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The VII St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum will take place on November 15–17, 2018.

On September 7, the State Chamber Music Theatre «St. Petersburg Opera» opens the 32nd season. By tradition, the first performance of the new season will be the opera "Eugene Onegin" by Piotr Tchaikovsky.

From October 3 to October 17, 2018 The State Chamber Musical Theatre “St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” present the III International Chamber Opera Festival.

The St Petersburg Chamber Opera Company will open its new 32nd season on the 7th of September.

On July 22, the 31st season was concluded with the performance "Eugene Onegin" by Piotr Tchaikovsky. This season for the Chamber Music Theatre «St. Petersburg Opera» was full of events, premieres and tour performances.

After the tour to Riga where the premiere productions of recent years were represented, the "St. Petersburg Opera" went to Karelian town Kostomuksha with the play "Die Fledermaus".

From 12 to 14 July prior to celebration of the centennial of Latvia, Chamber Music Theatre "St. Petersburg Opera" visited Riga with a three-day tour.

Theater "St. Petersburg Opera" at the end of the season presented the premiere of the production of Mozart's opera «Die Entführung aus dem Serail». The Director of the play is the artistic director of the theater People's Artist of the Russian Federation Yury Alexandrov.

The theatre St. Petersburg Chamber Opera is preparing a new season premiere. It will be a little-known to a wide audience opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ‘Die Entführung aus dem Serail.’ The People's Artist of Russia and artistic director of the theatre Yuri Alexandrov stages the production.

On April 20th, the premiere of the Mozart’s opera ‘Die Entführung aus dem Serail’ will be presented on the stage of the Warsaw Chamber Opera. The piece is staged by the People’s Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov. The premiere of the opera in St. Petersburg is scheduled for May 30th.

Our city hosted the 27th festival ‘Theatres of St. Petersburg – for kids’. This year, the prestigious Diploma has been given to the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera for making a new musical tale ‘The Booted Cat’ by Cesar Qui.

On April 27th, within the framework of the festival ‘Volga Theatre Seasons’, the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera’ will present in Samara its latest premiere, Charles Gounod’s opera piece ‘Faust’, the original director’s concept of which aroused a wide resonance among music critics and a huge interest of the St. Petersburg theatre publics.

From November 21st to November 23rd, the troupe of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will visit Arkhangelsk with a tour presenting three productions staged by Yuri Alexandrov.

Today, on October 30th, the 23rd award ceremony for the laureates of the St. Petersburg Higher Theatre Award "Golden Sofit" took place. The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera has received the highest award in four nominations.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera has finished its touring to Moscow with a great success having staged three productions within the 2nd All-Russian festival “See the Music”.

The II Festival of children's theatres in the “St Petersburg Chamber Opera”

The soloist of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera, Sofia Nekrasova, is announced to be nominated for the National Opera Award “Onegin”.

On October 7th, the musical and drama theatre “The Blue Bird” performs on the stage of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera with the production of “The Magic of Opera”.

From October 16th to October 18th, the theatre St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will perform with a tour in Moscow at the 2nd All-Russian festival of music theatres “See the Music”.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera opens its 31st season. The opening press conference will be held on September 12 at 3 pm in the Red Room. To obtain accreditation, please contact the press service of the theatre.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera opens its 31st season on September 13.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will perform the jubilee series of premiere productions marking the 30th anniversary of the Theatre.

In its thirtieth, jubilee, season, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera for the first time turned to the works by Charles Gounod. The performance is held under the auspices of the St Petersburg International Cultural Forum.

In the first days of June The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera goes on tour to Tallinn.

On April 22, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera presented Not Love Alone at the festival dedicated to Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov in Pskov.

From April 7 to 23, 2017 The State Chamber Musical Theater “St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” and the Fund for Support of Cultural Initiatives “St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” present the II International Chamber Opera Festival. The festival is held with the support of the St. Petersburg Government and the Committee for Culture. Artistic Director of the Festival – People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov.

From January 2 to January 8, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera invites you to the New Year chamber concerts. The concerts begin at 3 pm.

Instead of La belle Hélène as stated in the poster for December 26, the Gala Concert will be presented.

In the New Year's Eve, the time of jokes, joy and Christmas carnival, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera presents Opera laughs, a Festival of Yuri Alexandrov performances.

Winners of Onegin, the first national opera award, have been declared In St. Petersburg. A special jury prize has been awarded to Young Guard, a performance by Yuri Alexandrov based on the opera by Julius Meytus.

On December 5 and 6, Days of St. Petersburg were held in Schloss Albrechtsberg, Dresden. St Petersburg theatres were represented by soloists of The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera has been nominated for Onegin, the first national opera award for The Young Guard, a play based on the opera by Julius Meytus and directed by People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov.

On December 23 and 24, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will present the first premiere of its anniversary season, Les cloches de Corneville, an operetta by Robert Plunkett.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera has won The Golden Spotlight, the highest St. Petersburg drama award for 2015/2016 season.

From 1 to 3 December 2016, our city will host the V St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum.

In October, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera participated in Russian festival To See The Music in Moscow.

Nominees of the Golden Spotlight, the highest St. Petersburg drama award of 2015-2016 season, have been announced.

Traditionally, in October The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera performs in the Far East, and this year is no exception.

Opening the 30th anniversary season of The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera, the theatre’s artistic director Yuri Alexandrov shared his plans at a news conference.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera opens its 30th anniversary season. The opening press conference will be held on September 8 at 2 pm in the Red Room. To obtain accreditation, please contact the press service of the theatre.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera opens its 30th anniversary season on September 10.

The St Petersburg Chamber Opera Company will open its new 30 season on 10 of September.

With the concert programme Vienna melodies combining different faces of the European musical capital, the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera closed its 29th season that was full of events, premieres and tours.

In July 7 – 9, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera participated in Pärnu Opera Days in Estonia. The artists were warmly welcomed and the performances were highly acclaimed by the audience and the media.

On July 4, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera welcomed the participants of the First Eurasian Cossack youth forum in St. Petersburg.

In July, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will close its 29th season. The month’s programme shows all the diversity of the company’s repertoire.

After touring Estonia, The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will move to Latvia to participate traditionally in the annual International Opera Festival in Jekabpils.

At the height of the summer season, the Chamber Music Theatre goes on tour. The first tour will take the theatre to Estonia to participate in Pärnu Opera Days.

Instead of L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) as stated in the poster for June 22, the performance of Eugene Onegin will be presented.

On May 19 and 20 The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will premiere L'elisir d'amore, an opera by Gaetano Donizetti directed by People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov.

The Mongolian capital Ulan Bator hosts the St. Petersburg Culture Days on April 27 - 29. Soloists of The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera also participate in the event.

From April 23 to May 8, 2016 The State Chamber Musical Theater “St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” and the Fund for Support of Cultural Initiatives “St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” for the first time in Russia present the International Chamber Opera Festival. The festival is held with the support of the St. Petersburg Government and the Committee for Culture. Artistic Director of the Festival – People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov.

On 19 April, the Bolshoi Drama Theatre hosted Sergei Prokofiev .From the debut to the endgame, a new performance staged by People’s Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

From April 23 to May 8, 2016 The State Chamber Musical Theater “St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” and the Fund for Support of Cultural Initiatives “St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” for the first time in Russia present the International Chamber Opera Festival. The festival is held with the support of the St. Petersburg Government and the Committee for Culture. Artistic Director of the Festival – People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov.

On 19 April, the Bolshoi Drama Theatre hosted Sergei Prokofiev .From the debut to the endgame, a new performance staged by People’s Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

On the13 of March, forgiveness Sunday, at the Museum of G. R. Derzhavin Russian classic romances and folk songs will be performed by soloists ensemble of the Andreevsky Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Fomin and leading soloists of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera Olesya Gordeyeva (soprano) and Sergey Aleshchenko (tenor).

Instead, the play “Pietro il Grande zar di tutte le Russie” by Gaetano Donizetti, as stated in the announcement on 26 February on the stage of the Hermitage Theatre will take place performance “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss.

On February 23 The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera performed its third premiere of the season, an opera diptych “To remember” (“The Young Guard” by Julius Meytus and “Crimea” by Marian Koval). The Director of the performance is People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov.

On February 23 The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will present its third premiere of the season, an opera diptych “To remember” (“The Young Guard” by Julius Meytus and “Crimea” by Marian Koval). The director of the performance, the theatre’s artistic director, People's Artist of Russia, Yuri Alexandrov shares his thoughts on the production.

On the New Year's eve The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera" presented the premiere of “Les pêcheurs de perles” by Georges Bizet staged by the theatre’s artistic director, People's Artist of Russia, Yuri Alexandrov.

From 2 to 10 January, the theatre welcomes the New Year concerts. Start at 15.00.

Today, the company of the State Chamber Musical Theater “The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera" will perform “Tosca”, a suspenseful musical drama by Giacomo Puccini in the Great Hall of Pskov Philharmonic.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera features another premiere! On December 19 and 20 the director Yuri Alexandrov for the first time presents “Les pêcheurs de perles” by Georges Bizet.

After just a few premiere performances, “Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni directed by the artistic director of The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera Yuri Alexandrov became an essential part of the theatre’s repertoire. The successful production attracts more and more audience and the powerful emotional message coming from the stage excites not only music lovers but also music critic who continue to make their reviews in the press

On the eve of the New Year and during the January holidays The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will present a varied program featuring Russian and foreign opera classics, Christmas concerts and chamber musical evenings. Tickets are already available!

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera soloist Irina Skazhenik has been awarded Golden spotlight, the highest theater prize of St. Petersburg for Best female role in opera for the role of Rosina in “Il barbiere di Siviglia” directed by Yuri Alexandrov.

On November 16, at Opera panorama, the festival organized by the Music Theatres Association of Russia, the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will present “Betrothal in a Monastery” by Sergei Prokofiev on the stage of Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre.

On October 24 and 25 The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera presented its first premiere of the season, “Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni. The production made by Yuri Alexandrov aroused considerable interest in both the audience and the media.

The concert “Walking on Broadway”, declared on November 5, cancelled for technical reasons.

On October 24 and 25 The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera for the first time presents on its stage “Cavalleria Rusticana”, an opera by Pietro Mascagni staged by the theatre artistic director, People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov.

In the new season The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will make its first tour across the Far East. The theatre will present its concert programme in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera opened its 29th season on September 9th. Traditionally, the new season started with “Eugene Onegin” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, staged by the theatre’s founder and artistic director Yuri Alexandrov, People's Artist of Russia.

The St Petersburg Chamber Opera Company will open its new 29th season on 9 of September.

With a brilliant concert "Oh, operetta, operetta!" The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera closed its 28th season that was full of bright events, premieres and tours.

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera closed its summer tour with the performance at the Jekabpils festival where it presented “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss.

After participating in the International Music Festival in Karelia The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will perform at the annual opera festival in Jekabpils, Latvia.

In July The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera closes its 28th season. In the playbill of the season’s closing month you will find classic operas, gala concerts and chamber vocal programmes.

At the height of the summer season The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera traditionally goes on tour. This year the theatre starts its tour with participating in the International Music Festival in Kostomuksha, Republic of Karelia.

Opera “The Queen of Spades” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky staged by People's Artist of Russia Yuri Alexandrov was premiered in the Musical theatre of the Republic of Karelia on June 2.

The world opera classics will be presented in the theatre in June.

Artistic director of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera Yuri Alexandrov has been awarded with the high government prize "For outstanding contribution to the development of culture and art."

The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera presented war songs and songs dedicated to the Great Victory.

This year is connected with the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. 175th anniversary of the composer's birth is celebrated widely.

The news of the death of Maya Plisetskaya shocked the art world. It was really unbelievable. She was always so future-aimed that even thinking about her in the past tense seemed absurd.

Our May playbill opens with “Il barbiere di Siviglia”, the comic opera by Gioachino Rossini, staged by Yuri Alexandrov, which was premiered by The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera this March.