Repertoire
All about love
Concert in two parts
At all times, both in times of war and in peacetime, there has been music singing love. Composers appreciated vocal chamber lyrics as the most sensitive genre capable of expressing the finest movements of the human soul with its whimsical spiritual experiences, the passion of love and yearning, elation and anxiety.
Betrothal in a Monastery
Comic opera in two acts
In the theatre, known for its unusual director's approach, the plot of the Sheridan’s play is interpreted as a funny story about the everlasting conflict of generations, a conflict between academic style and innovation.
Boris Godunov
Musical folk drama in two acts
Yuri Alexandrov created a metaphoric performance where he mixed different eras focusing on how history repeats itself. He draws parallels between the Time of Troubles and the today’s Russia of today, raising the eternal issues of loneliness in power and irreconcilable conflict between the people and the rulers.
Cavalleria rusticana
Musical drama with one intermission
This play is about honor, love and jealousy. The emotional drama is presented by the composer in a naturalistic, truthful and powerful manner. The whole performance is as intensely expressive as its musical score.
Crimea
Opera-rally
A new production of the Opera “Crimea” is a unique play that the artistic Director of "St. Petersburg Opera" Yuri Alexandrov made the author, Director, screenwriter and artist.
Die Csárdásfürstin
Lyric melodrama in two parts
'Die Csárdásfürstin' is one of the most popular works of Imre Kálmán. One hundred
years after the premiere, this operetta has not lost its relevance and charm. Inspirational
melodies of 'Die Csárdásfürstin' captivate new generations of spectators…
Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail
Lyrical comedy in two acts
“Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail” is an opera Singspiel. The work premiered on 16 July 1782 at the Vienna Burgtheater, with the composer conducting.
Die Fledermaus
Classical operetta in two acts
“Die Fledermaus” directed by Yuri Alexandrov has won the hearts of the viewers becoming one of the best productions of the company.
Don Giovanni
Dramma giocoso in two acts
“Don Giovanni” in the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera is the director's original interpretation of Mozart's genius piece. The stage version by Yuri Alexandrov is full of unpredictable twists to the canonical plot. The familiar situations are displayed from an unexpected viewpoint.
Eugene Onegin
Lyrical scenes in seven episodes
The performance by Yuri Alexandrov gives the audience a new look at the familiar plot of the most popular Russian opera. Filled with lots of unusual director’s ideas, the action fascinates the audience with its “not opera-like” dynamism.
Evergreens of the past
Concert in two parts
In its new concert program, the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera features popular music from the period between the 1930s and the 1970s, both Soviet and foreign.
Faust
A psychological drama in two parts
Gounod’s opera does not attempt to match the thematic breadth or the philosophical sophistication of Goethe’s sprawling masterpiece, concentrating instead on Faust’s romantic encounter with Marguerite and the tragic results of their liaison.
Gala Donizetti
Concert in two parts
The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera is one of the few Russian theaters that present the work of that brilliant Italian romantic composer in all its diversity. Apart from full-scale performances, the repertoire also includes scenes, arias and duets from the composer’s little-known operas.
Gala Verdi
Concert in two parts
Apart from popular operas, the playbill of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera also includes the Gala Verdi concert program composed of arias, duets and scenes from popular Verdi’s operas.
Harp Gala
Concert in two parts
The State Chamber Music Theatre “The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera” presents a unique project with best harpers of St. Petersburg. The concert program is diverse not just by the genre but also by its stylish attitude and performers involved.
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Comic opera in two acts
The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera for the first time turned to one of the most popular operas by Rossini. The director interpreted the comedy plot as the Italian commedia dell'arte and the company played it brilliantly and with young enthusiasm.
In the light music genre
Concert in two parts
The new St. Petersburg Chamber Opera concert program features popular music.
L'elisir d'amore
Comic opera in two acts
“L'elisir d'amore” is one of most prominent works by Donizetti. Dynamic and rich with beautiful melodies, it has been admired by listeners for more than 170 years, and the composer’s masterpiece Una furtiva lagrima, a romance of Nemorino, belongs to the world’s classical musical heritage.
La belle Hélène
Lyrical comedy in three acts
In the theatre’s version, the elegant creation of the composer sounds ironic and cheerful and its pseudo-antique situation are seen as surprisingly modern.
La bohème
Melodrama with one intermission
The famous Puccini opera is presented by The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera as a story of the tragic conflict between the dream and the life routine. The story is not set in any definite time. It reflects the relationships between a man and a woman that have existed ever since Adam and Eve.
La traviata
Opera-fantasy in two acts
The performance is the winner of the highest theatrical award of St. Petersburg, Golden spotlightsin the 2004-2005 season as the best opera performance.
Les cloches de Corneville
Romantic operetta in two acts
Les cloches de Corneville has been praised for its fine melodies, rhythmic variety, good choral writing and complex orchestral colour. The work was translated into several languages and enjoyed numerous productions worldwide.
Les pêcheurs de perles
Opera fantasy in two parts
A thrilling drama of strong passions has been staged by Yuri Alexandrov in an unpredictably modern manner, while expressive acting and subtle interpretation of the roles by the soloists make this performance really unforgettable.
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera in two acts
The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera offers the audience a modern interpretation of the Gothic drama and opera by Gaetano Donizetti.
Madama Butterfly
Japanese tragedy in three acts
“Madama Butterfly” has been on the playbill of the world opera houses for more than a hundred years. Among other outstanding performances of the opera, the one offered by The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera has become one of the most extraordinary versions of the brilliant score by Puccini.
Musical Petersburg of the XIX century
The concert and the tour of the Palace (before the concert)
The event program includes a concert featuring outstanding pieces of Russian musical culture, which are part of the world’s classical musical heritage, as well as a tour of the Baron von Derviz palace.
Night of Opera arias and romances
Concert in two parts
‘The drama of human passions’, as Pushkin wrote, in the musical theater finds an incredible power of affection, excites and carries away. The musical masterpieces of the concert program will allow listeners to touch the best pages of the world musical classics.
Not Only Love
Lyric opera in two acts
The St. Petersburg premiere of “Not Only Love” by the famous composer Rodion Shchedrin was a landmark event. The composer himself described it as the best performance of his opera.
October ..17
Musical-dramatic poem
An interest to the international history forged in the hearth of history’s much as the interest to forgotten music cataclysm of the Soviet period predetermined “October ..17” production to be selected, the staging by Yuri Alexandrov within the 100th anniversary of of the revolutionary events in Russia in 1917.
Opera & Operetta
Gala Concert in two parts
Top artists of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera will present arias and scenes from the most famous operas and operettas .
Opera Gala
Gala concert with a surprise intermission
Opera Gala in the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera is a celebration of music and theater, a parade of young opera stars, and also a fancy-dress procession that amazes us with the variety of styles and its artistic originality.
Pagliacci
Opera-farce in two acts
Yuri Alexandrov offers a unique version of one of the most popular operas that invariably touches human hearts with its bright love drama and vivid emotional music.
Paris Mysteries
Concert in two parts
The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera presents a new concert programme featuring masterpieces of French classical music.
Pietro il Grande zar di tutte le Russie
Comic melodrama in two acts
In Russia this Donizetti's masterpiece can only be seen in The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera.
Puss in boots
A fairy-tale for children and their parents with singing and dancing
The charm of the Charles Perrault’s fairy tale, full of tenderness, wittiness and French elegance – this is a new production of the theatre.
Puss in Boots (with the participation of the Musical and drama theatre “The Blue Bird”)
A fairy-tale for children and their parents with singing and dancing
The charm of the Charles Perrault’s fairy tale, full of tenderness, wittiness and French elegance – this is a new production of the theatre.
Rigoletto
Musical drama in three acts
Yuri Alexandrov’s production boldly destroys the clichés that have developed during centuries of existence of one of Verdi’s most popular operas. The whole production focuses on the image of a mask, that sinister masquerade of life.
Shostakovich Favourites
The performance in two acts
The program of music by Dmitri Shostakovich prepared by The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera includes little known or rarely performed works by the composer made in different genres.
The familiar melodies of Italy
Concert in two parts
The new theatre’s concert program features so familiar and loved Italian music.
The grandeur of Russian Opera
Concert in two parts
The theatre’s leading soloists will perform masterpieces of the Russian classical music in one of the most beautiful palaces of St. Petersburg, the mansion of Baron von Derviz where the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera is located.
The Night of Old Russian Romances
Concert in two parts
Old Russian Romance is a wonderful genre. It emerged in the wake of Romanticism trends, and has not lost its popularity until today.
The Night of Romance
A concert in two parts
Luxurious and comfortable hall of the baron von Derviz mansion in which the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera theatre settled, perfectly fits the lyric mood of the Night of Romance.
The Night of Russian Romances
Concert in two parts
Special value is added to the Night of Russian Romance in the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera because of the unique atmosphere of the old cozy hall in Baron von Derviz Mansion, where the theatre is located.
The Rape of Lucretia
Musical tragedy with one intermission
Turning to the ancient plot in The Rape of Lucretia Benjamin Britten, impressed by the horrors of the Second World War, created the image of his time.
Similarly, Yuri Alexandrov, the director of the play, appeals to his own contemporaries.
The Walk on Broadway
Concert in two parts
The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera is happy to invite you to enjoy a walk along the New York Broadway. The company’s young soloists will accompany you, and wonderful music of the well-known Broadway musicals will be your guide.
The Young guard
Lyrical chronicle
A new performance of the theater “The Young guard” addressed primarily to our youth. This is a play about love, a lyrical chronicle of those whose lives were broken by the war, but also the performance-reflection, honest conversation about the present.
Theatre Gala Concert
Concert in two parts
The theatre’s leading soloists will perform masterpieces of the world classical music in one of the most beautiful palaces of St. Petersburg.
To remember
Opera-diptych
New performance of the theatre is opera-diptych. The first part of the “The Young guard”, created by the Julian Meytus, the theatre will show for the first time. A complete diptych opera “Crimea” (based on “Sevastopoltsy” by Marian Koval), already familiar to the audience.
Tosca
Opera in three acts
This opera is about everyone who plays, writes and creates, about those who life in both life and art, rather than making a difference between them. It is about the difficult relationship between the artist and the tyrant.
Vienna Melodies
Concert in two parts
The new program of The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera combines the these different faces of the European musical capital. Sophisticated melodies by Richard Strauss and sparkling hits by Johann Strauss, works by classical Viennese composers and charming songs and ballads by Schubert, Schumann and Liszt.
Viva Mozart!
Gala Concert in two parts
The old Baroque theatre will host enchanting music of the great Austrian: symphonic fragments and overtures, arias, duets and scenes from popular Mozart operas as well as rarely performed in Russia.
Viva Strauss!
Gala сoncert in two parts
The St. Petersburg Chamber Opera presents a new concert program Viva Strauss!. The concert program includes famous polkas, marches, quadrilles and the fragments of the most popular operettas of the King of Waltz.
World classic masterpieces
Gala concert in two parts
The theatre’s leading soloists will perform masterpieces of the world classical music in one of the most beautiful palaces of St. Petersburg, the mansion of Baron von Derviz where the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera is located.