Conductor TO BE ANNOUNCEDDirector DMITRY TCHERNIAKOVSet Design DMITRY TCHERNIAKOVCostume Design ELENA ZAITSEVALighting Design GLEB FILSHTINSKYChief Chorus Master VALERY BORISOVLibretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Vladimir Belskybased on Russian bylinas Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info

Conductor TO BE ANNOUNCEDDirector DMITRY TCHERNIAKOVSet Design DMITRY TCHERNIAKOVCostume Design ELENA ZAITSEVALighting Design GLEB FILSHTINSKYChief Chorus Master VALERY BORISOVLibretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Vladimir Belskybased on Russian bylinas Full info

Conductor TO BE ANNOUNCEDDirector DMITRY TCHERNIAKOVSet Design DMITRY TCHERNIAKOVCostume Design ELENA ZAITSEVALighting Design GLEB FILSHTINSKYChief Chorus Master VALERY BORISOVLibretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Vladimir Belskybased on Russian bylinas Full info

Kenneth MacMillan began work on Manon shortly after the birth of his only daughter. His source was the 18th-century French novel by Abbé Prévost, already adapted twice for opera by Massenet and Puccini. Renowned dance musician Leighton Lucas and his assistant Hilda Gaunt provided a score made from a patchwork of works by Massenet, including his famous yearning Elégie as the theme for the lovers. The premiere was given on 7 March 1974, the lead roles of Manon and Des Grieux danced by Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell. The ballet quickly became a staple of The Royal Ballet's repertory. MacMillan found new sympathy with the capricious Manon, bringing his customary psychological insight and the memories of his own impoverished upbringing. He described his heroine as 'not so much afraid of being poor as ashamed of being poor'. Full info

Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov is Russia’s national epic: a tale of splendour, suffering, and the all-too human price of power. It’s one of the supreme achievements in Russian opera. If the Mariinsky is Russia’s national opera company, Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov – premiered at the Mariinsky in 1874 - is surely Russia’s national opera. Certainly, few operas look more penetratingly at the soul of a nation: scenes of pageantry are undercut by private soul-searching and state-sanctioned murder. The opera paints Russia’s artistic self-image. Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info

There’s a good reason why Swan Lake is so often called the ‘ballet of all ballets’. The combination of pure romanticism, the story about love and deception and Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet music all continue to reach new generations of audiences. Swan Lake was Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky's first score for ballet. Its 1877 premiere was poorly received, but it has since become one of the most loved of all ballets. The twinned role of the radiant White Swan and the scheming, duplicitous Black Swan tests the full range of a ballerina's powers, particularly in the two great pas de deux of Acts II and III. Other highlights include the charming Dance of the Little Swans performed by a moonlit lake and sweeping ballroom waltzes in the splendour of the royal palace. Full info

Conductor TUGAN SOKHIEVDirector ALEXEI FRANDETTISet Design ZINOVY MARGOLINCostume Design VIKTORIA SEVRYUKOVALighting Design IVAN VINOGRADOVChoreographer and Movement Director IRINA KASHUBA>Chief Chorus Master VALERY BORISOV Full info

The most lyrical Verdi’s work is La traviata, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils The Lady of the Camellias. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman Who Goes Astray. The title character of the play is Marguerite Gautier, who is based on Marie Duplessis, the real-life lover of author Dumas, fils. Duplessis was both a popular courtesan and the hostess of a salon, where politicians, writers, and artists gathered for socializing. Alexandre Dumas, père allegedly insisted on his son splitting up with Duplessis: and when he returned to Paris, she had already died of consumption. Since its debut as a play, numerous editions have been performed at theatres around the world. Giuseppe Verdi attended the Paris première of the play and soon turned to composing the opera. When Dumas, fils heard La traviata, he said: “Nobody would have remembered my Lady of the Camellias in 50 years but for Verdi, who made it immortal”. Full info

There’s a good reason why Swan Lake is so often called the ‘ballet of all ballets’. The combination of pure romanticism, the story about love and deception and Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet music all continue to reach new generations of audiences. Swan Lake was Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky's first score for ballet. Its 1877 premiere was poorly received, but it has since become one of the most loved of all ballets. The twinned role of the radiant White Swan and the scheming, duplicitous Black Swan tests the full range of a ballerina's powers, particularly in the two great pas de deux of Acts II and III. Other highlights include the charming Dance of the Little Swans performed by a moonlit lake and sweeping ballroom waltzes in the splendour of the royal palace. Full info

Conductor TUGAN SOKHIEVDirector ALEXEI FRANDETTISet Design ZINOVY MARGOLINCostume Design VIKTORIA SEVRYUKOVALighting Design IVAN VINOGRADOVChoreographer and Movement Director IRINA KASHUBA>Chief Chorus Master VALERY BORISOV Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info

Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin is a radiant example of Russian Lyric Opera. A deeply moving tale packed with big tunes, dances and a heart-stopping duel. As with his ballets, Tchaikovsky brings many symphonic elements to the music, plush orchestrations and highly melodic arias. Onegin is a uniquely Russian opera with a universality that has made it globally popular. None of the characters are easy to associate with and yet the events and their actions ring horribly true. Full info

Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) was one of Verdi’s best-loved operas even during the composer’s lifetime. The opera received a rapturous reception when it was performed for the first time on 19 January 1853 at the Teatro Apollo in Rome and Guiseppe Verdi himself called it his most popular work. Together with La Traviata and Rigoletto the opera is still one of Verdi’s most-performed and popular operas worldwide. The plot is set in the gloomy atmosphere of 15th century Spain and tells the romantic love story of Leonora and her troubadour Manrico. An opera full of love and hate, heroism and revenge. Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info

Only the fundamental components of the success of this circus team will remain: ultra-modern light, high-quality sound, amazing special effects, fantastic scenery and costumes, an abundance of animals and mega-professional circus performers. Everything else is a completely new story that will captivate you and take you to the fantastic world of adventure and action! Full info