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The ticket prices may be lower or higher than the face value Playbill for: December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 - December 2028 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 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 / Van Beethoven) 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: December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 - December 2028 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