THEATERS AND CONCERT VENUES IN ST. PETERSBURG

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"St. Petersburg Billboard" (Entertainment listings)

Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater
(formerly known as the Kirov Opera and Ballet)

Address: Teatralnaya Ploschad 1
Telephone: 114-52-64, 114-12-11
Box-office open: 11 am to 6:30 pm
Matinee performances begin at 11:30 am
Evening performances begin at 6:30 pm unless announced otherwise.

No performances at the Mariinsky Theater in September

Mussorgsky Opera and Ballet Theater

Address: Ploschad Iskusstv 1
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 314-37-58
Box-office open: 11 am to 3 pm and 4 pm to 7:15 pm
Performances begin at 7 pm unless announced otherwise.

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Hermitage Theater
(Ermitazny Teatr)

Address: Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya 34
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 311-34-65
Box-office open:
Performances begin at 7 pm unless announced otherwise.

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Aleksandrinsky Theater

Address: Ploschad Ostrovskovo 2, just off Nevsky Prospekt
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 315-44-64
Box office open:
Performances begin at 7 pm or 7:30 pm (check your tickets or inquire at the box-office)

No current listings for Aleksandrinsky Theater

St. Petersburg Opera

Address: Galernaya Ulitsa 13 (performances at various locations)
Telephone: 315-67-69
Performances take place at different locations and begin at 7 pm unless announced otherwise

Shostakovich (Large) Philharmonic Hall
(Bolshoi Zal Filarmonii imeni Shostakovicha)

Address: Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa 2 (opposite Grand Hotel Europe)
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 110-42-57
Box -office open: 11 am to 3 pm and 4 pm to 7:30 pm
Concerts begin at 4 pm and 7 pm

Glinka (Small) Philharmonic Chamber Hall
(Maly Zal Filarmonii imeni Glinki)

Address: Nevsky Prospekt 30
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 312-45-85
Box-office open: 11 am to 3 pm and 4 pm to 8 pm
Concerts begin at 3 pm and 7 pm

St. Petersburg State Capella
(Kapella)

Address: Naberezhnaya Reki Moiki 20, just off the Palace Square
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor (exit to Kanal Griboyedova)
Telephone: 314-10-58
Box-office open: noon to 3 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm
Concerts begin at 7 pm unless announced otherwise

Smolny Cathedral
(Smolny Sobor)

Address: Ploschad Rastrelli 3/1
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Telephone: 271-76-32
Box-office open: 11 am to 5 pm
Concerts begin as advertised

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (home of the Municipal Cultural Center)
(Dvorets Beloselskikh-Beozerskikh)

Address: Nevsky Prospekt 41
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 315-52-36
Box-office open:
Concerts and performances begin as advertised

Children's Philharmonic Hall
(Detskaya Filarmonia)

Address: Dumskaya Ulitsa 1/3, just off Nevsky Prospekt
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt
Telephone: 219-41-75
Box-office open:
Concerts begin as advertised

If you are fluent in Russian, you might consider attending a drama performance at one of the following theaters (note that this list is far from being complete):

Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater
(Bolshoi Dramatichesky Teatr imeni Tovstonogova)

Address: Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 310-04-01
Box-office open:
All shows start at 7 pm

Maly Drama Theater
(Maly Dramatichesky Teatr)

Address: Ulitsa Rubinshteina 18
Metro: Dostoyevskaya
Telephone: 113-20-28
Box-office open:
Shows start at 7 pm unless announced otherwise

Aleksandrinsky Drama Theater

Address: Ploschad Ostrovskovo 2
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 315-44-64
Box-office open:
Shows start at 7 pm unless announced otherwise

Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater

Address: Italianskaya Ulitsa 19
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 315-53-55
Box-office open:
Shows start at 7 pm uless announced otherwise

Molodiozhny Drama Theater

Address: Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki 114
Metro: Tekhnologichesky Institut
Telephone: 316-68-70
Box-office open:
Shows start at 7 pm unless announced otherwise

Priyut Komedianta Theater

Address: Malaya Morskaya Ulitsa 16
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 312-53-52
Box-office open:
Shows start at 7 pm unless announce otherwise

St. Petersburg Music Hall

Address: Aleksandrovsky Park 4
Metro: Gorkovskaya
Telephone: 232-94-66
Box-office open:
Shows start at 7 pm unless announced otherwise

Oktiabrsky Concert Hall

This is the largest concert hall in town (sports arenas excluded) and thus is very popular with foreign and Russian stars on tour. From Ploschad Vosstania Metro walk 400 yards North along Ligovsky Prospekt.

Address: Ligovsky Prospekt 6
Metro: Ploschad Vosstania
Telephone: 275-12-75
Box-office open: 11 am to 8 pm
Concerts begin at 7 pm unless announced otherwise

St. Petersburg Concert Hall

Address: Ploschad Lenina 1
Metro: Ploschad Lenina
Telephone: 542-09-44
Box-office open:
Concerts begin at 7 pm unless announced otherwise