Many guests of the Northern capital of Russia strive to visit the most popular theaters of St. Petersburg. More than 180 theaters are open in the city and famous opera, theater and ballet performances of Russian and foreign classics are held.
Top 40 theaters in St. Petersburg
Mariinskii Opera House
Mariinskii Opera House
The repertoire of this musical theater contains classical works of opera and ballet in the form of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Don Quixote, Aida, The Sleeping Beauty, Eugene Onegin … “New Horizons”, “Stars of the White Nights” and others.
Those who wish can look into the kiosk to acquire the following souvenirs: books, calendars, albums, newspapers “Mariinsky Theater”; hats, gloves, theatrical handbags, fans, costumes and others made in a theater workshop; author's porcelain, glass, wood, bronze and batik products.
Mikhailovsky theater
The theater's repertoire is represented by Eugene Onegin, Masquerade Ball, The Magic Flute, The Thunderstorm, The Jewess, Cinderella, Prince Igor, The Flying Dutchman, and Love Potion. Guests are recommended to visit the Mikhailovsky Theater Museum - photographs, engravings, unique posters, sketches of costumes and scenery are subject to inspection.
Alexandrinsky theater
On the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater they stage "Hamlet", "Ghosts of the Theater", "The Inspector General", "The Taming of the Shrew", "Crime and Punishment", "Uncle Vanya", "Crow", "Window to Europe", "Swan Lake", " Nutcracker”,“Don Quixote”,“The Miser”,“Cowboys”,“The Dream of a Funny Man”.
The local store specializes in the sale of books, metal key rings with the Alexandrinsky Theater logo, theater accessories, porcelain, textiles, hand-painted silk … The theater also hosts the Alexandrinsky International Theater Festival every year.
Theater "Music Hall"
People come to the Music Hall to watch the musical melodrama Dangerous Liaisons, the musical Alice in Wonderland, the musical performance for children Ali Baba and 40 songs of the Persian Bazaar, the musical performance Red Lipstick, the comedy Baby … And the theater also pleases the audience by staging both traditional ("Cinderella", "Bremen Town Musicians", "Morozko") and modern ("Jack Sparrow at the North Pole") fairy tales.
It is worth noting that there is a children's studio at the Music Hall: there children are taught acting, classical and modern dances, classes in stage speech, ensemble and vocal are conducted for them, and acrobatic and stage movements are practiced with them.
Theater-festival "Baltic House"
The theater has two stages (124 and 870 seats), rooms for rehearsals, acting make-up restrooms, an exhibition hall, the Territory of the Theater kids club (allows you to learn the basics of theatrical art) and a children's room (parents can leave their children there with the teacher, while they themselves will be at the performance; the room opens on Fridays-Sundays and holidays from 6:30 pm until the end of the performance).
The Baltic House regularly becomes a venue for master classes, international forums, and stage festivals. Here you can visit such performances as “Anna. Tragedy”,“Return to Love”,“Scarlet Sails”,“Your Sister and a Captive”,“Antibodies”,“Zoyka's Apartment”,“The Master and Margarita”and others.
