Festivals and city holidays
Show “Christmas! Dreams about Russia”
This show for adults includes exclusively Russian folklore motifs, elements of circus and modern choreographyunder accompaniment of the avant-garde band EtnoZapil. The performance is full of anticipation of miracles, mysteries, belief that dreams can come true, and love.
28–30 DECEMBER 2016, 2–5 JANUARY 2017/ “LENINGRAD CENTER”/ WWW.LENINGRADCENTER.RU
New Year light show at the Palace Square
New Year light show includes lots of light effects. It’s a free magic show dedicated to the Year of Russian cinema. Bronze Horseman is a key figure of the show. The most fascinating part of the New Year light show is animated tales under accompaniment of Christmas music in the modern interpretation. On December 30th show closes with fireworks.
26–30 DECEMBER 2016/ PALACE SQUARE / KUDAGO.COM
Christmas International Organ Festival «AdesteFideles»
Wonderful Christmas melodies are played in the ancient Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church. Best Christmas compositions by Bach, Dupré, Tariverdiyev, Handel, Lully and other famous composers are performed at the festival.
UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2017/ ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH/ STAN-MTA.RU
New Year’s Night at the theater “Licedei”
New Year’s Night is a Christmas program that includes activities and dances with well-known characters of books and filmsperformed by famous actors of the theater “Licedei”. All visitors can make a photo with actors dressed up in funny costumes. Visitors under the age of 16 years get a 25%-discount.
31 DECEMBER 2016/ THEATER “LICEDEI”»/ LICEDEI.COM
Concerts and theatre highlights of the week
Concert “Hollywood New Year’s Petersburg”
The concert includes music from famous Hollywood films. The Symphony OrchestraSingolo Orchestra performs soundtracks from the films “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Titanic”,“Schindler’s List”, “Gladiator”, “Indiana Jones”, “James Bond” and other melodies of the famous film composers like John Williams, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, and James Horner in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.
28 DECEMBER 2016/ SHOSTAKOVICH ST. PETERSBURG ACADEMIC PHILHARMONIA (GREAT HALL)/ PHILHARMONIA.SPB.RU
The Performance “The last trolley bus” at the Theatre on Vasilevsky
This lyrical comedy based on works by Alexander Volodin “Five Evenings” and “Notes of a drunk man” and songs by Okudzhava is performed at the stage of the Theater on Vasilevsky. It discovers the events in the life of the main characters, which happened in 1965 as though a viewer watches all of it from the window of the last trolley bus. The performance lasts about one hour without intermission.
27 DECEMBER 2016, 6 JANUARY 2017/ DRAMA THEATRE ON VASILEVSKY/ TEATRVO.RU
Concert of KVN (“Club of the Funny and Inventive People”)
Traditional concert “Final play an encore” is a performance of all KVN Major Leagueteams in St. Petersburg. Alexander Maslyakov traditionally conducts it. Teams tell the audience the best jokes, show the scenes, which became a sensation at the final games.
27 DECEMBER 2016/ THE CONCERT HALL “OKTYBRSKIJ”/ BKZ.RU
The performance “Madame Bovary” at the theater “Baltic House”
The theater “Baltic House” presents the scenic interpretation of the famous novel by Gustave Flaubert“Madame Bovary”. It’s a story about how the boredom and routine became literally suicidal. Director Natalia Indeikina modernized the Flaubert heroine and moved her to the 20s of the last century instead of XIX century: it’s time of the avant-garde art and two World Wars.
27 DECEMBER 2016, 21 JANUARY 2017/ THEATER “BALTIC HOUSE”/ BALTIC-HOUSE.RU
Concert “Christmas Music. Organ performance”
Christmas compositions for the organ will be played in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Maestro Alexander Fiseysky performs by the organ.
27 DECEMBER 2016/ SHOSTAKOVICH ST. PETERSBURG ACADEMIC PHILHARMONIA (GREAT HALL)/PHILHARMONIA.SPB.RU
The performance “Alice” at the second stage of the BDT (Kamennoostrovsky Theater)
It’s a play directed by Andrei Moguchiy based on the works of Lewis Carroll. Inimitable Alisa Freundlich plays the main role. Everything that happens on the stage is a plexus of human dreams, illusions, hopes and fears become the absurd. The performance lasts 2 hours 30 minutes. It’s intended for an audience over 18 years.
27–28 DECEMBER 2016, 31 JANUARY 2017/ KAMENNOOSTROVSKY THEATER (SECOND STAGE OF BDT)/ BDT.SPB.RU
Concert of Alexander Rosenbaum
On New Year’s Eve Alexander Rosenbaum performshis best works, accumulated over decades. The musician sings familiar lyric songs which give positive emotions and feelthe New Year atmosphere.
30 DECEMBER 2016/ THE CONCERT HALL “OKTYBRSKIJ”/ BKZ.RU
The ballet “The Nutcracker” at the Mikhailovsky Theatre
Mikhailovsky Theatre presents the ballet “The Nutcracker” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It includes 2 acts. The ballet based on the famous fairytale by Hoffmanndelights and fascinates with its beauty. The performance includes the brilliant choreography, accuracyof performing, colorful decoration and costumes.
27–29, 30 DECEMBER 2016, 6–7 JANUARY, 17–18 FEBRUARY 2017/ MIKHAILOVSKY THEATRE / MIKHAILOVSKY.RU
The concert “The Evening in Grand Opera”
The concert is held in the framework of “Christmas Evenings at the Alexandrinsky Theatre”. Nadezhda Kucher, “The best soprano of the world” -2015 (according to the results of the contest in the UK), performson the stage in honor of the 260th anniversary of the Alexandrinsky theater. The Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg accompanies her, the conductor – maestro Sergei Stadler. Compositions from Offenbach’s opera “Orpheus in the Underworld”, “Carmen” by Georges Bizet and “Thais” by Jules Massenet, and many more sound on the stage.
30 DECEMBER 2016/ ALEXANDRINSKY THEATRE/ ALEXANDRINSKY.RU
Opera “Carmen” at the New stage of Mariinsky Theatre
Director Alex Stepaniuc presents new version of opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet at the stage of Mariinsky Theater. This is one of the most dramatic opera in the world repertoire. The new version of opera includes new decoration and choreography. Stars of Russian opera play the main roles.
29–30 DECEMBER 2016, 11, 15 JANUARY, 6, 26 APRIL 2017/ MARIINSKY II / MARIINSKY.RU
Exhibition highlights of the week
The Exhibition “Nonfictional tales”
The exhibition includes the paintings of St. Petersburg artist Nadezhda Ilyina. Fairytale characters of her works explorethe children’s experience,and evoke a bright sadnessin the soul. The artist often calls herself “art-chef”: she fills herpaintings with emotions, giving them a memorable “taste” like the skilful chief-cooker adds spices to dishes.
17 DECEMBER 2016 – 31 JANUARY 2017/ “ARTMUZA” CREATIVE CLUSTER / ARTMUZA.SPB.RU
The Exhibition of ice sculptures “Ice fairytale”
The exhibition “Ice fairytale” includes different ice constructions. It’s a city in miniature, where children can look into the ice house, ride from ice slope and walk through the maze. Adults can explore the unofficial symbols of St. Petersburg made of unusual material, or get acquainted with the” ice” interiors of St. Petersburg municipal apartment.
UNTIL 15 MARCH 2017/ MOSKOVSKAYA SQUARE (MOSKOVSKAYA METRO STATION)/ VK.COM/LEDYANAYA_SKAZKA_SPB
The Exhibition “Colorful Sky”
The exhibition “Colorful sky” discovers paintings, graphics and art objects of Elena Skinder and Andrei Zhukov. Their works showcase a lot of colors of nature, and how it communicates with people by the colors of the sky.
27 DECEMBER 2016 –14 JANUARY 2017/ ART CENTER “BOREY”/ BOREY.RU
The Exhibition “The Enchanted Wanderer”
The museum of contemporary art “Erarta” presents a new series of bright cheerful paintings of Aaron Zinshtein. This exhibition is dedicated to his 70th anniversary. The artist fills the works with symbols and metaphors creating the atmosphere of romantic expressionism. He does graphics and paintings.
UNTIL 31 JANUARY 2017/ MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART “ERARTA”/ ERARTA.COM
The Exhibition “Exotic Worlds” of Margarita Felis
The exhibition includes the paintings of the artist Margarita Felis. Her works are similar in their color scheme to the aesthetics of Pop Art and compositions of her works are similar to Van Gogh. She pays a special attention to details in landscapes painting and tries to highlight the person features in portrait paintings.
28 DECEMBER 2016 – 8 JANUARY 2017/ EXHIBITION CENTER OF SAINT PETERSBURG UNION OF ARTIST/ SPB-UNIART.RU
The Exhibition “The method W.W.”
The exhibition explores the paintings of the artist Sveta Nosova. She took the idea of Vasily Kandinsky and created a series of inverted landscapes. The exhibition is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the abstractionist Vasily Kandinsky.
UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2017/ ART CENTER “PUSHKINSKAYA 10”/ P-10.RU
Things to do with kids
The Exhibition “Alice in Wonderland”
The exhibition explores the fairytale “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. It includes different art objects, first illustrations of the book, scenes from the Disney cartoon and sociable robot playing White Rabbit. Children can participate in mad tea ceremony, get into a mirror capsule and watch how Cheshire Cat reappears in the air.
27 DECEMBER 2016 – 27 MARCH 2017/ BUSINESS CENTER “ATRIUM ON NEVSKY, 25”/ ALICEFORKIDS.COM
The Exhibition “Cockerels – symbol of 2017”
St. Petersburg Aquarium presents a magic show where you can meet the cockerels. Ded Moroz is one of the main guests at this exhibition. Also children can participate in searching gifts and watch wonderful show with sharks and sea calves.
UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2017/ SAINT PETERSBURG AQUARIUM/ ОКЕАНАРИУМ.РФ
“Chemical Christmas Tree” from “LabirintUm”
Cinema loft of hotel “Moscow” presents a show “Chemical Christmas Tree”. This performance showcases that science can be wonderful. Don’t miss a chance to see the fragile rocks, hear the song of ice, hammerthe nails by hammer-banana and find out what kind of material isn’t afraid of fire or water. After the show children can watch the premiere of the animated Christmas tale and get gifts.
30 DECEMBER 2016, 4, 6 JANUARY 2017/ CINEMA LOFT OF HOTEL “MOSCOW”/ VK.COM/KINOLOFTMOSCOW
The performance “Morozko” at Kukfo Theater
Don’t miss the opportunity to see the play on the table-stage with characters-puppets. This performance tells about good girl Duniasha, lazy girl Marfusha and elder man Morozko. Puppet show lasts 55 minutes.
28 DECEMBER 2016, 2, 5, 6, 8 JANUARY 2017/ KUKFO THEATER / KUKFO.RU
The performance “Lord of the Underground kingdom”
Children’s musical performance based on the works by Odoevskiy “Moroz Ivanovitch” tells about two sisters, Martha and Nastya, who go to find water for their sick nanny and fell into magical Underground kingdom. The performance is staged like a Christmas story.
26–27 DECEMBER 2016/ THEATER “MUSIC-HALL”/ MUSICHALLSPB.RU