You Can Pay Online   242th Season Welcome - Already a member? [Sign In] | [My cart] | [My Account] [Help] Schedule and tickets Stars of the White Nights Company About the theatre News ScheduleMain StageNew StageRepertoire Mariinsky Schedule for December 2018 2024-2025 Season Playbill for: October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 January 2025 February - December 2025 February 2025 March 2025 April 2025 May 2025 June 2025 July 2025 August 2025 September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 December 2025 More Type of performance: BalletOperaAll events     See schedule archive <<< November December 2018 January 2019 >>> 1 December Saturday 2018 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 "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) 13:30 A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 How an Opera is Staged Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Marking the anniversary of Marina Mishuk Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 2 December Sunday 2018 Main Stage 11:30 "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 Aida (Verdi) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 12:00 Carmina Burana Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Concert $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Evening of one-act ballets. Marguerite and Armand. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort. (Bizet / Liszt / Sebastian Bach / Shchedrin, Ch: Alonso / Ashton / Petit) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 How an Opera is Staged Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 The Atrium string quartet Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 3 December Monday 2018 Main Stage 19:30 Tours of Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre Don Quixote (Minkus, Ch: Anisimova / Gorsky / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet $0 0 4 December Tuesday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 The Turn of the Screw - opera in two acts with a prologue (Britten) 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 Christmas Music. Svetlana Berezhnaya (organ) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 5 December Wednesday 2018 Main Stage 19:30 Giselle (fantasy ballet in two acts) (Adam, Ch: Coralli / Perrot / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 18:30 Don Carlo (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Romances by Sergei Rakhmaninov Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 6 December Thursday 2018 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 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 19:00 Jules Massenet "Cinderella" opera in four acts (concert performance) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 7 December Friday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 Macbeth (Verdi) 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 Concert by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 8 December Saturday 2018 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) 19:00 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 Concert Hall 19:00 Benvenuto Chellini (production), Leo Hussain Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 9 December Sunday 2018 Main Stage 11:30 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) 12:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Simonov) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 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 Concert Hall 12:00 Prokofiev. Symphony No 1. Peter and the Wolf Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Zukerman Trio Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 10 December Monday 2018 Main Stage 19:30 Tours of Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty" (ballet-fierie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis) (Tchaikovsky) Main Stage. Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 11 December Tuesday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 Evening of one-act ballets by Michel Fokine. One act ballets: Chopiniana. Le Spectre de la Rose. The Swan. The Firebird (Chopin / Maria Fon Weber / Saint-Saens / Stravinsky, Ch: Fokine) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Salome (Strauss) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera in 1 act Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Daniel Protsiuk Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 12 December Wednesday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts) (Tchaikovsky) 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 Symphony Orchestra of the Karelian State Philarmonic Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 13 December Thursday 2018 Main Stage 19:30 Giselle (fantasy ballet in two acts) (Adam, Ch: Coralli / Perrot / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Carmen (opera in four acts) (Bizet) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Vadym Kholodenko and Alexei Kurbatov (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 14 December Friday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 Giacomo Puccini . "Il tabarro. Suor Angelica. Gianni Schicchi" (one act’s operas) (Puccini) Main Stage. Opera Conductor: Dmitry Ralko Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 "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 Rodion Shchedrin "Not only love" (opera in 3 acts) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 15 December Saturday 2018 Main Stage 12:00 Le Rossignol (Stravinsky) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 Prince Igor (Borodin) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $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) 17:00 "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts (Shchedrin, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 The Gingerbread House Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Piotr Anderszewski recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 16 December Sunday 2018 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) 13:00 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 12:00 The Gingerbread House Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 A New Year concert with Mariinsky Wind Ensemble Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 17 December Monday 2018 Concert Hall 19:00 Jolle Landre (double bass), Vladimir Volkov (double bass), Vyacheslav Gaivoronsky (trumpet) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 18 December Tuesday 2018 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 Le Corsaire (Adam / Delibes / Drigo / Pugni, Ch: Gusev / Petipa) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 A concert in memory of Yuri Zagorodnyuk Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 19 December Wednesday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Simonov / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 The Lefthander (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Piano Quintets by Schumann and Franck Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 20 December Thursday 2018 Main Stage 19:30 La Sylphide (von Lovenskjold, Ch: Bournonville) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 The Snow Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble Concert Hall. Concert Conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici Orchestra: The Mariinsky Theatre Stradivarius Ensemble $0 0 21 December Friday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 Giuseppe Verdi "Rigoletto" (melodramma in three acts) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Romeo and Juliet (ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes)) (Prokofiev, Ch: Lavrovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Rodion Shchedrin "Boyar Morozova" Russian choral opera in 2 parts (Shchedrin) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Gala concert of prize-winners of XI International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 22 December Saturday 2018 Main Stage 12:00 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:30 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 Romeo and Juliet (ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes)) (Prokofiev, Ch: Lavrovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 20:00 World Piano Star Denis Matsuev. Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Denis Matsuev, Alexandra Dovgan (piano) and Valery Gergiev Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 East Meets West Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 16:00 Sergei Babayan (piano) and Valery Gergiev Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 23 December Sunday 2018 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 "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) 20:00 Aida Garifullina recital (soprano) Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 12:00 Festival for children Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 16:00 East Meets West Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Valery Afanassiev recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 24 December Monday 2018 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) 19:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Peter Tchaikovsky "The Enchantress" (opera in four acts) (Tchaikovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Alexei Volodin (piano) performing Rachmaninoff Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 25 December Tuesday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Don Giovanni (dramma giocoso in two acts) (Amadeus Mozart) 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 20:00 Tchaikovskys Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 26 December Wednesday 2018 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 Concert Hall 18:00 Andrew Tyson recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:30 Sa Chen (piano) performing Debussy Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 27 December Thursday 2018 Main Stage 18:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Richard Wagner "Parsifal" festive opera-mystery in three acts. (Wagner) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Rustam Muradov and Dmitry Kalashnikov (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 28 December Friday 2018 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) 20:00 Pavel Gililov (piano) and Valery Gergiev Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Rising Stars at the Mariinsky Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 29 December Saturday 2018 Main Stage 13:00 The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Asafiev, Ch: Zakharov) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Main Stage 19:00 The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Asafiev, Ch: Zakharov) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) PREMIERE 19:30 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Gaetano Donizetti "Lucia di Lammermoor" tragic opera in three acts (concert performance) (Donizetti) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 16:00 Piano marathon Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Ryan Zhu and Daniil Sayamov (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 30 December Sunday 2018 Main Stage 19:00 World Ballet Star Svetlana Zakharova La Bayadere (Minkus, Ch: Chabukiani / Petipa / Ponomarev / Sergeyev) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) PREMIERE 14:00 Gaetano Donizetti "Lucia di Lammermoor" tragic opera in three acts (concert performance) (Donizetti) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) PREMIERE 19:30 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Gaetano Donizetti "Lucia di Lammermoor" tragic opera in three acts (concert performance) (Donizetti) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 15:00 Stars of the Stars Alexei Volodin (piano) and Valery Gergiev Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Concert Hall. Concert Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Concert to be announced Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 31 December Monday 2018 Main Stage 11:30 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 18:30 "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) 13:00 A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 18:30 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 15:00 Close of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Old romances Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 <<< November December 2018 January 2019 >>> Playbill for: October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 January 2025 February - December 2025 February 2025 March 2025 April 2025 May 2025 June 2025 July 2025 August 2025 September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 December 2025 More Type of performance: BalletOperaAll events     See schedule archive Ticket service tickets@mariinsky-theatre.com 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