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Concerts and the ballet

  • March 5, 2004
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Punkyl44 from USA, California
I saw two performances at the Mariinseky and enjoyed them both. I really enjoyed hearing the 1812 Overture played in Russia! The ballet was also wonderful.

A tip to travelers: If you buy tickets through your hotel or a tourist place in the city you will get completely ripped off on the tickets. I was a student so I was able to get student tickets at the box office for $10. I watched a couple in front of me buy full price tickets for $40. They were foreigners but spoke enough Russian to get tickets. At the performance we sat next to some other Americans who had paid $100 per ticket through their tour group! So, beware! If you can get a local to buy you the tickets, do it. They have special rates (or something).

From journal Five Weeks in Russia

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Mariinskiy Theater

  • June 6, 2000
  • Rated 2 of 5 by barbara from Atlanta, Georgia
The Mariinskiy theater is beautiful with its gold gilded balconies and lush hallways. It was wonderful fun to get dressed up (evening dress; suit) for a night at the Opera. Unfortunately for me, however, I discovered I don’t like the Opera! We saw a four hour long presentation of Rimsky Korsakov’s Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maide Fevronia. I was most grateful for the champagne and ice cream that was available during intermission! And I know I wasn’t the only one because at one particularly quiet moment, I distinctly heard a gentleman on our row of seats let out the not-so-quiet grumble of a snore! On the other hand, there were several people in our group, classical music and opera aficionados, who were completely entranced. And I would admit that the music was absolutely beautiful---just not my thing. It’s too bad, too, because St. Petersburg was home to many great composers, Tchaikovsky included, whose work is often performed in the theaters. I actually found that a young boy about six years old in the red-velveted balcony above me the most interesting thing to watch. Obviously exposed to a great deal of culture and proper theater etiquette, he was completely focused on the show, his family silent around him, until the third act when he put his head on his mother’s shoulder, and promptly fell asleep. Unlike the man in our row, however, the boy was a quiet dreamer, and didn’t add to the noise of the singers at all.

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