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The ticket prices may be lower or higher than the face value Playbill for: July 2025 August 2025 September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 - December 2028 November 2025 December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 May 2026 June 2026 July 2026 August 2026 September 2026 October 2026 November 2026 December 2026 January 2027 February 2027 March 2027 April 2027 May 2027 June 2027 July 2027 August 2027 September 2027 October 2027 November 2027 December 2027 January 2028 February 2028 March 2028 April 2028 May 2028 June 2028 July 2028 August 2028 September 2028 October 2028 November 2028 December 2028 More Type of performance: BalletOperaAll events     See schedule archive <<< November December 2017 January 2018 >>> 1 December Friday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 Prince Igor (Borodin) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Evening of one-act ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky: Apollo. Rubies (Stravinsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Gala concert of prize-winners of XI International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 2 December Saturday 2017 Main Stage 13:00 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:30 L`elisir d`amore (Love Drink) (Donizetti) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Simonov) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 The Magical World of Opera Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 17:00 Music lesson-concert for children aged 6-10 "The Little Prince" Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 3 December Sunday 2017 Main Stage 12:00 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 20:00 Ruggero Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" (opera in two acts and a prologue) (Leoncavallo) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 13:00 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Simonov / Yakobson) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: The Saint-Petersburg State Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Simonov) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 The Magical World of Opera Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Concert of the Grammy Winners: Ensembe "Moscow Soloists" and Conductor Maestro Yury Bashmet Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 4 December Monday 2017 Concert Hall 19:00 Behzod Abduraimov recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 5 December Tuesday 2017 Main Stage 19:30 Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Ivanov / Petipa / Sergeyev) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 A life for the Tsar (Glinka) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Rodion Shchedrin "Not only love" (opera in 3 acts) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 6 December Wednesday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Ivanov / Petipa / Sergeyev) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts) (Tchaikovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Christmas Jazz Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 7 December Thursday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 Evening of one-act ballets by Michel Fokine. One act ballets: Chopiniana. Le Spectre de la Rose. The Swan. Carnaval (Berlioz / Chopin / Glazunov / Maria Fon Weber / Saint-Saens / Schumann, Ch: Fokine) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts) (Tchaikovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Sibelius. Rautavaara Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 8 December Friday 2017 Main Stage 19:30 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Attila (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Umberto Giordano "Fedora" opera in three acts (concert performance) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 9 December Saturday 2017 Main Stage 13:00 Igor Stravinsky "Le Rossignol" (opera in three acts) (Stravinsky) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 Le Nozze di Figaro (opera buffa in four acts) (Amadeus Mozart) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 13:00 Georges Bizet - Rodion Shchedrin "Carmen Suite" one-act ballet (Bizet / Shchedrin, Ch: Alonso) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Evening of one-act ballets: Carmen Suite. Le Jardin anime, scene from the ballet Le Corsaire (Adam / Bizet / Delibes / Drigo / Shchedrin, Ch: Alonso) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 13:00 Engelbert Humperdinck "Hansel und Gretel" opera in three acts (concert performance) (Humperdinck) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Tchaikovsky. Bernstein Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 10 December Sunday 2017 Main Stage 12:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 Giselle (fantasy ballet in two acts) (Adam, Ch: Coralli / Perrot / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 14:00 A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 14:00 Masterpieces at all times Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Yevgeny Akimov jubilee concert Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 11 December Monday 2017 Main Stage 19:30 Ruggero Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" (opera in two acts and a prologue) (Leoncavallo) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Le Corsaire (Adam / Delibes / Drigo / Pugni, Ch: Gusev / Petipa) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 The Symphonica ARTica symphony orchestra Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 12 December Tuesday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts) (Tchaikovsky) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Vincenzo Bellini "Pirate" melodrama in two acts (concert performance) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 13 December Wednesday 2017 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Le Corsaire (Adam / Delibes / Drigo / Pugni, Ch: Gusev / Petipa) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 George Frideric Handel. The Messiah Concert Hall. Concert Conductor: Andrei Petrenko $0 0 14 December Thursday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 Modest Mussorgsky "Boris Godunov" (Mussorgsky) Main Stage. Opera Conductor: Dmitry Ralko Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts (Shchedrin, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Lucas Debargue recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 15 December Friday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Asafiev, Ch: Zakharov) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Il trovatore (opera in four acts ) (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Rodion Shchedrin "Boyar Morozova" Russian choral opera in 2 parts (Shchedrin) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 16 December Saturday 2017 Main Stage 12:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Der Schauspieldirektor". Comedy with music in one act (Amadeus Mozart) Main Stage. Opera in 1 act Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 La forza del destino (Verdi) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 13:00 Il trovatore (opera in four acts ) (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 20:00 "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts (Shchedrin, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 16:00 Rarely-performed piano concerti Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Ignat Solzhenitsyn recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 17 December Sunday 2017 Main Stage 12:00 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 12:00 "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts (Shchedrin, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 20:00 Rigoletto (Maria Piave / Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 Stravinsky. Soldier Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Stravinsky-135 Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 18 December Monday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 Giselle (fantasy ballet in two acts) (Adam, Ch: Coralli / Perrot / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 The Renaissance Percussion Ensemble Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 19 December Tuesday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 18:00 Hector Berlioz "Les Troyens" (grand opera in 5 acts) (Berlioz) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 La finta giardiniera Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 20 December Wednesday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 The Gambler (Opera in Four Acts) (Prokofiev) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Simonov / Yakobson) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: The Saint-Petersburg State Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Silver flute. An evening of flute music. Concert Hall. Concert Conductor: Ivan Stolbov $0 0 21 December Thursday 2017 Main Stage 18:00 Ruslan and Lyudmila (Glinka) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Evening of one-act ballets: Carmen Suite. Marguerite and Armand. (Bizet / Shchedrin, Ch: Alonso) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Nikolai Lugansky recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 22 December Friday 2017 Main Stage 19:30 Don Quixote (Minkus, Ch: Anisimova / Gorsky / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Salome (Strauss) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera in 1 act Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Stephen Kovacevich recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 23 December Saturday 2017 Main Stage 13:00 La Sylphide (von Lovenskjold, Ch: Bournonville) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 La Sylphide (von Lovenskjold, Ch: Bournonville) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 15:00 A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 16:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Beatrice Rana (piano) Beethoven Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Konstantin Lifschitz recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 24 December Sunday 2017 Main Stage 11:30 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 Don Quixote (Minkus, Ch: Anisimova / Gorsky / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 15:00 Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 20:00 Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 15:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev. Marking the anniversary of Rodion Shchedrin World piano star Denis Matsuev Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 The piano duo Korolyov Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 25 December Monday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 Evening of one-act ballets by Michel Fokine: Chopiniana. Le Spectre de la Rose. The Swan. Shakhrazade (Berlioz / Chopin / Glazunov / Maria Fon Weber / Saint-Saens / Schumann, Ch: Fokine) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev N. Rimsky-Korsakov "The Tsars Bride" (Opera in concert in four acts) (Rimsky-Korsakov) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Concert by Sergei Babayans class Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 26 December Tuesday 2017 Main Stage 20:00 Faust (opera in five acts) (Gounod) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Le Corsaire (Adam / Delibes / Drigo / Pugni, Ch: Gusev / Petipa) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Prokofiev. Scriabin Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 27 December Wednesday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 18:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Don Carlo (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Concert by Sergei Babayans class Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 28 December Thursday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev The Lefthander (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Pierre-Laurent Aimard recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 21:00 Teodor Currentzis. Shostakovichs Leningrad Symphony Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 29 December Friday 2017 Main Stage 19:00 La Boheme (opera in four acts) (Puccini) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 20:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Simon Boccanegra (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Debussy. Ravel Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 30 December Saturday 2017 Main Stage 12:00 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 Aida (Verdi) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 14:00 Anna Karenina (ballet in two acts after the novel by Lev Tolstoy) (Shchedrin, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Anna Karenina (ballet in two acts after the novel by Lev Tolstoy) (Shchedrin, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 Dmitry Masleyev recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 15:00 Zarina Shimanskaya recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Shostakovich. Mozart. Vine Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 31 December Sunday 2017 Main Stage 12:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Main Stage 18:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 18:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 14:00 Encore! Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Engelbert Humperdinck "Hansel und Gretel" opera in three acts (concert performance) (Humperdinck) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 <<< November December 2017 January 2018 >>> Playbill for: July 2025 August 2025 September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 - December 2028 November 2025 December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 May 2026 June 2026 July 2026 August 2026 September 2026 October 2026 November 2026 December 2026 January 2027 February 2027 March 2027 April 2027 May 2027 June 2027 July 2027 August 2027 September 2027 October 2027 November 2027 December 2027 January 2028 February 2028 March 2028 April 2028 May 2028 June 2028 July 2028 August 2028 September 2028 October 2028 November 2028 December 2028 More Type of performance: BalletOperaAll events     See schedule archive Ticket service [email protected] Schedule and tickets | Company | About the theatre | News | Help & Policies | Contacts Mariinsky Theatre: 1 Theatre Square St. Petersburg Mariinsky-2 (New Theatre): 34 Dekabristov Street St. Petersburg Mariinsky Concert Hall: 20 Pisareva street St. Petersburg