
to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

to music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Sergei Prokofiev

Adolphe Adam

Adolphe Adam

Arif Melikov


to music by Anatoly Korolyov

Aram Khachaturyan

to music by Valery Gavrilin

Herman Severin Levenskiold

Boris Asafiev

to music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Leo Delibes

to music by Alfred Schnitke

Ludwig Minkus

Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Glazunov

Yuri Krasavin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

to music by Sergei Prokofiev

Cesare Pugni

to music by Dmitri Shostakovich

Ludwig Minkus

Ilya Demutsky

Ludvig Minkus, Edouard Deldevez

to music by Frederic Chopin

Joby Talbot

to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Alfred Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam

Ilya Demutsky

to music by Edward Elgar, Philip Glass, Lera Auerbach and Eleha Kats-Chernin

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The world premiere of the ballet was held on the 10th of April 2014 at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The production was realised together with the National Ballet of Canada, so soon The Winter’s Tale was watched by the public in Toronto. The appreciation of the audience facilitated the demonstration of the ballet in cinemas around the world and then its release on DVD. Nowadays it is considered to be the most successful ballet production of our time. Having received this status, it entered the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theatre, where it was first shown on the 4th of April 2019.
Premiered on April 4, 2019.
Libretto by Christopher Wheeldon after the play of the same name by William Shakespeare
In loving memory of Peter Wheeldon, my Father, 1935–2014
Christopher Wheeldon
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Tuesday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Tuesday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Saturday, 12:00
Friday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Saturday, 12:00
Prologue
Two kings separated as children are reunited in adulthood. One king, Leontes of Sicilia, marries Hermione, giving her a beautiful emerald. They have a son, Mamilllius, and are blissfully happy. The other king, Polixenes of Bohemia, visits the court of Leontes. He is delighted to be reunited with his old friend and stays for nine months. By the time of his departure, Hermione is about to give birth to her second child.