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
Playbill For July 2010

Playbill for August 2010

Date of July 2010	Mariinsky (Kirov) opera and ballet theatre	Mikhailovsky opera and ballet theater	Hermitage theatre	Conservatoire theatre	Folklore show in Nikolaevsky palace (to be confirmed)	Cossack dance and song show in concert hall Smolninsky	Alexandrinsky Theatre
1	19.00 Spartacus ballet Music by Aram Khachaturian	19.00 Romeo y Juliet Music by Serguey Prokofiev			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
2	19.00 Turandot opera Music by Giacomo Puccini	19.00 La Traviata opera Music by Giuseppe Verdi			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
3	19.00 National ballet of Poland				19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
4	19.00 National ballet of Poland			19.30 Giselle ballet Musica de Adolphe Adam	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
5	19.00 Spartacus ballet Music by Aram Khachaturian				19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
6		19.00 Eugene Oneguin opera Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian
7			20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
8			20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
9					19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
10		19.00 Romeo y Juliet Music by Serguey Prokofiev			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
11		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian
12			20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
13	19.00 Attila opera Music by Giuseppe Verdi		20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam	19.00 Tosca opera Music by Giacomo Puccini	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
14	19.00 Attila opera Music by Giuseppe Verdi		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	19.30 Cinderella ballet Music by Sergey Prokofiev	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
15	19.00 Carmen opera Music by Georges Bizet			20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
16	19.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky		20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian
17	19.00 Eugene Oneguin opera Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky			20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
18	19.00 La Bayadere ballet Music by Ludwig Minkus				19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian		20.00 Romeo y Juliet Music by Serguey Prokofiev
19	19.00 Spartacus ballet Music by Aram Khachaturian				19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
20	19.00 La Traviata opera Music by Giuseppe Verdi		20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian		20.00 La Bayadere ballet Musi by Ludwig Minkus
21	19.00 Attila opera Music by Giuseppe Verdi	19.00 Un ballo in maschera opera Music by Giuseppe Verdi	20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
22	19.00 Prince Igor opera Music by Alexander Borodin				19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
23		19.00 Un ballo in maschera opera Music by Giuseppe Verdi		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
24		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian
25			20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cosack show "Bagatitsa"	20.00 La Bayadere ballet Musica by Ludwig Minkus
26		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
27			20.00 Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
28				20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cosack show "Bagatitsa"	20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
29			20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky		19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
30		20.00 Swan lake ballet Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa
31		20.00 Romeo y Juliet Music by Serguey Prokofiev			19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian	20.00 Cossack show Bagatitsa	20.00 Red Giselle ballet Music by Adolphe Adam

This is a preliminary playbill which might be changed by the theaters. We renovate the program as new information becomes available.
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Principal theatres of St.Petersburg Playbill For July 2010

Principal theatres of St.Petersburg
Playbill For July 2010