XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights

The XXXIII Stars of the White Nights Music Festival will run from 22 May to 3 August 2025.
The festival's rich program will encompass all the Saint Petersburg stages of the Mariinsky Theatre.
The artistic director of the festival is Valery Gergiev.
The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

The program will include additional pieces.

31
May
Saturday
Mariinsky II
13:00
To the birthday of Igor Stravinsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
Marking 125 years since the world premiere
opera by Giacomo Puccini

Featuring Tatiana Serjan, Sergei Skorokhodov, Vladislav Sulimsky
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
12:00
opera by Leonid Klinichev
Concert Hall
19:00
THE MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

Olga Kotlyarova (organ), Elena Serova (harpsichord)
The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici

1
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
11:30
Dedicated to International Children's Day
Mariinsky Theatre
15:30
Dedicated to International Children's Day
Mariinsky Theatre
19:30
Dedicated to International Children's Day
Mariinsky II
14:00
Dedicated to International Children's Day
ballet by Rodion Shchedrin

Featuring Alexei Timofeyev, Elena Yevseyeva, Yaroslav Baibordin

Mariinsky II
19:00
Dedicated to International Children's Day
ballet by Rodion Shchedrin

Featuring Philipp Stepin, Yekaterina Osmolkina, Maxim Izmestiev

Concert Hall
12:00
Concert Hall
20:00
A Tribute to Richard Strauss

opera by Richard Strauss (III act, concert performance)
Featuring Xeniya Grigorieva, Edem Umerov, Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Roman Shirokikh, Olga Savova
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

2
June
Monday
Mariinsky II
20:30
Concert Hall
18:30
3
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Kimin Kim

Mariinsky II
19:00
Star cast of artists
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini

Featuring Valeria Lebedieva, Gamid Abdulov, Daryana Bobarykina, Alexander Gontsa

4
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Marking 160 years since the birth of Alexander Glazunov
ballet by Alexander Glazunov

Featuring Alexandra Khiteeva, Nikita Korneyev, Yevgeny Deryabin

Mariinsky II
19:00
Concert Hall
19:00
one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini

Featuring Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Yekaterina Krapivina, Kristina Kapitsyna, Maxim Daminov, Isabella Andriasyn, Gamid Abdulov, Natalia Yevstafieva, Anton Perminov

5
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Marking 160 years since the birth of Alexander Glazunov
ballet by Alexander Glazunov

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Timur Askerov, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
19:00
To the birthday of Richard Strauss
Star cast of artists
opera by Richard Strauss

Featuring Elena Stikhina, Elena Stikhina, Yevgeny Nikitin, Andrei Popov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
19:00
6
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Marking 160 years since the birth of Alexander Glazunov
ballet by Alexander Glazunov

Featuring Oxana Skorik, Yevgeny Konovalov, Konstantin Zverev

Mariinsky II
19:00
Star cast of artists
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Olga Borodina, Vladislav Sulimsky, Roman Burdenko
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin

theatrical concert
The Mariinsky Opera soloists and Orchestra

7
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Herman von Lovenskjøld

Featuring May Nagahisa, Alexei Timofeyev

8
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky II
13:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Philipp Stepin

Concert Hall
12:00

Narrator: Konstantin Khabensky
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
15:00

Narrator: Konstantin Khabensky
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall
19:00

Soloist: Timur Martynov (trumpet)
The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici

9
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
Star cast of artists
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Featuring Dinara Alieva, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
10
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
11
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Featuring Irina Churilova

12
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Oxana Skorik, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
19:00
Concert Hall
14:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
13
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Khoreva, Yevgeny Konovalov

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
14:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
14
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
13:00
PREMIERE
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Featuring Yulia Matochkina

Concert Hall
12:00
Marking 125 years since the birth of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
opera by Leonid Klinichev
15
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
14:00
ballet set to music by Valery Gavrilin

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Maxim Zyuzin, Aaron Osawa-Horowitz

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet set to music by Valery Gavrilin

Featuring Alexandra Khiteeva, Alexander Sergeev, Maxim Izmestiev

Mariinsky II
11:00
PREMIERE
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Mariinsky II
15:30
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Mariinsky II
20:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
12:00

Narrator: Polina Malikova (Tolstun)
Soloists and the Mariinsky Orchestra

Concert Hall
19:00

Narrator: Yevgeny Mironov

16
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
17
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
To the birthday of Igor Stravinsky
ballets set to music by Igor Stravinsky

Featuring Valeria Kuznetsova, Roman Malyshev, Yaroslav Baibordin

Concert Hall
19:00
To the birthday of Igor Stravinsky
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (concert performance)
18
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concert Hall
18:00
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
19
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Concert Hall
19:00

Soloists: Aidin Olyanassab (tar), Mahsa Kharatian (tar)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari

20
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini

Conductor: Haoran Li

21
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
18:00
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
22
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
18:00
Mariinsky II
13:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
Mariinsky II
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
Concert Hall
14:00

The Admiralty Orchestra of the Leningrad Naval Base

23
June
Monday
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Mieczysław Weinberg
24
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
ballet by Boris Asafiev
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Georges Bizet
25
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
ballet by Boris Asafiev

Featuring Olesya Novikova, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
26
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gaetano Donizetti
27
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
20:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Artem Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Krysanova, Vladislav Lantratov, Mikhail Lobukhin, Mikhail Kryuchkov
The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
28
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
Mariinsky II
13:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Igor Tsvirko, Kristina Kretova, Denis Rodkin, Alexander Vodopetov, Klim Efimov
The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Denis Savin, Diana Vishneva, Artemy Belyakov, Mikhail Lobukhin, Mikhail Kryuchkov
The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Concert Hall
12:00
Marking 125 years since the birth of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
opera by Leonid Klinichev
29
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
To the birthday of Igor Stravinsky
opera by Igor Stravinsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: Justus Frantz

Mariinsky II
13:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Artem Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Krysanova, Vladislav Lantratov, Alexander Vodopetov, Mikhail Kryuchkov
The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Denis Savin, Maria Vinogradova, Semyon Chudin, Egor Khromushin, Klim Efimov
The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Concert Hall
17:00
opera by Richard Wagner
30
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Vincenzo Bellini
24
July
Thursday
Concert Hall
19:00
Performance due to have taken place on 25 May and 14 June
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
28
September
Sunday
Concert Hall
19:00
Concert has been rescheduled from 27 May and 12 June, 2025

excerpts from Andrei Petrov's opera




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