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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| 11 April saturday | La Bayadère | Siegfried | La Vestale | Giselle, ou Les Wilis Giselle, ou Les Wilis | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 12 April sunday | La Bayadère La Bayadère | Götterdämmerung | The Dialectics of Jazz Zlatomir Fung (cello) | Kazuki Yamada. Vadim RepinStars of the Symphonic Music | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 13 April monday | Swan Lake | Mlada | St Matthew Passion | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 14 April tuesday | Pierrot Lunaire. Seven sonatas (premiere). Concerto DSCH | The Enchanted Wanderer | Feel yourself Russian | ||||
| 15 April wednesday | Don Carlo | An Evening of Contemporary Choreography | Romeo and Juliet | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 16 April thursday | Faust | To be announced | Romeo and Juliet | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 17 April friday | The Stone Flower | The Snow Maiden | Le nozze di Figaro | Na Floresta. Prelude. White Darkness | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 18 April saturday | The Stone Flower | The Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden | Mediterranean Light Britten. The Young Person’s Guide to the OrchestraRavel. Boléro | Un ballo in maschera Iolanta Iolanta | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 19 April sunday | The Stone Flower The Stone Flower | Grand choral concert A Hymn to the Sun The Snow Maiden | Prokofiev. Symphony No 1. Peter and the Wolf The Academic Symphony Orchestra of the North Caucasus State Safonov Philharmonic | La Fille mal gardée La Fille mal gardée | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 20 April monday | Don Quixote | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||||
| 21 April tuesday | The Fountain of Bakhchisarai | Der fliegende Holländer | Benjamin Alard (harpsichord, organ) | Iolanta | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 22 April wednesday | Sylvia | Lolita | Pelléas et Mélisande | Le Corsaire | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 23 April thursday | Sylvia | The Nose | To be announced | Le Corsaire | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 24 April friday | Turandot | Cinderella | Daphnis et Chloé | Aida | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 25 April saturday | Don Quixote Don Quixote | Eugene Onegin | Mozart and Salieri. Kashchey the Immortal Kashchey the Immortal | Melodies of the Soviet Union La Bayadère | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 26 April sunday | The Firebird | The Four Seasons Eugene Onegin | An evening of the trumpet German fairy tales | La Bayadère La Bayadère | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 27 April monday | Presentation concert of the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | ||||
| 28 April tuesday | Betrothal in a Monastery | Symphony in Three Movements. Apollo. Rubies | The Idiot | L�elisir d�amore | Feel yourself Russian | ||
| 29 April wednesday | Aida | Jewels | To be announced | Don Quixote | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 30 April thursday | La bohème | Jewels | Tannhäuser | Don Quixote | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |
| 1 May friday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 2 May saturday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 3 May sunday | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |||||
| 4 May monday | Swan lake | Feel yourself Russian | |||||
| 5 May tuesday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 6 May wednesday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 7 May thursday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 8 May friday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 9 May saturday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 10 May sunday | Feel yourself Russian | ||||||
| 11 May monday | Swan lake | 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
- your preferences regarding the quality of seats
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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