This September the new seasons of Russia’s two most prominent theatres, the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky, will commence. Valery Gergiev will take the conductor’s podium for all the inaugural events of the new seasons in both Moscow and St Petersburg.
The 242nd season at the acoustically impeccable Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will open on 5 September. The evening will feature Beethoven’s masterpiece, Missa solemnis, celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. The performance will involve a large symphony orchestra, organ, mixed choir and four soloists: Anastasia Kalagina, Alexander Mikhailov, Yekaterina Sergeyeva and Miroslav Molchanov. The orchestra’s soloist will be Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici (violin), with Valery Gergiev conducting. On 6 September the new season at Mariinsky II will begin with Musorgsky’s monumental opera Khovanshchina. The lead roles will be performed by the brightest stars of the opera company: Yulia Matochkina, Stanislav Trofimov, Mikhail Petrenko, Sergei Skorokhodov, Oleg Videman, Vladislav Sulimsky and Andrei Popov, all under the baton of Valery Gergiev. On 14 September the Historic Stage will open with the season’s first performance of Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, in Yuri Temirkanov’s legendary production. The principal roles will be sung by Alexey Markov, Inara Kozlovskaya, Igor Morozov and Yekaterina Sergeyeva.
The Mariinsky Theatre’s ballet season will commence on 17 September with the enchanting Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. The role of Odette/Odile will be performed by a Mariinsky Theatre principal dancer and People’s Artist of Russia Viktoria Tereshkina, while the role of Prince Siegfried – by a brilliant Mariinsky Theatre principal dancer Kimin Kim. This performance will be dedicated to the anniversary of the esteemed teacher Marina Alexandrovna Vasilieva, who has nurtured a generation of Mariinsky Theatre ballerinas. The Bolshoi Theatre will begin its 249th season on 7 September. At 12:00 at the Historic Stage, under the direction of Valery Gergiev, the audience will hear outstanding works by two of Russia’s greatest composers: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Moscow cantata, as well as Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky cantata. In the evening, at 19:00, the Historic Stage will host the premiere of a revival of one of the world’s greatest ballet masterpieces, based on Charles Perrault’s beloved fairy tale, – Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty. The choreography by Marius Petipa will be presented in the revision by Yuri Grigorovich, with set design by Simon Virsaladze and revival choreography by Regina Nikiforova. The role of Princess Aurora will be performed by a Bolshoi Theatre principal dancer Elizaveta Kokoreva, and the role of Prince Désiré – by a Bolshoi Theatre principal dancer and Honoured Artist of Russia Artem Ovcharenko. The performance will be conducted by maestro Valery Gergiev. A public broadcast will take place on a large screen set up in Theatre Square, in front of the Historic Stage. In addition, the live broadcast of the Bolshoi Theatre’s season opening can be seen on large screens at the October Cinema in Moscow and in over 100 major cinemas across Russia.
The broadcast will also be available online on the official Bolshoi Theatre page on VKontakte.
The broadcast is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, KARO Cinema, Kino.Art.Pro, Channel One, Kommersant Publishing House and VKontakte.
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