ST. PETERSBURG THEATRES
Saint Petersburg has more than 40 different ballet, opera and drama theatres first of which was opened as early as 1714. Our city is the motherland of Russian ballet - Imperial Ballet Academy (now famous Vaganov school) was opened here in 1738. Among its graduates were such world famous dancers as Matilda Kshesinskaya, Anna Pavlova, Galina Ulanova, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nuriev and many others.
St.Petersburg conservatoire was established in 1783. Among its professors and graduates were such prominent Russian composers as Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Rahmaninov, Stravinsky et ali. You can enjoy their operas and ballets in famous Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky theaters and in several other concert halls located in historical palaces. You can listen also to operas by world known western composers like Bizet, Wagner, Verdi et ali performed in the language of original or in Russian.
St.Petersburg Philharmonic society was established in 1802 being first in Europe. The present hall on Square of Arts with wonderful acoustics was opened in 1839. Since that time many renowned musicians were performing here (List, Vagner, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and many others). Since 1988 its orchestra is conducted by world famous director Yuri Temirkanov.
You should not leave St.Petersburg without visiting unbelievably remarkable Russian Folklore Show in Nikolaevsky palace - it is really a "Big Show"!
As you can see Saint Petersburg has a splendid cultural life for all tastes.
PRINCIPAL THEATRES OF ST.PETERSBURG
| Mariinsky Theatre | Mariinsky II | Mariinsky Concert Hall | Mikhailovskiy theatre | The Hermitage Theatre | The Nikolaevsky Palace | Smolninsky Concert Hall | |
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| 21 October monday | To be announced | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||||
| 22 October tuesday | Don Quixote | La fanciulla del West | Der fliegende Holländer | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 23 October wednesday | Faust | The Four Seasons | Swan Lake | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 24 October thursday | Don Quixote | Iolanta | Pelléas et Mélisande | Swan Lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 25 October friday | Turandot | Le Corsaire | I Capuleti e i Montecchi | Un ballo in maschera | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 26 October saturday | Aida | Carmen Suite. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort | French fairy tales | Le Corsaire Le Corsaire New Musical Instruments: Hang and More | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 27 October sunday | The Nutcracker Le Rossignol | Il barbiere di Siviglia Il barbiere di Siviglia | The magical world of dance Oedipus Rex | Stringbruck: the City of the Strings Getting to Know the Ballet Iolanta Getting to Know the Ballet Stringbruck: the City of the Strings | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 28 October monday | Pelléas et Mélisande | Feel yourself Russian | |||||
| 29 October tuesday | Boris Godunov | Cinderella | Vincent Warnier (organ) | Romeo and Juliet | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 30 October wednesday | La Sylphide | La traviata | A concert in memory of Irina Bogacheva | Romeo and Juliet | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 31 October thursday | Mazepa | Cinderella | Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano) and Alexandros Stavrakakis (bass) | Die Zauberflöte | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 1 Novermber friday | Eugene Onegin | Romeo and Juliet | Le nozze di Figaro | The Nutcracker | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 2 Novermber saturday | Faust | Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet | Songs from our childhood Carnaval des animaux | Strauss-Gala The Nutcracker The Nutcracker | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 3 Novermber sunday | Le nozze di Figaro The Fountain of Bakhchisarai | La traviata La traviata | Silent film and live music The pranks of Fata Morgana | Cipollino Cipollino | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 4 Novermber monday | The Fountain of Bakhchisarai Orff. Carmina Burana | Die Zauberflöte Concert of the prize-winner of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition | Trumpetdorf: the City of the Winds Getting to Know the Opera Getting to Know the Opera La traviata Trumpetdorf: the City of the Winds | The Sleeping Beauty | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 5 Novermber tuesday | Giselle | Tristan und Isolde | Feel yourself Russian | ||||
| 6 Novermber wednesday | La Sylphide | The Maid of Pskov | Linda di Chamounix | Spartacus | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 7 Novermber thursday | Don Giovanni | Yaroslavna. The Eclipse | Tannhäuser | Spartacus | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 8 Novermber friday | Push Comes to Shove. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort Jewels | Tosca | Brundibár | Spartacus | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 9 Novermber saturday | The Sleeping Beauty | Carmen | The Love for Three Oranges Guide to the Orchestra with Renaissance Percussion | Mozart. The Marriage of Figaro Cinderella Classics and Avant-garde Cinderella | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 10 Novermber sunday | Act III of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty The Sleeping Beauty | Iolanta Iolanta | Evening with the ensemble Renaissance Percussion Masterpieces for all times | Don Quixote Don Quixote | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 11 Novermber monday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 12 Novermber tuesday | Der fliegende Holländer | The Idiot | Digital GALA | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 13 Novermber wednesday | Don Carlo | Berlioz | La Bayadère | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 14 Novermber thursday | To be announced | To be announced | To be announced | La Bayadère | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 15 Novermber friday | Swan Lake | To be announced | To be announced | Tosca | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 16 Novermber saturday | To be announced | To be announced | To be announced | La Bayadère La Bayadère | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 17 Novermber sunday | Aida Le nozze di Figaro | Anna Karenina Anna Karenina | Kashchey the Immortal Mozart and Salieri. Kashchey the Immortal | Na Floresta. Prelude. White Darkness | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 18 Novermber monday | The Symphonica ARTica symphony orchestra | Feel yourself Russian | |||||
| 19 Novermber tuesday | Swan Lake | Elektra | Gavrilin. Chimes | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 20 Novermber wednesday | La bohème | Prodigal Son. Russian Overture. Violin Concerto No 2 | Piotr Anderszewski recital (piano) | Feel yourself Russian |
This is a preliminary playbill which might be changed by the theaters. We renovate the program as new information becomes available.
To book tickets please send the following info to e-mail info@peterguide.com :
- date
- theatre
- performance choosen
- number of tickets
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Payment is accomplished via Western Union or by bank transfer, details upon request.
Check the schedule at the St. Petersburg theatres and order your tickets ahead of time to ensure great seats and avoid possible disappointments.
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