Featuring Kristina Shapran, Anastasia Lukina, Anastasia Asaben, Vadim Belyaev, Ivan Sotnikov, Anton Osetrov
Featuring Ekaterina Kondaurova, Renata Shakirova, Kimin Kim, Yekaterina Osmolkina, Daria Ustyuzhanina, Maria Shevela, Ramanbek Beishenaliev, Trofim Malanov, Halid Mardini
Featuring Yevgeny Akimov, Gelena Gaskarova, Antonina Vesenina, Dmitry Voropaev, Vladislav Kupriyanov, Daria Riabokon
Featuring Sergei Semishkur, Maria Bayankina, Anna Denisova, Denis Zakirov, Sergei Romanov, Yekaterina Sergeyeva
Featuring Aigul Khismatullina, Zinaida Tsarenko, Vyacheslav Vasiliev, Yevgeny Akhmedov, Dmitry Grigoriev, Andrei Zorin, Yuri Vlasov
Featuring Vadim Kravets, Angelina Akhmedova, Gelena Gaskarova, Varvara Solovyova, Viktoria Yastrebova, Klim Tikhonov, Yaroslav Petryanik
Featuring Sergei Umanetc, Anastasia Kaplina, Lada Sartakova, Denis Klepikov
Featuring Zinaida Tsarenko, Alexey Markov
Featuring Yuri Zinnurov, Daria Bykova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Alexei Golubov
Featuring Yulia Matochkina, Mikhail Vekua, Yevgeny Nikitin, Stanislav Trofimov
Featuring Renata Shakirova, Anna Samostrelova, Shizuru Kato, Razmik Marukyan
Featuring Irina Churilova, Yulia Matochkina, Sergei Skorokhodov, Stanislav Trofimov, Mikhail Petrenko
Featuring Elena Stikhina, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Alexey Markov, Yuri Vorobiev, Alexander Nikitin
Featuring Lada Sartakova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Sergei Umanetc, Sergei Borovykh
Featuring Dmitry Golovnin, Yekaterina Solovyova, Oleg Sychov, Olga Savova, Gamid Abdulov, Maxim Daminov, Yekaterina Sergeyeva
Featuring Anna Samostrelova, Alexandra Shalimova, Ruslan Stenyushkin, Erlan Suyunbek
Featuring Lada Sartakova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Sergei Umanetc, Sergei Borovykh
On 25 and 26 July the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will host the premiere of a new production of Sorochintsy Fair, the final opera by Modest Musorgsky. This staging will mark the closing premiere of the Mariinsky Theatre’s 242nd season. The production is directed and choreographed by Ilya Ustyantsev, with set design by Yekaterina Malinina, costume technology by Maria Sedykh, and lighting by Vadim Brodsky. Its musical director is Valery Gergiev
Every year the Music Festival Stars of the White Nights brings together the leading lights of the international opera stage – brilliant artists whose names have long become synonymous with artistry and excellence. This July, audiences can look forward to an exceptional constellation of world-renowned performers. Featured in opera productions at the Mariinsky Theatre will be Ambrogio Maestri, Albina Shagimuratova, Hibla Gerzmava, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Olga Borodina, Vladislav Sulimsky, Mikhail Petrenko, Sergei Skorokhodov, Alexey Markov, Dmitry Korchak, Tatiana Serjan and Irina Churilova
On 26 June the awards ceremony for the II Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers and Conductors took place at the Petrovsky Travel Palace in Moscow.
Soloists of the Mariinsky Orchestra, Alexey Krasheninnikov (violin) and Eduard Kiprsky (piano), were among the winners in the composition category. Krasheninnikov was awarded 2nd prize and a Silver Medal, while Kiprsky received 3rd prize and a Bronze Medal as well as the special prize for the best piano work
On 4, 5 and 6 July the New Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will host one of the most anticipated premieres of the XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights – Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani, adapted by the renowned Bulgarian bass and opera director Orlin Anastassov. The production team includes set and costume designer Denis Ivanov, choreographer Yulia Smirnova, chorus master Konstantin Rylov and principal répétiteur Yuri Kokko. The production is under the musical direction of Valery Gergiev
On 9 and 10 June the Mariinsky Ballet Company will tour the Armenian capital of Yerevan. The performances will take place on an open-air stage in Tumanyan Park. On the first evening the programme will feature one-act ballets by Michel Fokine; on the second evening audiences will enjoy a ballet divertissement drawn from masterpieces of the world repertoire. The tour will feature stars of the St Petersburg ballet stage alongside rising young artists. The Mariinsky Orchestra will be conducted by Arseny Shuplyakov