Estonian National Opera

Ballets

Ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker

Ben Stevenson’s wondrous stage production starts the Christmas month at the Estonian National Opera! Even the most impossible dreams turn into a marvellous and tantalizing reality. Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music takes the viewer with Clara to the magical world of sweets, the Mouse King, toy soldiers, flying chefs, the giant Christmas tree, Christmas evening and dancing.
Short ballets by George Balanchine and Mai Murdmaa

Tchaikovsky’s Masterpieces

As the ballet event of the fall season, the Estonian National Ballet presents an homage to the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky on 20 November. George Balanchine’s “Serenade” and Mai Murdmaa’s “Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6” will take the stage.
Ballet by Gianluca Schiavoni

Alice in Wonderland

Missing a step on a ladder can transport you to a fairyland, where there is no end to wonders… Come and join Alice in Wonderland together with the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, March Hare, the Queen of Hearts and other wondrous characters!
Ballet by Teet Kask

Louis XIV – the Sun King

The work focuses on the historical and artistic heritage of one of the brightest and most versatile people in the history, on his personality, and on the powerful realm he created as a symbol of theatre.
Ballet by Eduard Tubin

The Goblin

“The Goblin” is the first Estonian ballet as well as Eduard Tubin’s first work for a music theatre. The work is based on a mythical character from Estonian folklore, the Goblin, whose sole purpose is to serve his greedy master, the Farmer, in obtaining riches.
Children’s ballet by Gyula Harangozó to the music of Tibor Kocsak

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs

One of the best known Hungarian Choreographers and Stage Directors Gyula Harangozó, and a popular Hungarian musical designer Kentaur, have staged an unbelievably cheerful and dashing family ballet “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs” at the Estonian National Opera.
Ballet by Marina Kesler to the music of Dmitry Shostakovich

Anna Karenina

Tolstoy’s great prose masterwork towers over the western literary canon as one of the most riveting works of fiction ever written. Marina Kesler has adapted this demanding novel as a ballet, giving the heroine of the piece a voice through the powerful music of Shostakovich.
Short ballets by Jevgeni Grib

Picasso and Tango

On 18 October, Jevgeni Grib’s short ballets “Picasso” and “Tango” that premiered on New Year’s Eve, will be back in the repertoire.
Ballet by Adolphe Adam

Giselle

Since its premiere, “Giselle” has inspired generations of choreographers and has become the epitome of romantic ballet. It was immediately declared not only a worthy successor to the ballet “La Sylphide” but also “the greatest ballet of its time”, wonderfully fusing music, movement and drama.
Ballet by Tiit Härm to the music of Gustav Mahler

Twilight Houses

The ballet is about feelings, their beauty and pain, and spiritual and sensual love. It is the story of two young people with a passionate spark of life, who, while reaching towards each other, hope to overcome the stuffy stagnation of the sense and way of life of the Baltic-German nobility and to live boldly and freely.
Ballet by Ludwig Minkus

La Bayadère

“La Bayadère” is a story of eternal love, vengeance, and justice. The ballet recounts the story of the impossible love between a temple dancer (bayadère) Nikiya and the noble warrior Solor.
Gala

International Dance Day Gala

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Gala

Tallinn Ballet School Gala

Dashing gala by the graduates and students of the Tallinn Ballet School.
Ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake

As one of the quintessential ballets of all time, “Swan Lake” offers an unforgettable experience of romance, virtuoso dancing and Tchaikovsky’s magnificent music.
Maurice Ravel’s evening of short arrangements

Ravel:Ravel

“Ravel:Ravel” is a surreal game where you can cheat for beauty and where Ravel’s love affair with music ends up in a crazy whirlwind of spectacle, dreamt of by children and yearned for by grown-ups.

Popular stagings

Ballets For young people

The Nutcracker
Ballets For young people

Alice in Wonderland
Ballets

Louis XIV – the Sun King
Operas

Don Pasquale
Ballets

Giselle
Operas

La traviata