The last autumn month’s playbill at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre is filled with exciting events, new repertoire additions, and premiere productions.
The November series of performances will open with the “School Holidays at the Mariinsky Theatre” project events, offering family-friendly productions based on fairy tales and classical literature: the opera Eugene Onegin (November 1, 2025) and the ballet The Sleeping Beauty (November 2 and 3, 2025) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (November 4, 2025), the opera for younger audiences The Little Prince by Leonid Klinichev (November 1, 2025), and Town Musicians of Bremen (November 2 and 3, 2025).
The rich programme of the month will continue with classical productions that adorn the billboards of the world’s leading opera houses: Carmen by Bizet (November 7, 2025), Tosca by Puccini (November 9, 2025), the outstanding premiere of the last season Il trovatore by Verdi (November 14 and 16, 2025), the one-act burlesque opera Mavra by Stravinsky (November 20 and 21, 2025), the operetta Die Fledermaus by Strauss II (November 26 and 28, 2025), and Rigoletto by Verdi (November 31, 2025).
In November, the Primorsky Stage Ballet Company will present a vibrant, sparkling premiere of October, La fille mal gardée (November 8, 2025 at 14:00 and 19:00) staged by the legendary choreographer Oleg Vinogradov, People’s Artist of the USSR; the adventure ballet Le Corsaire by Adam (November 6, 2025); the timeless classic Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky (November 13, 2025) and La Bayadère by Minkus (November 27, 2025); the playbill also contains the performance which has become part of the Golden Pool of the Russian Theatrical Productions, A Thousand and One Nights by Amirov (November 15, 2025 at 15:00 and 19:00); 20th century productions Phaedra and The Firebird (November 30, 2025 at 14:00 and 19:00). The centennial anniversary of Maya Plisetskaya will be commemorated with a programme that includes Shchedrin’s ballet Konyok-Gorbunok (The Little Humpbacked Horse) (November 22, 2025), as well as two evenings of the Carmen Suite ballet (November 20 and 21, 2025).
The premiere of the project “Yesenin – 130: Sviridov. Smelkov” (November 22 and 23, 2025), marking the 130th anniversary of the great Russian poet’s birth and 100th anniversary of his death, will come as a special highlight of the playbill. The concert programme will include the world premiere of the God’s Pipe cantata by the renowned St Petersburg composer Alexander Smelkov.
The November repertoire of the Chamber Hall includes performances for the whole family, namely The Little Prince by Klinichev (November 15, 2025), Town Musicians of Bremen by Gladkov (November 29, 2025 at 12:00 and 15:00), The Turnip by Sagdiev (November 8, 2025 at 12:00 and 14:00).
