The Mariinsky Theatre is currently on a captivating tour of the Middle East, running from 18 to 27 January. Opera soloists, the Chorus, and the Orchestra, led by the renowned Valery Gergiev, will grace the stages of the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman and the National Theatre of Bahrain in Manama. Audiences can look forward to Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, alongside arias and symphonic excerpts from operas and ballets by some of the greatest Russian and European composers.
The tour began on 18 January with an intimate concert by Mariinsky soloists at the Royal Opera House Muscat. They performed a selection of arias from Simon Boccanegra, giving audiences a taste of the dramatic intensity to come. The concert featured Gleb Peryazev, Angelika Minasyan, Alexander Mikhailov, and Vladislav Kupriyanov, with Grigory Yakerson on piano.
On 23 and 25 January, the company will present Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House Muscat under Maestro Gergiev's expert direction. Two performances are scheduled, each with a stellar cast. Vladislav Sulimsky takes on the title role, joined by the distinguished Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, Tatiana Serjan, and Gleb Peryazev. Audiences can enjoy two different tenors as Gabriele Adorno: Sergei Skorokhodov on the 23 and Alexander Mikhailov on the 25. The role of Paolo Albiani will be sung by Roman Burdenko on the 23 and Vladislav Kupriyanov on the 25.
This production, originally created in 2014 by director Andrea De Rosa and costume designer Alessandro Lai, was brought to the Mariinsky from La Fenice in Venice. It was on this historic stage that Simon Boccanegra first premiered in 1857. This work, by a mature Verdi who had already produced many of his greatest operas, showcases his genius as a musical dramatist. It explores profound inner conflicts and celebrates the human capacity for repentance and forgiveness.
On 24 January, a gala concert will take place at the Royal Opera House Muscat, featuring a dazzling array of symphonic excerpts and arias from the international opera repertoire. The programme includes favourites from Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rossini, Cilea, Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, and Wagner. Maestro Valery Gergiev will conduct this musical feast.
The Middle Eastern tour concludes on 27 January with a concert at the National Theatre of Bahrain in Manama. The programme features arias from Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride, Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, and Puccini's Tosca. The concert also includes orchestral showpieces: Glinka's Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila, Three Wonders from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and his symphonic suite Capriccio espagnol>, excerpts from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, Mussorgsky's Dawn on the Moskva River (prelude to the opera Khovanshchina), and excerpts from Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird.
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