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

opera by Giuseppe VerdiFeaturing Plácido Domingo, Sergei Skorokhodov, Mikhail Petrenko, Tatiana Serjan, Ekaterina SemenchukConductor: Valery Gergiev

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Temistocle Solera

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.

Melodrama in three acts. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Antonio Somma, after the play Gustave III by Eugène Scribe

ballet in two actsmusic by Aram Khachaturian choreography by George Kovtun

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

Opera in two acts. Music and libretto by Rodion Shchedrin. Musical Director and Conductor: Valery Gergiev.

opera in four actsmusic by Pyotr Tchaikovsky production by Sergey Novikov

One-act ballets. Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin Choreography by Alberto Alonso

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.

Russian fairytale in two scenes. Music by Igor Stravinsky. Libretto by Michel Fokine.

opera by Giacomo Puccini

Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Guiseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after Henri Murger´s Scènes de la vie de Bohème

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

ballet in three acts choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Gusev revised by Nikita Dolgushin Cast Medora � Yulia LukyanenkoConrad � Danila KhamzinGulnara � Ekaterina OdarenkoAli � Mikhail Batalov Conductor � Valentin Bogdanov

Opera in two acts with a prologue. Music by Ruggero Leoncavallo

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

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.

Fantasy ballet in two acts. Music by Adolphe Adam.

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 two acts Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

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.

Triple bill by Nacho Duato. Without Words is Nacho Duato’s second work for the prestigious American Ballet Theater company. The title refers to Schubert’s songs scores, which are instrumental music, music without words.

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

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