Piotr Tchaikovsky wrote about this ballet, "The plot is so poetic and cut out for music that my composing was accompanied with tremendous delight and enthusiasm which generally determine the value of any work." The outcome seems to have exceeded all expectations: The Sleeping Beauty. Choreographed by Marius Petipa and first produced in 1890, was to mark the beginning of a new era in the development of ballet. Grand pageantry, lavish decorations and a superb performance of ballet artists – all these indispensable attributes are duly found in our theatre's production as well.

 

 

The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre is a national budgetary institution committed to organizing the creation and production of scenic works for musical theatre and assuring their public performance on the highest artistic level. The theatre operates as an institution founded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.