Dance performance
Choreography of a Lost Meaning based on Albert Camus' novel
"The Outsider" is a project of the Context festival of the modern dance. Diana Vishneva and Elektrotheatr Stanislavsky - a collaboration between dance and theater, a dramatic and choreographic manifesto that explores the human experience and society in the face of meaninglessness.
Stanislavsky Electrotheatre
(23 Tverskaya Street, Building 1)
20-21 December, Sat-Sun, 20:00
Musical biopic, 18+
Do you know Vivaldi? Of course. But do you know his story—a true story full of passion, irony, and unexpected twists? This performance is not a music lesson, but a vivid journey into the Baroque era, where Antonio Vivaldi is portrayed as a living person, a genius, and a rebel.
Smirnov Mansion Egyptian Hall
(Tverskoy Boulevard, 18s1)
23 November, Sun, 12:00, 18:00
Opera in three acts, in Russian, 12+
The composer's libretto is based on Nikolai Gogol's poem of the same name. The premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre took place on June 7, 1977. The production will be completely revamped on November 22, 2025.
Bolshoi Theatre
Historic scene
(Teatralnaya Square, 1)
Musical, 2 h. 30 min., with 1 interm., 12+
Spectacular, breathtaking, emotional, and high-tech show based on a masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is a classic literary masterpiece about the relationship between a man and a woman.
Operetta Theater
Main Stage
(6 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street)
Show, 18+
The show is inspired by the golden age of cabaret and circus art, a time that blurred the lines between magic and reality. The main character of the show, a charismatic entertainer, will immerse you in a surreal universe full of transformations and mysteries. A world where madness becomes a reality!
Crave Theater
(15b2 Lubyansky Proyezd)
27 November, Thu, 13:00
Ballet in 3 acts, 3 hours 10 min., 12+
Composer Sergei Prokofiev. Libretto by L. Lavrovsky, S. Radlov, S. Prokofiev, and A. Piotrovsky, based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare.
Bolshoi Theatre
Historic scene
(Teatralnaya Square, 1)
10 December, Wen, 19:00
Performance-concert, 12+
Exclusive premiere! A musical parable in the mysterious spaces of the Smirnov Mansion. Directed by Nina Chusova. If you're looking for something more than just entertainment. If you want to heal and fill your soul with light. If you want to learn to see with a keen heart again, then welcome to our unique performance.
Smirnov Mansion Egyptian Hall
(Tverskoy Boulevard, 18b1)
28-29 January, Wed-Thu, 19:00
Opera, in Russian, 3 h. 25 min., with 1 interm., 16+
The premiere of Tchaikovsky's opera, directed by Alexander Titel and Christian Knapp. Tchaikovsky's majestic opera takes us back to the pivotal year of 1429 during the Hundred Years' War.
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre
Main stage-MAMT
(17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street)
5 & 24 December, Fri & Wed, 19:00
24 January, Sat, 15:00 & 19:00
Theatre show, 2 hrs. with 1 interm., 18+
Live paintings are more than a show. They are a gallery come to life. They are an emotion that can be experienced here and now. Art has transcended its boundaries. It has gone beyond them. This is its limitless power.
Plushchikha Theatre Centre
(64/6b.1 Plyushchikha Street)
18 December, Thu, 19:00
10 June, Wen, 19:00
Dance performance1 h. 50 min., with 1 interm., 16+
Reverse metamorphosis: a biobot gains a soul. A dance performance by Olga Labovkina, one of the most prominent choreographers of Russian contemporary dance. Unexpectedly and uncharacteristically for this short format, it is divided into two acts, but this is absolutely justified, because the two acts represent two different worlds.
Novaya Opera Theater
Hermitage Gardenquot;
(3 Karetny Ryad Street, Building 2)
Ballet Premiere, 12+
The Laboratory of Contemporary Dance. The performance will take place on the stage of the New Opera House, where not only the artists but also the audience will be accommodated. This is a project in which the dancers and teachers of the company try their hand at directing. Inspired by the new experience of dance in the theater's high-profile premieres, equipped with the most modern dance techniques and styles, the company's artists and teachers are discovering new facets of the multidimensional art of contemporary dance.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes without an intermission
Novaya Opera Theater
Hermitage Garden
(3 Karetny Ryad str., building 2)
