We went to see the Leningrad State Ballet over the New Year break. It was our first time to watch ballet, and it was pretty good.
It was a special holiday show. and they did a kind of Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits - the best scenes from the Nutcracker Suite, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty. Megumi liked Swan Lake the best - I preferred the Nutcracker, but it was all impressive.
LOTS of people were sleeping all around us - the warmth and the comfy seats must have done it, rather than the quality of the entertainment.
Offcial site is here (LINK).
we too went for a bit of hi-culcha in 2004. we saw the new york opera perform wagners' flying dutchman in ikebukuro. i hated it but again lots of people snoozed peacefully throughout.
davey