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The ticket prices may be lower or higher than the face value Playbill for: February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 May 2026 June 2026 - December 2028 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 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 Igor Stravinsky "Le Rossignol" (opera in three acts) (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 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 (Piazzolla / Stravinsky) 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 XIХ 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: February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 May 2026 June 2026 - December 2028 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