A night at the Ballet

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We had originally booked to go to the Faberge museum after our day tour but we were informed two weeks before we were due to go that the museum would be closed due to the building being taken over for an economic summit. Our second choice was available if we wanted to go to see the ballet so we jumped at the chance. The venue for the night was the Alexandrinsky Theatre which was built for the Imperial troupe to perform which was established by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna in 1756 in St. Petersburg. It opened its doors in 1832 and was named after Tzarina Alexandra Fyodorovna. It is quite a majestic looking building with columns at the front of it.It is the oldest theatre in Russia. The ballet we watched was Swan lake. It was divided into three scenes and started dead on 8PM. We were so fortunate as we were given front row seats so we had a fantastic view of the stage and the leg work of the ballerina's. The orchestra pit was right in front of us it was interesting to watch the very talented musicians performing and the dancers dancing to the music. The stage set was superb. The decor inside is quite ostentatious with lots of red and gold in the great auditorium. The acoustics were fantastic in the hall. The dancing was absolutely superb despite the fact that it did not end until 11PM we were too excited to even think about tiredness as we had been on the go since 5 AM. Was it worth it. Oh boy was it just. I would have loved to have done it all again the very next day. The photo is of the performers taking their final curtain call.