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

Springtime tale in a prologue and four acts. Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Libretto by the composer after the play by Alexander Ostrovsky

Ballet in three acts (six scenes), based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Music by Ludwig Minkus, Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Choreography by Alexander Gorsky after Marius Petipa

Fantasy ballet in two acts. Music by Adolphe Adam.

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

Opera in four acts, nine scenes. Music by Dmitry Shostakovich (1932 version) Libretto by Alexander Preis and the composer after the short story by Nikolai Leskov

Opera in three acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the tragedy Le roi s´amuse by Victor Hugo

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

Ballet in three acts. Music by Reinhold Glière Libretto by Pyotr Abolimov after the poem by Alexander Pushkin

opera by Gioachino Rossini

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky, after the novel by Alexander Pushkin

Ballet in three acts. Music by Ludwig Minkus

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.

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

ballet in two acts music by Maurice Jarre Cast Esmeralda — Prisca ZeiselQuasimodo — Ivan VasilievClaude Frollo — Ernest LatypovPhoebus — Danila Khamzin Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov

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

The historical fresco depicting the events of the French Revolution has returned to the stage, fanning the audience with the flames of the struggle for freedom and personal dignity. Vasily Vainonen’s choreography, hailed as the most outstanding achievement of Soviet ballet, has been recreated by Mikhail Messerer.

ballet in two actsmusic by Aram Khachaturian choreography by George Kovtun

Ballet in two acts Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Nacho Duato has given ballet lovers a new production of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The most ‘Christmassy’ of all classical ballets, The Nutcracker has become a symbol of magical transformation and the constant renewal of life.

Opera in four acts and six scenes. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Libretto by the composer after the novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

opera in four actsmusic by Pyotr Tchaikovsky production by Sergey Novikov

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

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 in two acts Music by Boris Asafiev Based on the story by the French writer and the screen play by the Russian storyteller Evgeny Schwarz, stage director Olga Mukhortova created a bright and festive performance, which is sure to be popular with the little ones.

opera in four acts music by Georges Bizet

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.