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÷šother÷š 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 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÷šother÷š 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 ÷šsociety 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÷šwere 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.
As you can see Saint Petersburg has a splendid cultural life for all tastes.
Principal theatres of St.Petersburg
Playbill For NOVEMBER 2011
| Date of November 2011 | Mariinsky (Kirov) opera and ballet theatre | Mikhailovsky opera and ballet theater | Hermitage theatre | Conservatory theatre | Folklore show in Nikolaevsky palace (to be confirmed) |
| 1 | 19.00 Aida opera Giuseppe Verdi |
19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 2 | 19.00 The Fountain of Bakhchisarai ballet Boris Asafiev |
19.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 Swan lake ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Swan lake ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 3 | 19.00 Tosca opera Giacomo Puccini |
19.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 4 | 19.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 Ballet Gala | 19.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 5 | 19.00 La traviata opera Giuseppe Verdi |
19.00 Eugene Onegin opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.30 The Sleeping Beauty opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
14.00, 17.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 6 | 19.00 La Sylphide ballet Herman von Lovenskjold |
19.00 Eugene Onegin opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
14.00, 17.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 7 | 19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 8 | 19.00 Attila opera Giuseppe Verdi |
19.00 Un ballo in maschera opera Giuseppe Verdi |
19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 9 | 19.00 Romeo and Juliet ballet Sergey Prokofiev |
19.00 Spartacus ballet Aram Khachaturian |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 10 | 19.00 I pagliacci opera Ruggero Leoncavallo |
19.00 Spartacus ballet Aram Khachaturian |
19.00 Eugene Onegin opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 11 | 19.00 Le parc ballet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
19.00 Spartacus ballet Aram Khachaturian |
19.30 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 12 | 19.00 La Sylphide ballet Herman von Lovenskjold |
19.00 La boheme opera Giacomo Puccini |
19.00 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 13 | 20.00 Diana Vishneva: Dialogues ballet |
19.00 Rusalka opera Antonin Dvorak |
19.00 Eugene Onegin opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 14 | 19.00 Ballet Gala | 19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 15 | 19.00 Le parc ballet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 16 | 19.00 The Queen of Spades opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Music: Zakir Hussain and Miguel Frasconi | 19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 17 | 19.00 Jewels ballet Gabriel Faure, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Music: Zakir Hussain and Miguel Frasconi | 19.30 Swan lake ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Orfeo opera Christophe Gluck |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 18 | 19.00 Dead Souls opera Rodion Shchedrin |
19.00 The Queen of Spades opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 19 | 17.00 Le nozze di Figaro opera buffa Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
19.00 Without Words. Duende. Prelude ballets by Nacho Duato |
19.00 Swan lake ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
13.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 20 | 19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Without Words. Duende. Prelude ballets by Nacho Duato |
19.30 Swan lake ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
13.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 21 | 19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 22 | 19.00 Jenufa opera Leos Janacek |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 23 | 19.00 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Cosi fan tutte opera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 24 | 19.00 Der fliegende Hollander opera Richard Wagner |
19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 25 | 19.00 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 The Nutcracker ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.30 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 Iolanthe opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 26 | 19.00 L'elisir d'amore opera Gaetano Donizetti |
19.00 Tosca opera Giacomo Puccini |
19.30 Swan lake ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 27 | 19.00 The Fountain of Bakhchisarai ballet Boris Asafiev |
19.00 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 Rigoletto opera Giuseppe Verdi |
19.00 Swan lake ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
| 28 | 19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 29 | 19.00 Ballet Nacional de España Caprichos. Dualia |
19.00 La traviata opera Giuseppe Verdi |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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| 30 | 19.00 Ballet Nacional de España Danza y Tronio. La Leyenda |
19.00 Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix Ballet George Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten |
19.30 Giselle ballet Adolphe Adam |
19.00 La traviata opera Giuseppe Verdi |
19.00 Folklore Show Feel yourself Russian |
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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