On 1 November at the Mariinsky II following the performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Attila (at roughly 21:45) there will be an autograph session with Mariinsky Opera soloists Ildar Abdrazakov and Anna Markarova to mark the release of the DVD Attila on the Mariinsky label

On 1 November the performance of Vasily Vainonen’s ballet The Nutcracker will see debuts by Xenia Zhiganshina (a student of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet) in one of the lead roles, Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova as the Doll, Vasily Tkachenko as the Moor and Roman Belyakov, Alexei Tyutyunnik and Artyom Ibryanov in the Rose Waltz, while Yelizaveta Antonova, Yekaterina Bondarenko and Alexei Tyutyunnik will be appearing in the ballet as Elegant Ladies and one of the Cavaliers for the first time.

28 October saw the release of a new disc on the Mariinsky label – Richard Strauss’ opera Die Frau ohne Schatten

From 31 October to 2 November the Mariinsky Ballet will be on tour in Oman

On 27 and 28 October Nadezhda Batoeva, Oxana Marchuk, Xenia Romashova and Tatiana Tiliguzova will be making their debuts as the fairies in the ballet The Sleeping Beauty at the new Mariinsky Theatre

Maestro Gergiev will be performing Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem in Stockholm

On 25 October Konstantin Zverev will make his debut as Siegfried in the ballet Swan Lake

Today Mariinsky Theatre prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina, People’s Artist of Russia, celebrates her birthday

Maestro Gergiev will conduct Attila at the inaugural performance of the Astana Opera

Dmitry Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony and Richard Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten now available to order