March at the Mariinsky is going to be very eventful: having started with the opera premiere of Nabucco, it continues with the ballet. The long-awaited Pharaoh's Daughter is to premiere very soon. The new production will be presented on the new stage on March 24, 25 and twice on March 26. The story of an amazing journey to Ancient Egypt was Marius Petipa's first full-scale production for the Imperial Theaters, and it became one of the favorite ballets of many marvelous dancers. Get ready for four grandiose acts of beautiful settings, impeccable classical choreography and inspiring dancing scenes.
Another date for balletomanes to mark on their calendar is March 31. The historic stage will feature an evening of much sought-for one-act ballets of the 21st century: Seven Sonatas, Pierrot Lunaire and Concerto DSCH. Fans of full-length classical performances are welcome to revisit Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev (March 28 and 29), as well as Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (March 30).
The Mariinsky continues to celebrate great anniversaries. For the 90th anniversary of the prominent classic and a great friend of the Mariinsky Rodion Shchedrin, his poignant opera Not Only Love will be performed at the Concert Hall (March 24).To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Fyodor Chaliapin, on March 29 Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin will be performed on the historical stage: Prince Gremin was one of Chaliapin’s most outstanding roles. For The Year of Rachmaninoff, a concert program with the composer's romances will be performed at the Mariinsky on March 30.
The late March will be dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: on March 24 there is an opera buffa about the famous heartbreaker Don Giovanni, and on March 27 you can enjoy the fascinating Le nozze di Figaro. Also, the end of the month features picturesque fantasy operas such as The Tale of Tsar Saltan (March 25) and May Night (March 31) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach (March 27) and Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream (March 28).
For those who are looking for full-scale dramas and strong characters, we suggest the rarely performed La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli, an opera full of fatal passions (March 25), and the famous Puccini's Madama Butterfly (March 30) about cross-cultural love barriers. The classical operatic repertoire is also represented by Vincenzo Bellini's Norma (March 22), Sergei Prokofiev's The Gambler (March 23), Gioacchino Rossini's L’Italiana in Algeri (March 26) and Gaetano Donizetti's L’elisir d’amore (March 28).
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