in three acts Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky after the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin Musical Director of the production and Сonductor: Vasily Petrenko

ballet-féerie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Marius Petipa (1890)
Libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa, after tales by Charles Perrault

opera in two acts with a prologue

Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the novella by Henry James

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

Music by Ludwig Minkus Choreography by Marius Petipa

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

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

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

opera by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartFeaturing Larisa Yudina, Oxana Shilova, Roman Shirokikh, Ilya Bannik, Irina Mataeva, Vadim Kravets

Ballet-féerie in three acts with a Prologue and Apotheosis. Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Marius Petipa; after tales: Charles Perrault. Choreography: Marius Petipa

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.

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

Ballet in two acts Music by Johann Sebastian Bach The ballet Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness is one of Nacho Duato’s best-known works. It immediately caught the attention of the critics and brought its creator the prestigious Benois de la Dance prize.

opera in three acts

Music by Richard Wagner
Libretto by the composer