11 February, Thursday, 19:00

Mariinsky Theatre
1, Teatralnaya Square

VI Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide)

Chopiniana. Le Carnaval. Pétrouchka

Music by Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by Michel Fokine

Cast

CHOPINIANA

Daria Vasnetsova, Elena Yevseyeva, Daria Pavlenko, Alexander Parish
 

LE CARNAVAL

Columbine: Nadezhda Batoeva
Harlequin: Filipp Stepin
 

PETROUCHKA

Petrushka: Andrei Batalov
The Ballerina: Yelizaveta Cheprasova
The Moor: Ruben Bobovnikov
Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
 Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
 Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
CHOPINIANA

choreographic composition in one act
Music by Frédéric Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1908)
Scenario by Michel Fokine
Revised version by Agrippina Vaganova (1931)
Set design based on original sketches by Orest Allegri

World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 30 minutes

  CARNAVAL

pantomime ballet in one act
Music by Robert Schumann (Le Carnaval, Op. 9, orchestrated by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, A. Glazunov, N. Cherepnin, A. Arensky)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1910)
Set and Costume design by Léon Bakst
The revival team:
Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev
Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov
Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova

Running time: 30 minutes

 

PETROUCHKA Premiere

burlesque in four scenes

Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1911)
Libretto by Alexandre Benois
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Staging by Gary Chryst
Revival Designer: Batozhan Dashitsyrenov
Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich
Coach: Igor Petrov

World premiere: 13 June 1911, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Premiere of this production: 6 February 2010, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 40 minutes

 

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Changes to the playbill

Today Sun, 14 Mar 2010

Changes to the playbill
On 21 March at 19.00 at the Mariinsky Theatre
instead of the ballet The Fountain of Bakhchisarai there will be a performance of Giselle.
Tickets remain valid.

On 26 March at 19.00 at the Mariinsky Theatre
instead of the ballet The Fountain of Bakhchisarai there will be a performance of Giselle.
Tickets remain valid.

On 7 April at 19.00 at the Mariinsky Theatre
instead of the ballet Diana Vishneva: Beauty in motion there will be a performance of Giselle.
Tickets remain valid.

The fourth concert of the fourteenth subscription
Yuri Bashmet and the “Moscow Soloists” Chamber Ensemble
at the Concert Hall
has been moved from 21 April to 19 April.
Tickets remain valid.

The sixth concert of the nineteenth subscription,
previously planned for 17 June, has been changed to 26 June.
Tickets remain valid. Diana Vishneva: Beauty in motion