Day 9 - Ballet in Catherine's Theatre in the Hermitage

I'm slowly catching up with posts a week after getting home, now the jet lag seems to be beaten.
On our first evening in St. Petersburg, we went to the ballet, Swan Lake, in the theatre Catherine the Great built onto the Winter Palace. It was pretty special. Though we thought the backup dancers were a bit off tempo, the head swan was elegant and absolutely beautiful. The surroundings were rather good. Still very light at 11pm when we got out.

 Sometimes a chandelier is the only option

A quartet greeted us in the antechamber and played in the intermission