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

The second day of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in three acts. Music by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer

A Ballet fairy tale in two acts with an Epilogue. Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Marius Petipa based on the story by E. T. A. Hoffmann

The third day of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in three acts with prologue. Music by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer

opera in four acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle after the play of the same name by Friedrich von Schiller

Opera-féerie in two parts Music by Rodion Shchedrin Libretto by the composer after motifs of the fairy-tale by Božena Němcová translated by Nikolai Leskov and Russian folk fairy-tales

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 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 in a prologue and four acts. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev based on a scenario by Vsevolod Meyerhold, Vladimir Solovyov and Konstantin Vogak after the fabia by Carlo Gozzi

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.

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

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

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 by Gaetano Donizetti Performed in ItalianConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

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

opera by Hector Berlioz Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Hector Berlioz
Libretto by Léon de Wailly and Auguste Barbier, after Cellini´s Memoirs

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.

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

Dramma lirico in a prologue and three acts. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Temistocle Solera after Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner’s tragedy Attila, König der Hunnen, revised by Francesco Maria Piave

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 by Gioachino RossiniFeaturing Ildar Abdrazakov Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Angelo Anelli

Ballet in three acts and a prologue. Music by Ludwig Minkus. Libretto: Marius Petipa. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky

Opera in three acts. Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Libretto: Modest Tchaikovsky after the novel 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.

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

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