January 6, 2026 —January 7, 2026

The musical score of the play «Winter Evening in Chamonix» is collected from the works of the most famous authors of operettas of the 19th and 20th centuries: Jacques Offenbach, Charles Lecoq, Imre Kalman, Franz Lehár, Johann Strauss, Franz von Suppe, Karl Millöcker, Rudolf Friml, Niko Dostal, Nikolai Strelnikov, Pal Abraham –all those who are called classics of the genre. The action takes place at a fashionable ski resort, where guests fall in love, dance and sing.

Stanislavsky Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater

December 12, 2025 –January 11, 2026

Spectators can expect impressive costumes, multimedia projections, amazing music and more than a hundred artists: figure skaters, gymnasts, acrobats. The main roles will be played by Olympic champions and world figure skating stars, who will turn the ice arena into a magical space where good defeats evil and dreams become reality.

Navka arena

14 December 2025 -11 January 2026

«The Nutcracker» by Andrei Petrov –these are not only fabulous battles between domestic mice and dolls brought to life under the Christmas tree, which children love so much... This is a humanistic story about the hopes of a growing soul, about the premonition of first love, about a desperate readiness to defend one’s happiness by entering into battle with the forces of evil and defeating them.
The performance is accompanied by the Radio Symphony Orchestra «Orpheus». Artistic director and chief conductor –Honored Artist of Russia Sergei Kondrashev.

Kremlin Palace

December 17, 2025 –January 11, 2026

The legendary Nutcracker on the Historical Stage of the Bolshoi Theater
The enchanting world of fairy tales, music and dance —magical ballet «The Nutcracker» in a production that has become a real theatrical legend.
Yuri Grigorovich's touch on a naive ballet fairy tale filled it with Hoffmannian mysticism and mystery. There is no tenderness in him «the Nutcracker». This ballet is not about the blissful kingdom of Confiturenburg, where sweets, nuts and marzipans are hung on the branches, but about the fantastic possessions of Drosselmeyer, in which beautiful princes invariably reign and good triumphs, but mouse kings and their army are immortal.

State Academic Bolshoi Theater

December 20, 2025 —January 4, 2026


Ballet P.I. Tchaikovsky «The Nutcracker» has long become a symbol of the New Year holiday. In his production, Yuri Posokhov returns to the fairy tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann and carefully re-reads the original source: the story of Marie and the Enchanted Prince —not only a holiday fairy tale, but also a parable about growing up, fear and overcoming it.


Stanislavsky Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater

24 december 2025

The joint project of the world famous violinist Vadim Repin and prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Svetlana Zakharova was first presented in 2014. A single dramatic line connects a series of violin pieces performed by Vadim Repin and choreographic numbers embodied by Svetlana Zakharova, Artemy Belyakov and Mikhail Lobukhin. The musical composition is based on the works of Paganini, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Moretti, Williams, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Piazzolla, Bizet —Waxman and Bazzini. The ballet numbers are choreographed by Marius Petipa, Asami Maki, Mauro Bigonzetti, MotokoHirayama, Mikhail Fokin, Artemy Belyakov and Johan Kobborg.


Tchaikovsky Concert Hall

December 25, 2025 —January 23, 2026

A bright, exciting, emotional and high-tech performance based on one of the greatest works of Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy. «Anna Karenina» —a masterpiece of world classics about the relationship between a man and a woman. The dramatic love story of married lady Anna Karenina and the brilliant young officer Alexei Vronsky unfolds against the backdrop of the splendor and luxury of noble life in the second half of the 19th century.

Operetta theater

December 27, 2025 —December 31, 2025

The libretto was written by Tatiana Kalinina based on «The Snow Queen» by Hans Christian Andersen –a fairy tale known to every child. Following the general outline of this fairy tale story, the authors significantly revised it. Some chapters were removed to make the action more dynamic and intelligible for the little viewer.

State Academic Bolshoi Theater (new stage)

December 25, 2025 –January 11, 2026

«Pushkin's Dreams» —the only large-scale theatrical circus show in Russia without animals, which has become a real cultural event. 120 thousand spectators have already fallen in love with «Pushkin's Dreams»!
The show will be appreciated by family audiences, sophisticated audiences, as well as those who are far from the circus and theater. Little viewers will be delighted, and adults will again believe in magic!

USZ FRIENDSHIP

December 27 —January 4, 2026

The beautiful love story of Snow White —current Olympic Champion, world and European champion Anna Shcherbakova and her prince —Russian Champion —Vladislav Dikidzhiv once again proves that love will save not only Snow White, but the entire fairy-tale world. As the King —2-time Olympic Champion, 2-time Olympic silver medalist, 3-time World Champion, 7-time European Champion and 10-time Russian Champion —Evgeni Plushenko, as well as Elena Kostyleva, Alexander Plushenko and other current champions.

VTB Arena

From 1 September to 30 December

The themes and subjects of the works reflect the history of Russia from Kievan Rus to the abolition of serfdom by Emperor Alexander II in 1861. The best artists of that time were involved in the creation of historical paintings: S.V. Ivanov, V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsov, I.Ya. Bilibin, B.M. Kustodiev, D.N. Kardovsky, V.A. Serov, A.N. Benoit, E.E. Lanceray and M.W. Dobuzhinsky

Gallery of Ilya Glazunov

December 27 —January 4, 2026

«Christmas Gala-Vivaldi Seasons» with the Mozartorchestra, choir, Organist of the Sistine Chapel (Vatican) Riccardo Tiberia and conductor A. Dagostini (Italy) —this is a unique concert of the greatest Baroque classics in historical costumes of the 18th century!

Moscow Conservatory

30 december 2025


Best New Year's concert in Moscow —all the best, favorite and popular (bestofthebest!): waltzes, polkas and marches by Strauss —«Tales of the Vienna Woods», «On the beautiful blue Danube», «Radetzky March», «Kankan» Offenbach, arias and duets from great operettas —«Die Fledermaus», «Vienna Blood», «Merry Widow» and megahits of popular and New Year's music —Jingle Bells, We Wish You a MerryChristmas, Buongiorno, O Solemio and much more!

House of Music

January 2, 2026 —January 4, 2026

The creators of the ice show with ballet «The Nutcracker» Yana Rudkovskaya and EvgenimozhnayaPlushenko believe that this show in its classic version is watched every year; ballet has long become a family New Year's tradition, now accessible to everyone, breaking through the walls of the theater and becoming a larger-scale production, combining figure skating and classical ballet in one space LIVE ARENA.


Live arena

4 January 2026

The musical was written specifically for the Moscow Operetta Theater. His group of authors included the famous Russian composer Arkady Ukupnik, who for the first time in his work turns to the genre of the musical, as well as the recognized playwright and poet Karen Kavaleryan, with whom the theater has been collaborating for many years.

Operetta theater