Playbill for December 2025

1
December
Monday
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
with prologue The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga

Featuring Irina Churilova, Svetlana Karpova, Olga Savova, Vitaly Yankovsky, Anton Perminov, Dmitry Demidchik, Alexander Morozov, Gennady Bezzubenkov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

2
December
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Yevgeny Konovalov

Concert Hall
19:00
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Anna-Maria Konovalova, Pelageya Kurennaya, Maria Tchaikovskaya, Yulia Vakula, Alexander Mangutov, Maxim Daminov, Joachim Coffinier-Barry, Konstantin Osipov, Stepan Zavalishin

3
December
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring May Nagahisa, Ryoma Hudzeleu

Mariinsky II
18:00
PREMIERE
Performance by Sevastopol State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov, Valeria Lebedieva, Kirill Belov, Alexei Tikhomriv, Yulia Shavarina
Yurlov Russian State Academic Choir
The Mariinsky Orchestra

Mariinsky II
21:00
PREMIERE
Performance by Sevastopol State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov, Dinara Alieva, Iosif Nikitenko, Alexei Tikhomriv, Yulia Shavarina
Yurlov Russian State Academic Choir
The Mariinsky Orchestra

Concert Hall
19:00

The Mariinsky Opera soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

4
December
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Nadezhda Batoeva, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini

Featuring Inara Kozlovskaya, Roman Shirokikh, Alexey Markov

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Soloists of the Elena Obraztsova Academy of Music

5
December
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(staged by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov)

Featuring Oxana Skorik, Kian Mangis

Concert Hall
19:00
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
6
December
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky II
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(staged by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov)

Featuring Kristina Shapran, Alexander Sergeev

Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(staged by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov)

Featuring Elena Yevseyeva, Alexei Timofeyev

Concert Hall
20:00

Dina Zikeyeva (violin), Yuri Afonkin (viola), Oleg Sendetsky (cello)
Programme: Bach – Liszt, Brahms, Mozart, Prokofiev, Mirzoyan

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Soloist: Timofei Vladimirov (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra

7
December
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)
Performed by students of the Vaganova Ballet Academy
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Timur Askerov

Concert Hall
13:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Concert Hall
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
8
December
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Marking 80 years since the birth of Yuri Marusin
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Alexey Markov, Roman Shirokikh

Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(staged by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov)

Featuring Maria Chernyvskaya, Yaroslav Baibordin

Concert Hall
19:00

Soloist: Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
St Petersburg Chamber Chorus
Сonductor: Elena Kurnosenko

9
December
Tuesday
Mariinsky II
19:00
Star cast of artists
Concert Hall
19:00
Marking the Heroes of the Fatherland Day

The Boys’ Chorus of the Glinka Choral School
Conductor: Valentin Lyashchenko

10
December
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
On the birthday of Yuri Temirkanov
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky staged by Yuri Temirkanov

Featuring Vladimir Galouzine, Irina Churilova, Olga Borodina

Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(staged by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov)

Featuring Anastasia Lukina, Roman Malyshev

11
December
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Oxana Skorik, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Vladislav Sulimsky

Concert Hall
19:00
Concert of St Petersburg House of Music soloists

Soloists: Pavel Milyukov (violin), Miroslav Kultyshev (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Fyodor Beznosikov

12
December
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Valeria Kuznetsova, Minchul Jeon

Mariinsky II
19:00
The Maya and Rodion tribute festival
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Featuring Yulia Matochkina

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
Rare Opera Treasures of the Baroque Era
opera by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (concert performance)

Featuring Kristina Gontsa, Maharram Huseynov

13
December
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)
Performed by students of the Vaganova Ballet Academy
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
13:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Hall
20:00

Soloists: Nazija Amineva (soprano), Timofei Kalmykov (piano)
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Conductor: Oleg Khudyakov

14
December
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Alisa Barinova, Kian Mangis

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Daria Kulikova, Yevgeny Konovalov

Mariinsky II
13:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
Concert Hall
12:00
opera by Leonid Klinichev
Concert Hall
19:00
A NEW YEAR GIFT FROM THE MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE

The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloists and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici (violin)
Featuring Ekaterina Shipulina, Oleg Gabyshev

15
December
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)
Performed by students of the Vaganova Ballet Academy
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Soloists: Alexei Golovin (oboe), Zakhar Katsman (horn)
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo

16
December
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
The Maya and Rodion tribute festival
On the birthday of Rodion Shchedrin
ballet by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin

Featuring Ekaterina Kondaurova, Even Capitaine, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky Theatre
19:30
The Maya and Rodion tribute festival
On the birthday of Rodion Shchedrin
ballet by Rodion Shchedrin

Featuring Alexander Sergeev, Viktoria Tereshkina

Mariinsky II
19:00
The Maya and Rodion tribute festival
On the birthday of Rodion Shchedrin
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
Concert Hall
19:00
The Maya and Rodion tribute festival
On the birthday of Rodion Shchedrin
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
The Prokofiev Hall
19:30

Alexander Shilo, Maria Shilo, Dmitry Popov (double bass), Trofim Konvisarov (piano), Timofei Zhikalov (xylophone), Elena Shilo (soprano) and orchestra musicians

17
December
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(staged by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov)

Featuring Yekaterina Osmolkina, Pavel Mikheyev

Concert Hall
19:00
In memory of Rodion Shchedrin
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
The Stravinsky Hall
19:00

Сonductor: Elena Kurnosenko
Programme: Kalinnikov, Arensky, Cui

18
December
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Nadezhda Batoeva, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concert Hall
19:00
MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici (violin)

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Soloists of the Elena Obraztsova Academy of Music

19
December
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Anastasia Kalagina (soprano), Maria Fedotova, Alexander Zaitsev (flute), Ilya Ilyin, Pyotr Legkodukhov (english horn), Tatiana Frenkel, Anna Glukhova (violin), Irina Ivanova (viola), Vladimir Yunovich (cello), Demian Gorodnichin (double bass), Mikhail Blekher (harpsichord)
Programme: Vivaldi, Bach, Porpora, Telemann, Purcell

20
December
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Yesenia Anushenkova, Ruslan Stenyushkin

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
13:00
operetta by Johann Strauss II
Mariinsky II
19:00
operetta by Johann Strauss II
Concert Hall
13:00
Opening of the XX Mariinsky International Piano Festival
In memory of Rodion Shchedrin

Soloists: Abisal Gergiev, Sergey Davydchenko (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra

Concert Hall
19:30
In memory of Rodion Shchedrin

Narrator: Yevgeny Mironov

The Rachmaninov Hall
19:00

Programme: Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
21
December
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring May Nagahisa

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Maria Khoreva, Minchul Jeon

Mariinsky II
12:00
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
Mariinsky II
18:00
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
Concert Hall
14:00
Concert Hall
19:00

Programme: Bach – Busoni, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Liszt, Chopin, Ravel

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Soloist: Alexander Kliuchko (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra

22
December
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Georges Bizet
23
December
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen edited by Nikolai Tsiskaridze)
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Rachmaninov Hall
19:00
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
24
December
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen edited by Nikolai Tsiskaridze)
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Yana Peneva, Alexei Orohovsky

Concert Hall
13:00
Concert Hall
19:00

Programme: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Borodin – Kamensky

The Rachmaninov Hall
19:00

Programme: Tchaikovsky – Pletnev, Scriabin, Liszt

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
25
December
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen edited by Nikolai Tsiskaridze)
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Oxana Skorik, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Richard Wagner, first part of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen

Featuring Ekaterina Semenchuk, Mikhail Vekua
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
19:00
Marking 45 years since the world premiere
opera by Sergei Banevich
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
26
December
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen edited by Nikolai Tsiskaridze)
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
18:00
opera by Richard Wagner, second part of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen

Featuring Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Yevgeny Nikitin, Mikhail Vekua, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Mikhail Petrenko
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
13:00

Programme: Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Mahler, Mirzoyan, Komitas – Aslamazyan

The Prokofiev Hall
18:00

Masha Starodubtseva, Yaroslavа Chervonnykh, Sofia Orlova, Dobrynya Butsenko, Anna Krushinova, Evelina Skripachiova, Maria Karzova, Ulyana Degtiariova, Artiom Ivanov

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Sofia Viland (flute), Alexander Rogozin (oboe), Ivan Stolbov (clarinet), Rodion Tolmachov (bassoon), Alexander Afanasiev (horn)
Programme: Ibert, Taffanel, Foerster

27
December
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Maria Khoreva

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
17:00
opera by Richard Wagner, third part of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen

Featuring Mikhail Vekua
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
14:00
Concert Hall
19:00

The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Justus Frantz

The Rachmaninov Hall
19:30

Programme: Bach – Busoni, Brahms, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
28
December
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Daria Kulikova, Yevgeny Konovalov

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Nadezhda Batoeva, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
17:00
opera by Richard Wagner, fourth part of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen

Featuring Mikhail Vekua
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
13:00
Concert Hall
19:00

Soloist: Daniil Sayamov (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra

The Rachmaninov Hall
19:00

Programme: Leybach, Tchaikovsky, Xian Xinghai, Beethoven, Scriabin, Bach – Busoni

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
29
December
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Alisa Barinova

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Minchul Jeon

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
14:00
MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici (violin)

Concert Hall
19:30
Close of the XX Mariinsky International Piano Festival
In memory of Rodion Shchedrin

Soloists: Yan Fang, Sergey Davydchenko (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra

The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

Soloist: Sofia Viland (flute)
The Mariinsky Orchestra

30
December
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring May Nagahisa

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
19:00
In memory of Rodion Shchedrin
Marking 10 years since the premiere
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
31
December
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Yana Peneva, Alexei Orohovsky

Mariinsky Theatre
18:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(choreography by Vasily Vainonen)

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
13:00
In memory of Rodion Shchedrin
Marking 10 years since the premiere
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
Mariinsky II
18:00
In memory of Rodion Shchedrin
Marking 10 years since the premiere
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
Concert Hall
18:00
MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici (violin)


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