I don't know what the Mariinsky Theater can be com...

I don't know what the Mariinsky Theater can be compared to, except with the Bolshoi in Moscow. But I was not there, so I won't even compare. There was an impression of complete delight both from the performance and from the general atmosphere of the theater. And prices ... well, there are such, although, in principle, they are quite lifting. I advise you not just to go, but to visit regularly.