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

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

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

Opera in four acts Music by Giacomo Puccini There are few productions in the world of opera that could compete with this lyrical drama. It is not pretentious, convoluted or emotional — here, the art of opera and the real world collide.

Opera in four acts. Music by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. after the novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon.

Fantasy ballet in two acts. Music by Adolphe Adam.

Ballet in three acts Music by Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold

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).

Opera in two acts Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder