Ilya Kuznetsov

• Honoured Artist of Russia (2009)
• Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St Petersburg’s most prestigious theatre prize (2000–2001 season) for “Best role in ballet” for the ballet Sounds of Empty Pages and the role of the Hooligan in the ballet The Young Lady and the Hooligan

Born in Samara.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1995 (class of Vladilen Semyonov).
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 1995.
Soloist since 1997.

His repertoire includes:
Giselle (Count Albrecht, Hans);
Le Corsaire (Conrad);
La Bayadère (Slave) – choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani;
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Charmant, Carabosse) – revival of the 1890 production;
Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, von Rothbart);
Raymonda (Abderakhman, Jean de Brienne);
Don Quixote (Espada);
The Firebird (Ivan Tsarevich) – choreography by Michel Fokine;
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav);
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, Tybalt);
Walpurgisnacht (Bacchus);
The Legend of Love (Vizier);
Leningrad Symphony (Youth) and The Young Lady and the Hooligan (Hooligan), both to music by Dmitry Shostakovich;
George Balanchine’s ballets Apollo (Apollo), Serenade, Symphony in C (II Movement), Jewels (Sapphires) and La Valse;
Carmen (José) – choreography by Roland Petit;
Carmen-Suite (José) – choreography by Alberto Alonso;
In the Night (Third Movement) – choreography by Jerome Robbins;
Études – choreography by Harald Lander;
Manon (Des Grieux) – choreography by Kenneth MacMillan;
The Nutcracker (Nutcracker Prince) – staging by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov;
Le Poème de l’extase – choreography by Alexei Ratmansky;
John Neumeier’s ballets Now and Then and Sounds of Empty Pages;
Trois Gnossienes – choreography by Hans van Manen;
and Aria Suspended (soloist) – choreography by Peter Quanz.

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Azerbaijan and China.

 

Upcoming performances:
18 September Swan Lake

Changes to the playbill

Today Thu, 2 Sep 2010

Changes to the playbill

Information for audiences:

The concert featuring Nikolaj Znaider as listed on the playbill for 4 October will now take place on 1 October.
Tickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

On 24 October, instead of the planned performance of the opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and an evening of piano music, at 15.00, the Mariinsky Theatre will now be staging a premiere of the opera Věc Makropulos (The Makropoulos Affair).
Tickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

On 28 October, the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre will now commence at 18.00 and not at 19.00 as previously announced.
Tickets remain valid

On 29 October at the Mariinsky Theatre, instead of a recital there will be a concert performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tsar’s Bride featuring Olga Borodina as Lyubasha.
Tickets remain valid

The performance of the ballet La Sylphide at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 30 October, has been moved to 31 October, starting at 19.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The performance of the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 31 October, has been moved to 30 October, starting at 17.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The management would like to offer its apologies