STAGES

friday, september 3

Swan Lake Classical Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic. Bolshoi Drama Theater.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.
Giselle Adolphe Adam’s tragic ballet, staged by Nikolai Dolgushin, about the tragic consequences of one young peasant woman’s love for a member of the aristocracy. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory Theater, 7.30 p.m.
Swan Lake Leonid Jakobson’s Ballet Theater performs Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic. Hermitage Theater, 8 p.m.

saturday, september 4

ballet

Swan Lake Classical Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic. Bolshoi Drama Theater.
Cabaret at Italyanskaya Maria Bolshakova stages and choreographs a ballet, dedicated to the Silver Age. Musical Comedy Theater, 5 p.m.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italyanskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Theater of Classical Ballet. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory Theater, 8 p.m.
Giselle St. Petersburg’s most popular and oft-performed ballet, Adolphe Adam’s tale of a young peasant woman deceived in love by a young aristocrat. Hermitage Theater, 8 p.m.

sunday, september 5

ballet

Cabaret at Italyanskaya Maria Bolshakova stages and choreographs a ballet, dedicated to the Silver Age. Musical Comedy Theater, 5 p.m.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italyanskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.
Giselle Adolphe Adam’s tragic ballet, staged by Nikolai Dolgushin, about the tragic consequences of one young peasant woman’s love for a member of the aristocracy. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory Theater, 8 p.m.

concert

Chamber Music A part of the 13th International Early Music Festival. Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor Philippe Herreweghe (Belgium). Cappella.

monday, september 6

ballet

Swan Lake Leonid Jakobson’s Ballet Theater performs Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, Alexandriinsky Theater, 8 p.m.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italyanskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.
Giselle St. Petersburg’s most popular and oft-performed ballet, Adolphe Adam’s tale of a young peasant woman deceived in love by a young aristocrat. Hermitage Theater, 8 p.m.

tuesday, september 7

ballet

Swan Lake Classical Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic. Bolshoi Drama Theater.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italyanskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.

concert

Chamber Music A part of the 13th International Early Music Festival. Traditional Korean aristocratic music ensemble “Sanjo”. Soloist Francesco Cera (harpsichord, Italy). Museum of Music (Sheremetev Palace), 34 Nab. Reki Fontanki, tel. 272-4441
Mikhail Mishenko Organ Recital Saint-Sèance, Bach. Maltiyskaya Cappella, 26 Sadovaya UI. Tel. 498-0669

wednesday, september 8

ballet

Swan Lake Leonid Jakobson’s Ballet Theater performs the Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Alexandriinsky Theater, 8 p.m.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italyanskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.
Swan Lake The Theater of Russian Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic. Hermitage Theater, 8 p.m.

thursday, september 9

ballet

Spartak Leonid Jakobson’s Ballet Theater performs. Music of Aram Khachaturyan on themes of the Jovanjoli’s stories about a revolution carried out by gladiators and slaves in Ancient Rome. Alexandriinsky Theater.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italyanskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.

concert

Ilia Kudryavtsev Organ Recital (Switzerland) Saint-Sèance, Franck Maltiyskaya Cappella, 26 Sadovaya UI. Tel. 498-0669
Chamber Music A part of the 13th International Early Music Festival. Ensemble Golden Horn (Turkey). “Soloists of Catherine the Great” Ensemble. Derzhavin Apartment Museum, 118 Nab. Reki Fontanki

friday, september 10

ballet

Swan Lake Leonid Jakobson’s Ballet Theater performs the Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Alexandriinsky Theater, 8 p.m.
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and performed by the St. Petersburg Romantic Ballet. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italyanskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 313 4316, 8 p.m.

opera

Eugene Onegin Yury Alexandrov directs Tchaikovsky’s opera based on Pushkin’s novel in verse. Conducted by Vadim Afanasyev. St. Petersburg Opera.