Featuring Anzhelika Minasova, Yevgeny Akimov, Natalia Yevstafieva, Vladislav Sulimsky, Andrei Zorin
Featuring Maharram Huseynov, Jihoon Son, Miroslav Molchanov, Irina Churilova, Yekaterina Krapivina, Kira Loginova, Vitaly Yankovsky, Yevgeny Chernyadiev
Featuring Ekaterina Sannikova, Akhmed Agadi, Yevgeny Nikitin
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Irina Mataeva, Gamid Abdulov, Yaroslav Petryanik, Oleg Sychov, Zlata Bulycheva, Marina Tekhteleva
Featuring Olga Pudova, Yevgeny Akimov, Alexander Gerasimov, Elena Ushakova, Nadezhda Vassilieva
Featuring Tatiana Serjan, Sergei Skorokhodov, Vladislav Sulimsky
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Olga Kotlyarova (organ), Elena Serova (cembalo)
The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici
Featuring Roman Shirokikh, Andrei Popov, Yekaterina Shimanovich, Oleg Sychov, Anatoly Mikhailov, Ilya Bannik
Featuring Anton Khalansky, Alexander Trofimov, Marina Mareskina, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Anatoly Mikhailov, Pavel Shmulevich
Featuring Anton Khalansky, Sergei Semishkur, Anzhelika Minasova, Yuri Vorobiev, Anatoly Mikhailov, Yakov Strizhak
Featuring Alexei Timofeyev, Elena Yevseyeva, Yaroslav Baibordin
Featuring Philipp Stepin, Yekaterina Osmolkina, Maxim Izmestiev
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici
opera by Richard Strauss (III act, concert performance)
Featuring Xeniya Grigorieva, Edem Umerov, Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Roman Shirokikh, Olga Savova
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Gleb Peryazev, Miroslav Molchanov, Antonina Vesenina, Anzhelika Minasova, Alexander Mikhailov, Yakov Strizhak, Yulia Suleimanova, Stepan Zavalishin
Featuring Elena Stikhina, Sergei Skorokhodov, Vladislav Sulimsky, Anna Kiknadze
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Valeria Lebedieva, Gamid Abdulov, Daryana Bobarykina, Alexander Gontsa
Featuring Alexandra Khiteeva, Nikita Korneyev, Yevgeny Deryabin
Featuring Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Tatiana Serjan, Alexander Trofimov, Zinaida Tsarenko
Featuring Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Yekaterina Krapivina, Kristina Kapitsyna, Maxim Daminov, Isabella Andriasyn, Gamid Abdulov, Natalia Yevstafieva, Anton Perminov
Today, on 22 May, the Mariinsky Theatre opens the XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights with a grand celebration. Year after year the festival draws the attention of audiences from around the world who cherish musical and theatrical art. Stars of the White Nights remains one of the most prominent and anticipated cultural events of the Mariinsky Theatre – the culmination of its entire season. This year’s festival runs from 22 May to 3 August, with events scheduled across all of the theatre’s St Petersburg stages
The Mariinsky Theatre mourns the passing of the legendary choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, who died today at the age of 98. With his departure, an entire era in the history of ballet draws to a close. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues at this time of profound sorrow
On 22 May one of the most anticipated premieres in recent years will take place on the New Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre: Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece Norma will finally receive its long-awaited stage production. The production is directed by the renowned stage director Sergey Novikov. The grand premiere of Norma will formally open the XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights, the theatre’s most important annual event and the highlight of the season. Further performances will follow on 23 and 24 May (at 13:00 and 19:00)
On 14 May the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will present the premiere of a new production of Modest Musorgsky’s comic opera Sorochintsy Fair. Directed and choreographed by Ilya Ustyantsev, the staging features sets by Yekaterina Malinina, costumes by Maria Sedykh and lighting by Vadim Brodsky. The production is conducted by Valery Gergiev
On 20 April the Mariinsky Ballet Company will perform for the first time at the Erik Sapaev Mari State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Yoshkar-Ola. This landmark appearance will serve as the official opening of the All-Russian Competition for Ballet Artists and Choreographers. Audiences will be treated to an evening of celebrated one-act ballets by Michel Fokine: Chopiniana, Le Spectre de la rose, The Dying Swan and Scheherazade, performed by leading soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre