The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre is set to embark on an extensive tour, taking its acclaimed production of Fikret Amirov’s ballet A Thousand and One Nights to Muscat, Oman, and then returning to its roots in St Petersburg.
On 6 and 7 February the Primorsky Stage Ballet Company will make its debut in Muscat, presenting A Thousand and One Nights at the Royal Opera House. This production recently gained national recognition, ranking among the top three hundred performances in the prestigious Golden Fund of Theatre Productions of Russia competition.
Leading soloists from the Primorsky Stage, including Anna Samostrelova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Lilia Berezhnova, Viktor Mulygin, Sergei Umanetc, Lada Sartakova, Shizuru Kato, Saki Nishida, Yuri Zinnurov, Sergei Amanbaev, Denis Klepikov, Alexandra Shalimova, Georgy Stelmakh and Daria Tikhonova, will dance the principal roles. The performances will also feature the Primorsky Stage Chorus and opera soloists Samira Galimova and Anastasia Kikot. Eyyub Kuliev will conduct the Mariinsky Orchestra.
This original production by the Primorsky Company premiered in the Middle East in December 2023 – in Doha, Qatar, where it was met with resounding success. A Thousand and One Nights has consistently garnered warm receptions from audiences at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre and Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts.
Following the performances in Muscat, the Primorsky Stage Ballet Company will continue its tour with a series of performances in St Petersburg. The company will grace the Historic Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre from 18 to 28 February.
The tour opens with Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, staged by People’s Artist of Russia Eldar Aliev. Performances will take place on 18, 19, 22 (at 2 pm and 7 pm) and 23 (at 2 pm and 7 pm) February. Audiences can also look forward to Adam’s Giselle (20 and 21 February) and Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty (25 and 26 February). The programme concludes with the exclusive one-act ballets Phaedra and The Firebird (27 and 28 February).
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