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Nightclubs
6 TOP 10 VENUES FOR BALLET, OPERA,
St Petersburg is second only
to Moscow for its nightlife. The city THEATRE AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
has clubs for every taste, from the
arty Fish Fabrique to the popular
Purga (see p71).
Live Rock Music
7
St Petersburg was the
birth place of some of Russia’s
finest perestroika-era rock groups,
inclu ding the enigmatic Kino. Venues
like Fish Fabrique (see p71) and Mikhailovsky Theatre
Griboedov (see p105) continue to 1 Mariinskiy Theatre
host exciting new groups. A world-famous venue for ballet and
Football
8 opera (see pp20–21).
2 Mikhaylovskiy Theatre
St Petersburg’s local team
Zenit play at the Petrovskiy Stadium MAP N3 • Ploshchad Iskusstv 1
• 595 4305
(see p99), and regularly feature in the Daily performances of opera and ballet.
Champions League. 3 Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
An opera, ballet and classical music
venue (see p85).
4 Octyabrsky Concert Hall
MAP F4 • Ligovskiy prospekt 6
• 275 1273
Matinees and eve ning performances
of music shows, plays and ballets.
5 St Petersburg Opera
MAP B4 • Galernaya ulitsa 33 • 312
3982
Performances of less com mon works,
such as 18th-century cham ber operas.
6 Dom Kochnevoy
MAP P4 • Nab. Reki Fontanki 41
• 310 2987
A classical music venue on the bank
of the Fontanka river.
Zenit football match
7 Alexandriinsky Theatre
Wandering “Piter”
9 MAP N4 • Pl Ostrovskovo 2 • 312 2545
Theatre showing a wide range of plays,
St Petersburg, or “Piter”, is a
city made for walking: from a wander from Chekhov to modern playwrights.
up Nevskiy prospekt and along the 8 Main Hall of the Shostakovich
city’s canals to a stroll during the Philharmonia
“White Nights” in mid-summer when MAP N3 • Mikhaylovskaya ulitsa 2
• 312 9871
the sun never fully sets, the city’s sky- A great place to see classical mu sic.
line is always impre ssive (see pp10–11).
9 Small Hall of the Shostakovich
White Nights Festival
0 Philharmonia
MAP N3 • Nevskiy prospekt 30
Running from May to July, this
festival of ballet, opera and classical • 571 8333
A charming 19th-century concert hall.
music attracts hundreds of thousands
of tourists. Scarlet Sails is a festival 10 Academic Capella
MAP M2 • Nab. Reki Moyki 20
highlight, with ships cruising along • 314 1058
the Neva amidst a terrific firework A historic venue for classical concerts.
display (see p62).
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