Featuring Dmitry Golovnin, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Oleg Sychov, Olga Savova, Gamid Abdulov, Maxim Daminov, Yekaterina Sergeyeva
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Anna Samostrelova, Alexandra Shalimova, Ruslan Stenyushkin, Erlan Suyunbek
Featuring Lada Sartakova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Sergei Umanetc, Sergei Borovykh
Featuring Anastasia Lukina, Anna Samostrelova, Razmik Marukyan, Sergei Amanbaev
Featuring Irina Sapozhnikova, Lada Sartakova, Shizuru Kato, Denis Klepikov
Featuring Roman Burdenko, Yakov Strizhak, Roman Shirokikh, Ekaterina Sannikova
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Vladislav Kupriyanov, Miroslav Molchanov, Yaramir Nizamutdinov, Oxana Shilova
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Roman Burdenko, Maharram Huseynov, Roman Shirokikh, Lana Kos
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Irina Sapozhnikova, Razmik Marukyan, Yuri Zinnurov, Maria Bulanova
Featuring Sergei Skorokhodov, Elena Stikhina, Yulia Matochkina, Yevgeny Nikitin, Mikhail Petrenko
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Anna Samostrelova, Sergei Umanetc, Sergei Borovykh, Maria Bulanova
Featuring Yuri Zinnurov, Milana Filimonova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Shizuru Kato
Featuring Sergei Umanetc, Elizaveta Bykova, Anna Samostrelova, Alexei Golubov
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