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

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 by Mikhail Glinka

Music by Mikhail Glinka
Libretto by Mikhail Glinka, Konstantin Bakhturin, Alexander Shakhovskoi, Valerian Shirkov, Mikhail Gedeonov, Nestor Kukolnik and Nikolai Markevich after the poem by Alexander Pushkin

Ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue. Music by Adolphe Adan, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburgsky. Libretto by Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier, edited by Yuri Slonimsky and Pyotr Gusev

opera by Gaetano Donizetti Performed in ItalianConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky after the poetic novel of the same name by Alexander Pushkin

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 actsConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky

Ballet in three acts. Music by Ludwig Minkus

opera in three acts

Music by Richard Wagner
Libretto by the composer

Fantasy ballet in two acts. The ballet tells the story of a lovely peasant girl named Giselle who has a passion for dancing, and when she finds out the man she loves is engaged to someone else she dies of a broken heart.

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

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

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

melodramma giocoso in two acts

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani

opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo Featuring Akhmed Agadi, Yevgenia Muravieva, Roman Burdenko, Yevgeny Akhmedov, Vladislav Kupriyanov

Music by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Libretto by the composer

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

Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov Starring: Olga Borodina, Maria Guleghina, Lana Kos, Marco Berti, Otar Jorjikia, Ferruccio Furlanetto Mikhailovsky Opera Soloists

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

Music by Sergei Prokofiev Libretto by Nikolai Volkov after motifs from the fairytale by Charles Perrault

opera in two acts with a prologue

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

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

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

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

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

opera by Vincenzo BelliniFeaturing Olga Pudova, Klim Tikhonov, Gevorg Grigoryan, Vladislav Kupriyanov, Daria Riabokon

Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli, based on the play Têtes rondes et cavaliers written by Jacques-François Ancelot and Joseph Xavier Boniface, known as Saintine