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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| 17 October wednesday | The Turn of the Screw | Le Corsaire | Lada Labzina | Spartacus | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 18 October thursday | Khovanshchina | Così fan tutte | Spartacus | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 19 October friday | Pagliacci | The National Ballet of Canada | Thierry Escaich and the Mariinsky Orchestra | Spartacus | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 20 October saturday | Orff. Carmina Burana Gala Concert of prize-winners of the Vaganova-Prix international ballet competition | Il barbiere di Siviglia Il barbiere di Siviglia | Thierry Escaich and the Mariinsky Orchestra Leo van Doeselaar | Pagliacci Musical Journey with the Chamber Orchestra | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 21 October sunday | Le Rossignol Aida | Cinderella Cinderella | Shin Dong Ill Shostakovich. From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle | La Sylphide La Sylphide | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 22 October monday | Don Quixote | Roman Simović (violin) | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 23 October tuesday | Apollo. The Seasons. Le Reveil de Flore | The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya | Battleship Potemkin | L�elisir d�amore | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 24 October wednesday | The Fountain of Bakhchisarai | Adriana Lecouvreur | Alexander Nevsky | Na Floresta. Prelude. White Darkness | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 25 October thursday | Turandot | Le Parc | A Fragment of Empire | Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 26 October friday | The Fountain of Bakhchisarai | Don Carlo | The New Babylon | Die Zauberflöte | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 27 October saturday | Ruslan and Lyudmila Der Schauspieldirektor | Le Parc Le Parc | The Legend of the Beautiful Syuimbike Silent film and live music | Laurencia Laurencia | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 28 October sunday | The Firebird Pétrouchka. The Firebird | Falstaff Falstaff | The Legend of the Beautiful Syuimbike Close of the International Conservatoire Week festival | Cipollino Chamber Music of the Old World and the New World La traviata | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 29 October monday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 30 October tuesday | Chopiniana. The Swan. Divertissement. Le Reveil de Flore | I Capuleti e i Montecchi | Cinderella | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 31 October wednesday | Betrothal in a Monastery | Pulcinella. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort | Le nozze di Figaro | Cinderella | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 1 Novermber thursday | The Fountain of Bakhchisarai | Un ballo in maschera | Bach. Elgar. Brahms | Cinderella | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 2 Novermber friday | The Gambler | Anna Karenina | Not Love Alone | The Queen of Spades | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 3 Novermber saturday | Le Rossignol Aida | Carmen Suite. In the Night. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort | Britten. Simple Symphony. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra The magical world of dance | Concert of the Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra Stringbruck: the City of the Strings The Nutcracker Stringbruck: the City of the Strings | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 4 Novermber sunday | Le Carnaval. Schéhérazade Le Carnaval. The Firebird. Schéhérazade | Tosca Tosca | Bela quartet. An evening of French music The magical world of dance | The Nutcracker The Nutcracker | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 5 Novermber monday | Carmen Carmen | Anna Karenina Anna Karenina | Oleg Pogudin concert The Love for Three Oranges | �For the Heart and Soul�� Giselle, ou Les Wilis Cinderella | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 6 Novermber tuesday | The Enchanted Wanderer | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||||
| 7 Novermber wednesday | Khovanshchina | The Legend of Love | Feel yourself Russian | ||||
| 8 Novermber thursday | Parsifal | The Legend of Love | Francesca da Rimini | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 9 Novermber friday | Don Giovanni | Cinderella | The Diary of Anne Frank | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 10 Novermber saturday | Sylvia | La traviata La traviata | Britten. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Simple Symphony Alexei Goribol (piano) and the Boys’ Chorus of the Glinka Choral School | Feel yourself Russian | |||
| 11 Novermber sunday | Sylvia Sylvia | Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly | To be announced Le nozze di Figaro | European Chamber Music at the Turn of the 20th Century | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 12 Novermber monday | Ballet Igor Moiseyev | Feel yourself Russian | |||||
| 13 Novermber tuesday | Boris Godunov | Ballet Igor Moiseyev | Dvořák. Beethoven | Iolanta | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 14 Novermber wednesday | La Bayadère | Eugene Onegin | Thierry Escaich | Iolanta | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 15 Novermber thursday | La Bayadère | Rigoletto | The Mariinsky Orchestra | Giselle, ou Les Wilis | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 16 Novermber friday | La Bayadère | The Idiot | 3rd National Opera Award �Onegin� �Ceremony Featuring World Opera Stars | 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
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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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