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 2016 2024-2025 Season Playbill for: May 2025 June 2025 July 2025 August 2025 September - December 2025 September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 December 2025 More Type of performance: BalletOperaAll events     See schedule archive <<< November December 2016 January 2017 >>> 1 December Thursday 2016 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 World Piano Star Denis Matsuev Stars of the Stars Denis Matsuev (Mussorgsky / Tchaikovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 22:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Close of the Year of Sergei Prokofiev. Soloist: Denis Matsuev (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 2 December Friday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Aida (Verdi) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Grand opening ceremony of the St Petersburg International Cultural Forum Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Vadym Kholodenko recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 22:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Opening of the Year of Igor Stravinsky Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 3 December Saturday 2016 Main Stage 12:00 Igor Stravinsky "Le Rossignol" (opera in three acts) (Stravinsky) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 14:00 Iolanta (Tchaikovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera in 1 act Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 18:00 Iolanta (Tchaikovsky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera in 1 act Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 4 December Sunday 2016 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 12:00 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 Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Daniel Pollack recital (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 5 December Monday 2016 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 The Barber of Seville (Rossini) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev N. Rimsky-Korsakov "The Tsars Bride" (Opera in concert in four acts) Concert Hall. Opera Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 6 December Tuesday 2016 Main Stage PREMIERE 19:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Stone Flower (Prokofiev, Ch: Lavrovsky / Yuri Grigorovich) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 Prokofiev. Soloist - Zarina Shimanskaya (piano). Fyodor Amosov (cello) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 Gala concert of prize-winners of the Rimsky-Korsakov International Young Opera Singers Competition Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 7 December Wednesday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Stone Flower (Prokofiev, Ch: Lavrovsky / Yuri Grigorovich) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Das Rheingold (Wagner) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Conductor: Michael Guttler Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 8 December Thursday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Stone Flower (Prokofiev, Ch: Lavrovsky / Yuri Grigorovich) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 18:00 Die Walkure (Wagner) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Conductor: Michael Guttler Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Stars of the Stars Schumann. Prokofiev. Shostakovich Concert Hall. Concert Conductor: Dimitris Botinis Violin soloist: Pavel Milyukov Cello: Alexander Ramm $0 0 9 December Friday 2016 Main Stage PREMIERE 19:00 Stone Flower (Prokofiev, Ch: Lavrovsky / Yuri Grigorovich) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Carmina Burana Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Concert $0 0 10 December Saturday 2016 Main Stage 12:00 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) 17:00 Siegfried (Wagner) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Conductor: Michael Guttler Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Bach. Christmas oratorio Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 11 December Sunday 2016 Main Stage PREMIERE 11:30 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Main Stage 19:30 Don Quixote (Minkus, Ch: Anisimova / Gorsky / Petipa) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 17:00 Gotterdammerung (Wagner) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Conductor: Michael Guttler Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 13 December Tuesday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Faust (opera in five acts) (Gounod) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty" (ballet-fierie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Sergeyev) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 14 December Wednesday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Peter Tchaikovsky "Mazepa" (opera in three acts, six scenes) (Tchaikovsky) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty" (ballet-fierie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Sergeyev) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Prokofiev. Shostakovich. Leonidas Kavakos (violin) and Mikhail Petrenko (bass). Conductor - Valery Gergiev Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 15 December Thursday 2016 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 Samson et Dalila (opera in three acts) () Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 16 December Friday 2016 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Evening of one-act ballets by Hans van Manen: Adagio Hammerklavier. Solo. Variations for two couples. 5 Tangos (Britten / Piazzolla / Sebastian Bach / Van Beethoven, Ch: van Manen) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Rodion Shchedrin "Boyar Morozova" Russian choral opera in 2 parts (Shchedrin) Concert Hall. Opera Conductor: Andrei Petrenko Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 17 December Saturday 2016 Main Stage 14:00 "The Nutcracker" (ballet in three acts with an epilogue) (Tchaikovsky, Ch: Petipa / Vaynonen) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Main Stage 19:30 "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 Rigoletto (Maria Piave / Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 18 December Sunday 2016 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 19:30 A Yulia Makhalina Gala Ballet Evening Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 21:00 Sergei Babayan (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 19 December Monday 2016 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 20:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Stars of the Stars Denis Matsuev (Prokofiev / Skryabin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Alexander Dargomyzhsky "Stone Guest" an opera in three acts Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 20 December Tuesday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Shostakovich) Main Stage. Opera Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 Evening of one-act ballets: Prodigal Son. Le Carnaval. Scenes from the ballet Le Corsaire Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 21 December Wednesday 2016 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 La Traviata (opera in three acts, four scenes) (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 21:00 The Mariinsky International Piano Festival Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 22 December Thursday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Ruggero Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" (opera in two acts and a prologue) (Leoncavallo) 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 20:00 The Mariinsky International Piano Festival Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 23 December Friday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Don Quichotte (opera in five acts) (Minkus) 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 20:00 The Mariinsky International Piano Festival Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 24 December Saturday 2016 Main Stage PREMIERE 12:00 The Story of Kai and Gerda (Banevich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 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 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Il trovatore (opera in four acts ) (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 25 December Sunday 2016 Main Stage 14:00 "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) 13:00 La Traviata (opera in three acts, four scenes) (Maria Piave / Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:00 La Traviata (opera in three acts, four scenes) (Verdi) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 The Mariinsky International Piano Festival Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 26 December Monday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Aida (Verdi) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Cinderella (ballet in three acts) (Prokofiev, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 18:00 The Mariinsky International Piano Festival Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 27 December Tuesday 2016 Main Stage 18:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Khovanshchina (Mussorgsky / Shostakovich) Main Stage. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 19:30 Cinderella (ballet in three acts) (Prokofiev, Ch: Ratmansky) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Concert Hall 21:00 The Mariinsky International Piano Festival Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 28 December Wednesday 2016 Main Stage 19:30 La Sylphide (von Lovenskjold, Ch: Bournonville) Main Stage. Ballet Company: Mariinsky Ballet $0 0 Mariinsky II (New Theatre) 20:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev The Lefthander (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 20:00 The Mariinsky International Piano Festival Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 29 December Thursday 2016 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 Carmen (opera in four acts) (Bizet) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 19:00 Gaetano Donizetti. "La fille du regiment" comic opera in 2 acts (concert performance) (Donizetti) Concert Hall. Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 30 December Friday 2016 Main Stage 19:00 Stone Flower (Prokofiev, Ch: Lavrovsky / Yuri Grigorovich) 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 20:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Nicholas Angelich and Sergei Babayan (piano) Concert Hall. Concert $0 0 31 December Saturday 2016 Main Stage PREMIERE 12:00 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) 19:00 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev A Christmas Tale (Shchedrin) Mariinsky II (New Theatre). Opera Company: Mariinsky Opera $0 0 Concert Hall 16:00 Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble. The Seasons (Vivaldi) Concert Hall. Concert Orchestra: The Mariinsky Theatre Stradivarius Ensemble $0 0 <<< November December 2016 January 2017 >>> Playbill for: May 2025 June 2025 July 2025 August 2025 September - December 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