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Past Shows

Jewels
2/8


Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, Balanchine distilled the brilliant facets of precious stones into a grand display. "Emeralds" moves at Fauré’s ...

Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina
10/18 - 2/19/2019


Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
10/29 - 12/27/2017


Late one Christmas Eve, the beekeeper Rudy Panko invites the audience to a "little party" where the lads and lasses will tell a story "about ...

Betrothal in a Monastery


Act I In 18th-century Seville Don Jerome arranges to marry his daughter Louisa to Mendoza, an ugly but very rich old fish merchant who has ...

Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
2/14 - 5/23/2017


Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. … 1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor’s reign, having ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2/21 - 5/19/2017


Act I The action unfolds in a forest near the Duke’s palace. Oberon, King of the Fairies and Elves, has quarrelled with his wife Titania. ...

La Bayadere
La Bayadere
10/11 - 5/18/2017


Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

La forza del destino


Act I In the castle of the Marchese di Culatravu in Seville. The Marchese is bidding Leonora, his daughter, good night. After he departs, Leonora ...

Swan Lake
Swan Lake
7/23 - 4/26/2017


Act I Scene 1: The Park of a Castle Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming of age at a private party. The ...

Turandot
Turandot
10/5 - 4/18/2017


Act I A crowd assembled by the walls of the Imperial palace in Peking listens to a Mandarin reading a decree – anyone who wishes ...

Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina
1/16 - 4/14/2017


Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
2/15 - 4/13/2017


Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...

L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore
10/7 - 4/9/2017


The poor and shy Nemorino is hopelessly in love with the rich and beautiful Adina. One day he hears her reading aloud the story of ...

The Golden C*CKerel
The Golden C*CKerel
11/18 - 4/5/2017


The action unfolds in the Thrice-Tenth Kingdom in fantastical times. Introduction The Astrologer appears. He addresses the audience: Here before you an old tale Will ...

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
12/20 - 4/4/2017


Act I Scene 1. Katerina Lvovna leads an unhappy existence in the home of her husband, the distinguished merchant Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov. The marriage has ...

Sadko
Sadko
10/23 - 3/24/2017


Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
7/30 - 3/23/2017


Act I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing in the distance – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

The Stone Flower
The Stone Flower
12/7 - 3/19/2017


“… all the dancers deliver their best. Dances of merchants, gypsies and fair visitors create the twists of the story… Everybody without exception is filled ...

The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
7/28 - 3/16/2017


Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
11/16 - 3/12/2017


Prologue A winter’s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their ...

Carmen Suite Le Divertissement du roi


Carmen-Suite was first staged in Moscow in 1967 by the Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso for Maya Plisetskaya, at her own request and at his own ...

Le Reveil de Flore “Paquita” Grand pas


The score of the ballet Le Réveil de Flore has been revived from the manuscript by Riccardo Drigo preserved at the Mariinsky Theatre Central Music ...

The Gambler
The Gambler
10/1 - 3/3/2017


The action takes place in the mythical European town of Roulettenburg, where the opera´s characters meet. Alexei is travelling with the family of a Russian ...

The Legend of Love
The Legend of Love
1/11 - 2/28/2017


Act I Scene 1 A chamber in the palace of Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu. Her younger sister, Princess Shyrin, is suffering from a deadly illness. The ...

Pétrouchka Le Spectre de la rose


Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Pétrouchka was first staged by Michel Fokine during the saisons russes in Paris in 1911. Fokine’s ballet was brought to the Mariinsky ...

Raymonda
Raymonda
1/18 - 2/17/2017


ACT I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

Prince Igor
Prince Igor
7/21 - 2/16/2017


ACT I PROLOGUE A Square in the Ancient Russian City of Putivl Prince Igor, together with his son Vladimir and his army of warriors, is ...

Ruslan and Lyudmila
Ruslan and Lyudmila
2/11 - 2/12/2017


Act I At the court of Svetozar, Prince of Kiev, celebrations are in progress before the marriage of his daughter, Lyudmila, to Ruslan, a warrior. ...

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
12/21 - 1/15/2017


Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

Don Quichotte
Don Quichotte
10/18 - 12/23/2016


Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

Mazepa
Mazepa
11/24 - 12/14/2016


The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in Maria, ...

Faust
Faust
12/13


Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Giselle
Giselle
10/28 - 11/27/2016


Act I Count Albrecht, in love with the peasant girl Giselle, keeps his noble status a secret from her. Giselle’s other admirer Hans, a woodsman, ...

Iolanta Aleko


Iolanta, King Rene’s daughter, is blind. But the girl herself as yet does not know she is blind: Rene has issued a decree by which ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
11/17


Act I Three witches appear and describe their evil deeds. When they hear a drum heralding Macbeth’s approach, they break into dance and song. Macbeth ...

Don Giovanni


Act I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore’s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore’s daughter, ...

Aida
Aida
10/30


Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

The Turn of the Screw


Act I An unknown man tells of a woman hired as governess to two children in the country. The sole condition of her employment is ...

Chopiniana. Le Carnaval. Schéhérazade


“In 1906, when rehearsing the production of the first version of Chopiniana performed to Glazunov’s orchestration of Chopin’s music, I created for Pavlova and Obukhov ...

Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro
10/1 - 10/15/2016


Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the Countess. ...

Così fan tutte


Act I A coffee-house. Ferrando and Guglielmo proclaim the virtues of the sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi, to whom they are betrothed; Alfonso is sceptical (trio, ...

Don Quixote
Don Quixote
10/6 - 10/9/2016


Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

Don Quixote
Don Quixote
10/6 - 10/9/2016


Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

Le Rossignol


The action takes place in China in fairy-tale times. Act I The seashore just before dawn. In his boat, a fisherman is singing a song ...

Pagliacci
Pagliacci
10/8


PROLOGUE Before the curtain rises Tonio appears dressed as a clown. He explains to the audience what they are about to see on stage. "Real ...

Chopiniana
Chopiniana
9/30


“In 1906, when rehearsing the production of the first version of Chopiniana performed to Glazunov’s orchestration of Chopin’s music, I created for Pavlova and Obukhov ...

Swan Lake
Swan Lake
8/1 - 8/19/2016


Act I Scene 1 Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming-of-age. The Queen gives him a crossbow and reminds him that the time ...

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
8/2 - 8/11/2016


Established in 1969 by Leonid Veniaminovich Yakobson, the St Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre rightly bears the name of its founder and carefully preserves the ...

Faust
Faust
11/29 - 5/17/2016


Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Aida
Aida
12/12 - 5/12/2016


Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
10/30 - 5/8/2016


Act I The action unfolds in a forest near the Duke’s palace. Oberon, King of the Fairies and Elves, has quarrelled with his wife Titania. ...

The Legend of Love


Act I Scene 1 A chamber in the palace of Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu. Her younger sister, Princess Shyrin, is suffering from a deadly illness. The ...

Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
11/17 - 4/26/2016


Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. … 1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor’s reign, having ...

Apollo Prodigal Son The Firebird


“I regard Apollo as a turning point in my life. In terms of discipline, restraint, the perpetual unison of sound and mood this score was ...

La Bayadère


Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

The Firebird
The Firebird
9/30 - 4/16/2016


Headlining this incredible triple bill evening is Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Artistic Director Robert Mills will put his own spin on this classic tale of good ...

Don Quixote
Don Quixote
11/21 - 4/15/2016


Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
2/21 - 4/13/2016


Act I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing in the distance – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

Sadko
Sadko
2/19 - 4/8/2016


Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Shurale
Shurale
2/6 - 3/17/2016


Act I In a dense forest, the evil master of the woods Shurale is inside the trunk of a tree. Ali-Batyr, a young hunter, appears ...

Ruslan and Lyudmila
Ruslan and Lyudmila
1/17 - 3/12/2016


Act I At the court of Svetozar, Prince of Kiev, celebrations are in progress before the marriage of his daughter, Lyudmila, to Ruslan, a warrior. ...

La bohème
La bohème
12/3 - 3/3/2016


The opera is set in Paris in the 1930s. Act I An attic in the Latin Quarter; Christmas Eve Rodolfo and Marcello complain of the ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
12/15 - 2/28/2016


SYNOPSIS Act I Three witches appear and describe their evil deeds. When they hear a drum heralding Macbeth’s approach, they break into dance and song. ...

Mazepa
Mazepa
11/20 - 2/17/2016


SYNOPSIS The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in ...

Khovanshchina


Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

Don Carlo
Don Carlo
12/1 - 2/2/2016


Act I The forest of Fontainebleau While hunting in the forest of Fontainebleau, Don Carlo meets the French Princess Élisabeth de Valois. They are engaged ...

La forza del destino
La forza del destino
11/1 - 1/27/2016


SYNOPSIS Act I In the castle of the Marchese di Culatravu in Seville. The Marchese is bidding Leonora, his daughter, good night. After he departs, ...

Sylvia
Sylvia
10/23 - 1/22/2016


Act I A sacred wood Woodland creatures dance in the moonlight before the shrine of Eros, the god of Love. They are interrupted by the ...

Giselle
Giselle
11/20 - 1/17/2016


Act I Count Albrecht, in love with the peasant girl Giselle, keeps his noble status a secret from her. Giselle’s other admirer Hans, a woodsman, ...

Il tabarro. Suor Angelica. Gianni Schicchi


The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

I pagliacci
I pagliacci
11/8 - 12/13/2015


PROLOGUE Before the curtain rises Tonio appears dressed as a clown. He explains to the audience what they are about to see on stage. "Real ...

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
10/24 - 12/13/2015


Prologue A winter’s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their ...

Raymonda
Raymonda
12/10


ACT I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

Don Quichotte


Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
11/9 - 12/8/2015


Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

Chopiniana Le Carnaval Schéhérazade


“In 1906, when rehearsing the production of the first version of Chopiniana performed to Glazunov’s orchestration of Chopin’s music, I created for Pavlova and Obukhov ...

Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
11/26


Act I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore’s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore’s daughter, ...

The Maid of Pskov


ACT I Scene 1 Pskov, 1570 The garden of the Tsar´s governor-general in Pskov, Prince Yuri Ivanovich Tokmakov. The maidens are amusing themselves, watched over ...

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
11/18 - 11/19/2015


Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

La Sylphide
La Sylphide
11/14


Act I On the eve of his wedding, James, a young Scotsman, sees a vision of an enchanting, winged Sylph. She is an ethereal spirit ...

Betrothal in a Monastery


Act I In 18th-century Seville Don Jerome arranges to marry his daughter Louisa to Mendoza, an ugly but very rich old fish merchant who has ...

Il viaggio a Reims


It is the 28th May 1825, the eve of the coronation of King Charles X of France, at the Golden Lily Inn. Illustrious names from ...

Bambi In the Jungle


In a secluded corner of the forest in a dark grove Bambi the young deer has been born. Still barely an infant he is already ...

Così fan tutte


Act I A coffee-house. Ferrando and Guglielmo proclaim the virtues of the sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi, to whom they are betrothed; Alfonso is sceptical (trio, ...

Le nozze di Figaro


Mozart’s biting yet charming indictment of the aristocracy is a supremely elegant and tuneful work. Figaro must defend his fiancée, Susanna, from the clutches of ...

Les contes d'Hoffmann


Prologue Hoffmann is returning home following a wild night out. He is in love with a beautiful girl he does not know who lives in ...

Sylvia
Sylvia
5/23 - 7/24/2015


Act I A sacred wood Woodland creatures dance in the moonlight before the shrine of Eros, the god of Love. They are interrupted by the ...

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
4/19 - 7/23/2015


Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

La Bayadère
La Bayadère
4/30 - 7/20/2015


Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Don Quixote
Don Quixote
6/4 - 7/19/2015


Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

La Sylphide


Act I On the eve of his wedding, James, a young Scotsman, sees a vision of an enchanting, winged Sylph. She is an ethereal spirit ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
7/2


Act I Three witches appear and describe their evil deeds. When they hear a drum heralding Macbeth’s approach, they break into dance and song. Macbeth ...

Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
4/21 - 7/1/2015


Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. … 1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor’s reign, having ...

Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina
5/14 - 6/29/2015


Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

Mazepa
Mazepa
4/29 - 6/29/2015


SYNOPSIS The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in ...

The Legend of Love
The Legend of Love
4/22 - 6/27/2015


The Legend of Love was the second ballet by the young Leningrad choreographer Yuri Grigorovich staged at the Kirov – now Mariinsky – Theatre, and ...

Prince Igor


ACT I PROLOGUE A Square in the Ancient Russian City of Putivl Prince Igor, together with his son Vladimir and his army of warriors, is ...

The Fountain of Bakhchisarai


Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

Faust
Faust
6/23


Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5/19 - 6/22/2015


Act I The action unfolds in a forest near the Duke’s palace. Oberon, King of the Fairies and Elves, has quarrelled with his wife Titania. ...

Don Quichotte
Don Quichotte
5/22 - 6/20/2015


Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

Jewels
Jewels
4/29 - 6/20/2015


Jewels is one of Balanchine’s best-loved ballets in Russia. It has long been one of the choreographer’s calling cards at the Mariinsky Theatre as well ...

Aida
Aida
5/1 - 6/19/2015


Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

Giselle
Giselle
5/11 - 6/17/2015


Act I Count Albrecht, in love with the peasant girl Giselle, keeps his noble status a secret from her. Giselle’s other admirer Hans, a woodsman, ...

Betrothal in a Monastery


Act I In 18th-century Seville Don Jerome arranges to marry his daughter Louisa to Mendoza, an ugly but very rich old fish merchant who has ...

Raymonda
Raymonda
5/9 - 6/13/2015


ACT I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

Sadko
Sadko
6/8


Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Iolanta
Iolanta
4/26 - 6/7/2015


Iolanta, King Rene’s daughter, is blind. But the girl herself as yet does not know she is blind: Rene has issued a decree by which ...

Il viaggio a Reims


It is the 28th May 1825, the eve of the coronation of King Charles X of France, at the Golden Lily Inn. Illustrious names from ...

Don Carlo
Don Carlo
5/30


Act I The forest of Fontainebleau While hunting in the forest of Fontainebleau, Don Carlo meets the French Princess Élisabeth de Valois. They are engaged ...

Swan Lake
Swan Lake
5/7 - 5/28/2015


And yet these answers are no proof of standard thinking but rather the logical result of an intense creative life. Swan Lakeis a ballet without ...

Der fliegende Holländer


SYNOPSIS ACT I Driven by a violent storm to take shelter, Daland anchors his ship in the bay of Sandwike, some miles from his home ...

Don Giovanni


Act I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore’s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore’s daughter, ...

Ballet gala


PROGRAMME: I. The Nutcracker (III act) II. Tchaikovsky Pas de deux III. Russkaya IV. Jewels (III part. Diamonds)...

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk


Act I Scene 1. Katerina Lvovna leads an unhappy existence in the home of her husband, the distinguished merchant Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov. The marriage has ...

Shurale
Shurale
5/3 - 5/4/2015


Act I In a dense forest, the evil master of the woods Shurale is inside the trunk of a tree. Ali-Batyr, a young hunter, appears ...

I pagliacci


PROLOGUE Before the curtain rises Tonio appears dressed as a clown. He explains to the audience what they are about to see on stage. "Real ...

Iolanta
Iolanta
4/25 - 8/24/2014


SYNOPSIS King René’s daughter Iolanta is blind. But the girl is blissfully ignorant of her blindness: at René’s command, the mention of vision and light ...

Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro
5/11 - 8/23/2014


SYNOPSIS Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the ...

Carmen Suite


Carmen is a passionate, free-spirited woman in contrast to the temperamental and fickle Don José. Fate, a ballerina dressed in black and a representation of ...

Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
8/19 - 8/20/2014


Act I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing in the distance – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

Aida
Aida
8/8 - 8/17/2014


Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

The Fountain of Bakhchisarai


Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

Nabucco
Nabucco
8/15


Act I: Jerusalem The Jews are praying that the Assyrian hordes who have laid siege to Jerusalem will be scattered and that the Throne of ...

Faust
Faust
8/12


Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Giselle
Giselle
4/11 - 8/7/2014


Act I Count Albrecht has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...

Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly
8/3 - 8/5/2014


Act I Pinkerton buys a house. He tells Sharpless of his infatuation for a Japanese girl and of his intention to marry her for "nine ...

Rigoletto
Rigoletto
5/23


ACT I A ball at the ducal court of Mantua. The Duke has aroused the fury and indignation of the courtiers in making Rigoletto, a ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream


A Midsummer Night’s Dream This work by the outstanding American choreographer George Balanchine was christened by critics as “a dream about Russian ballet.” That is, ...

Gala concert for audiences of the Young Theatre-Goers’ Academy


It is a great pity that you can’t hang your favourite music on the wall like a beautiful picture, or on a shelf like a ...

The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades
11/9 - 4/30/2014


ACT I Scene One The Summer Garden in springtime. Two officers, Chekalinsky and Surin, are concerned about the fortunes of their friend Herman, who visits ...

Pétrouchka


Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Pétrouchka was first staged by Michel Fokine during the saisons russes in Paris in 1911. Fokine’s ballet was brought to the Mariinsky ...

The Firebird
The Firebird
4/23 - 4/27/2014


Headlining this incredible triple bill evening is Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Artistic Director Robert Mills will put his own spin on this classic tale of good ...

Il tabarro. Suor Angelica. Gianni Schicchi


The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

La bohème
La bohème
4/21


The opera is set in Paris. The 1930s. ACT I An attic in the Latin Quarter; Christmas Eve Rodolfo and Marcello complain of the bitter ...

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
2/23 - 3/30/2014


Prologue A winter´s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their ...

Carmen
Carmen
1/24 - 3/28/2014


ACT I A square in Seville In the guard house, Moralès and his soldiers are discussing the passers-by. Micaëla arrives, looking for the corporal Don ...

Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
11/2 - 3/27/2014


ACT I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina's daughters can be heard singing in the distance - Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

Shurale
Shurale
12/14 - 3/23/2014


Act I In a dense forest, the evil master of the woods Shurale is inside the trunk of a tree. Ali-Batyr, a young hunter, appears ...

Sadko
Sadko
3/15


Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Le Parc
Le Parc
11/20 - 3/12/2014


Like a stroll through the labyrinths of love, Le Parc follows its course through the codes of seduction, from initial encounters to physical love and ...

Nabucco
Nabucco
2/20 - 3/8/2014


Act I: Jerusalem The Jews are praying that the Assyrian hordes who have laid siege to Jerusalem will be scattered and that the Throne of ...

La Bayadère
La Bayadère
2/18 - 2/23/2014


Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Ruslan and Lyudmila


Act I Svetozar, Prince of Kiev is celebrating the marriage of his daughter Lyudmila to the warrior Ruslan. The guests praise the Prince and the ...

The Maid of Pskov


ACT I Scene 1 Pskov, 1570 The garden of the Tsar´s governor-general in Pskov, Prince Yuri Ivanovich Tokmakov. The maidens are amusing themselves, watched over ...

Mazepa
Mazepa
2/4


The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in Maria, ...

Giselle
Giselle
2/2


Act I Count Albert has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...

Der fliegende Holländer


ACT I Driven by a violent storm to take shelter, Daland anchors his ship in the bay of Sandwike, some miles from his home port. ...

Aida
Aida
11/22 - 1/25/2014


ACT I Scene 1. The Royal Palace at Memphis; Egypt and Ethiopia are at war. Radames and Ramfis enter. They discuss the rumour that the ...

Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro
11/24 - 1/22/2014


Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the Countess. ...

Swan Lake
Swan Lake
12/4 - 1/9/2014


Act I Scene 1 Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming of age at a private party. The guests drink to his health ...

Semyon Kotko
Semyon Kotko
12/17


Act I Semyon Kotko the soldier is returning from the front, but instead of his home he sees an empty area of land, pitted by ...

Boris Godunov


Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. ...1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor´s reign, having shown ...

Don Quixote
Don Quixote
11/3 - 12/8/2013


Prologue A room in Don Quixote´s house having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

The Brothers Karamazov


PART I 1. The beginning of the legend (Prelude) The square of a medieval town. The Grand Inquisitor and his guards are slowly moving across ...

La bohème


The opera is set in Paris. The 1930s. ACT I An attic in the Latin Quarter; Christmas Eve Rodolfo and Marcello complain of the bitter ...

Giselle
Giselle
7/9 - 7/31/2013


Act I Count Albert has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...

Don Quichotte


Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

Le Corsaire
Le Corsaire
7/27 - 7/28/2013


Prologue The Shipwreck Three sailors are struggling to save their boat during a storm. The boat sinks. Act I Scene 1 The Sea Shore The ...

Le nozze di Figaro


Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the Countess. ...

Romeo and Juliet


Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...

Don Quixote


Prologue A room in Don Quixote´s house having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

Don Giovanni


ACT I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore´s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore´s daughter, ...

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
7/18 - 7/20/2013


Act I On a cold night in London, patrons leaving the Royal Opera House are trying to find taxis. Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, ...

The Love for Three Oranges


Tragedians, Comedians, Lyric Poets and Empty-Heads are arguing over what performance they wish to see today. Some insist on a tragedy, others want a comedy. ...

Turandot
Turandot
7/13


Act I A crowd assembled by the walls of the Imperial palace in Peking listens to a Mandarin reading a decree – anyone who wishes ...

Faust
Faust
7/11


Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Anna Karenina


Prologue Vronsky is at a railway station where there has been an accident. Looking at Anna’s dead body, he now understands that his life has ...

Jewels
Jewels
7/7


The Ballet of George Balanchine Jewels is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® ...

The Brothers Karamazov


PART I 1. The beginning of the legend (Prelude) The square of a medieval town. The Grand Inquisitor and his guards are slowly moving across ...

Sehnsucht. Schmetterling
Sehnsucht. Schmetterling
7/3 - 7/4/2013

Rigoletto
Rigoletto
7/1


ACT I A ball at the ducal court of Mantua. The Duke has aroused the fury and indignation of the courtiers in making Rigoletto, a ...


It is a great pity that you can’t hang your favourite music on the wall like a beautiful picture, or on a shelf like a ...

Swan Lake
1/21 - 5/17/2013


Act I Scene 1 Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming of age at a private party. The guests drink to his health ...

?armen
5/16


ACT I A square in Seville In the guard house, Moralès and his soldiers are discussing the passers-by. Micaëla arrives, looking for the corporal Don ...


The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

Il tabarro
5/10


The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...


The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

The Sleeping Beauty
3/23 - 5/8/2013


The King and Queen are celebrating the birth of their daughter, Princess Aurora. The Lilac Fairy and her attendants appear to the gentle sounds of ...


ACT I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina's daughters can be heard singing in the distance - Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

Don Quixote
2/17 - 5/5/2013


A room in Don Quixote´s house having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue and ...

The Nose
4/29


ACT I Scene 1 ... Either in a dream or in reality, the barber Ivan Yakovlevich is doing his hateful job in a drunken stupor... ...


Vronsky is at a railway station where there has been an accident. Looking at Anna’s dead body, he now understands that his life has lost ...

La Bayadère
2/21 - 4/13/2013


Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Nabucco
4/4


Act I: Jerusalem The Jews are praying that the Assyrian hordes who have laid siege to Jerusalem will be scattered and that the Throne of ...


Act I Semyon Kotko the soldier is returning from the front, but instead of his home he sees an empty area of land, pitted by ...

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
3/24 - 3/31/2013


A winter´s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their beauty ...

Aleko
3/30

Iolanta
3/30


King René’s daughter Iolanta is blind. But the girl is blissfully ignorant of her blindness: at René’s command, the mention of vision and light are ...


The Ballets of George Balanchine Symphony in C is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the ...

Pelléas et Mélisande
2/8 - 3/25/2013


Act I A dark forest in a distant land. A young woman flees her past. Prince Golaud, hunting a trail of blood, discovers the runaway ...

Raymonda
3/25


Act I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

Romeo and Juliet
2/24 - 2/28/2013


Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...


The stage cantata Carmina Burana (1936) is Carl Orff’s most famous opus, bringing the composer international acclaim and, along with a few other 20th century ...

The Nutcracker
1/27 - 2/22/2013


Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

Jewels
2/8 - 2/15/2013


The Ballet of George Balanchine Jewels is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® ...

Giselle
2/11


Act I Count Albert has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...


Act I Paris. A party is underway at the home of Violetta Valéry, a well-known demimondaine. Violetta´s admirers are celebrating her return to health. Alfredo ...


Act I The Emperor of the South-East Islands is married to the daughter of a fairy that he captured while out hunting; once he injured ...

Don Carlo
2/3


Act I The forest of Fontainebleau While hunting in the forest of Fontainebleau, Don Carlo meets the French Princess Élisabeth de Valois. They are engaged ...


Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

Swan Lake
Swan Lake
3/9


fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes)...

Madama Butterfly


An American naval officer and a young geisha fall in love. She gives up everything to be with him but only a short time later, ...

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