Playbill for May 2026

1
May
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Featuring Denis Begansky, Anzhelika Minasova, Mikhail Vekua, Olga Pudova, Olga Baranenko, Natalia Chasovitina, Lydia Bobokhina

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
12:00
Performance by the Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe of China

Mariinsky II
18:00
Performance by the Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe of China

Concert Hall
19:00
Marking 240 years since the world premiere
Marking 270 years since the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2
May
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Alexander Glazunov

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Timur Askerov, Roman Belyakov

Concert Hall
13:00
3
May
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Alexander Glazunov

Featuring Maria Khoreva, Minchul Jeon, Alexander Sergeev

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Alexander Glazunov

Featuring Olesya Novikova, Even Capitaine, Yevgeny Deryabin

Mariinsky II
13:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Featuring Vyacheslav Vasilyev, Gleb Peryazev, Roman Arndt, Lana Kos

Mariinsky II
19:00
Concert Hall
12:00

Narrator: Oleg Senchenko
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Anton Gakkel

Concert Hall
19:00

The Admiralty Orchestra of the Leningrad Naval Base
Conductor: Nikita Ignatov
Narrator: Alexei Yemelyanov

4
May
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Alexander Glazunov

Featuring Ekaterina Kondaurova, Nikita Korneyev, Konstantin Zverev

Mariinsky II
19:00
Marking the birthday of Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concert Hall
19:00
Leningrad musical spring – 2026

Soloists: Denis Bystrov (oboe), Nikolai Mazhara (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Alexey Morgunov

5
May
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
6
May
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00

Soloists: Boris Nikonov (marimba), Yelizaveta Mikhailova (mezzo-soprano)
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo

7
May
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
On the birthday of Pyotr Tchaikovsky
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, production by Yuri Temirkanov

Featuring Mikhail Pavlov, Yekaterina Latysheva, Roman Shirokikh, Svetlana Karpova, Yuri Vorobiev

Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Yana Peneva, Alexei Orohovsky

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Kirill Molchanov (concert performance)
8
May
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
In honour of Lev Morozov's jubilee
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Elena Yevseyeva, Ryoma Hudzeleu

Concert Hall
19:00
Commemorating the Victory Day

literary and musical performance based on the story of Boris Vasiliev
Artistic word: Dmitry Pevtsov
The State Kremlin Orchestra
Conductor: Konstantin Chudovsky

9
May
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Commemorating the Victory Day
opera by Alexander Borodin
Mariinsky Theatre
18:00
Commemorating the Victory Day
opera by Alexander Borodin
Mariinsky II
13:00
Commemorating the Victory Day
ballets set to music by Dmitry Shostakovich

Featuring Yekaterina Osmolkina, Maxim Izmestiev, Kristina Shapran, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
19:00
Commemorating the Victory Day
ballets set to music by Dmitry Shostakovich

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Kimin Kim, Valeria Kuznetsova, Roman Belyakov

Concert Hall
13:00
Commemorating the Victory Day

The Mariinsky Opera soloists and Chamber Chorus
Conductor: Arseny Shuplyakov
Programme: songs of the War Years

Concert Hall
19:00
Commemorating the Victory Day
10
May
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
13:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
operetta by Johann Strauss II
Concert Hall
19:00
Marking 270 years since the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mariinsky Opera soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Zaurbek Gugkaev

11
May
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Minchul Jeon

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
13:00
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
Concert Hall
12:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concert Hall
20:00
PREMIERE
opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff
12
May
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Leo Delibes
13
May
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Rodion Shchedrin

Age category 18+

Concert Hall
19:00
14
May
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Herman von Lovenskjøld

Featuring Anastasia Lukina, Alexei Timofeyev

Mariinsky II
20:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00

Tver Academic Regional Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Afanasiev

15
May
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Herman von Lovenskjøld

Featuring Vlada Borodulina, Kian Manghise

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Georges Bizet
16
May
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
14:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet set to music by Valery Gavrilin

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Alexander Sergeev, Konstantin Zverev, Anton Osetrov, Maxim Izmestiev

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
with prologue The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga
Concert Hall
19:00
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30
opera by Gioacchino Rossini (concert performance)

Piano: Natalia Mordashova

17
May
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
opera by Igor Stravinsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
18
May
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
19
May
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
20
May
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Farid Yarullin

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Timur Askerov, Alexander Sergeev

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, production by Alexei Stepanyuk
Concert Hall
19:00

Soloists of the Chaliapin Musical Theatre
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo

21
May
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Farid Yarullin

Featuring May Nagahisa, Alexei Timofeyev, Ramanbek Beishenaliev

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
22
May
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Renata Shakirova, Kimin Kim

23
May
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Oxana Skorik, Nikita Korneyev, Maria Bulanova

Mariinsky II
14:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Concert Hall
13:00
opera by Modest Musorgsky
24
May
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Ludwig Minkus
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Nadezhda Batoeva, Yana Peneva, Minchul Jeon

Mariinsky II
13:00
Marking 60 years since the premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mariinsky II
19:00
Marking 60 years since the premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Hall
17:00
opera by Richard Wagner
25
May
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Dmitry Shostakovich
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00
26
May
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Reinhold Glière

Featuring Maria Shirinkina

27
May
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To celebration of City Day
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky staged by Yuri Temirkanov
Mariinsky II
19:00
To celebration of City Day
ballet by Reinhold Glière

Featuring Renata Shakirova

Concert Hall
19:00
To celebration of City Day
The Stravinsky Hall
19:30

The Mariinsky Orchestra musicians

28
May
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Rodion Shchedrin (concert performance)
29
May
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Opening of the XXXIV Music Festival Stars of the White Nights
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
Opening of the XXXIV Music Festival Stars of the White Nights
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Concert Hall
19:00
Opening of the XXXIV Music Festival Stars of the White Nights
The Prokofiev Hall
17:00
Marking 80 years since the birth of Svyatoslav Zagursky

Programme: original works and arrangements for cello ensemble

30
May
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Bulanova, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Khoreva, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
13:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
31
May
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
13:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Concert Hall
13:00

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