Featuring Alexander Trofimov, Maria Bayankina, Antonina Vesenina, Andrei Popov, Vladislav Kupriyanov, Daria Riabokon
Featuring Sergei Semishkur, Oxana Shilova, Antonina Vesenina, Denis Zakirov, Sergei Romanov, Yekaterina Sergeyeva
Featuring Ilya Bannik, Andrei Popov, Olga Pudova, Elena Vitman, Kira Loginova, Andrei Serov, Alexander Trofimov, Yaroslav Petryanik
Featuring Elchin Azizov, Irina Churilova, Sergei Skorokhodov, Stanislav Trofimov, Olga Savova, Oleg Sychov, Mikhail Makarov
The Mariinsky Chamber Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Konstantin Rylov
Featuring Anastasia Kalagina, Irina Mataeva, Zlata Bulycheva, Sergei Semishkur, Roman Shirokikh, Yaroslav Petryanik, Denis Begansky
Featuring Olga Pudova, Alexander Mikhailov, Anna Kiknadze, Andrei Serov
Featuring Oleg Videman, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Natalia Yevstafieva, Ivan Borodulin, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Yevgeny Akhmedov, Vyacheslav Vasiliev, Alexander Morozov
Featuring Maria Bayankina, Anastasia Kalagina, Darya Tereshchenko, Denis Begansky, Sergei Semishkur, Yaroslav Petryanik
Piano: Oxana Klevtsova
Featuring Yekaterina Savinkova, Kirill Belov, Vyacheslav Vasiliev, Yuri Vlasov, Roman Burdenko
Featuring Gelena Gaskarova, Sergei Skorokhodov, Vladislav Sulimsky, Stanislav Trofimov, Roman Burdenko
Featuring Diana Kazanlieva, Roman Shirokikh, Vladislav Kupriyanov, Vladimir Vaneyev, Vladislav Sulimsky
Featuring Daria Kulikova, Elena Svinko, Roman Belyakov, Alexei Timofeyev
Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Elena Yevseyeva, Philipp Stepin, Even Capitaine
Irina Mataeva, Oxana Shilova, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Yekaterina Solovyova, Sergei Semishkur, Roman Shirokikh, Alexander Gontsa, Sergei Romanov, Vadim Kravets
Oleg Gulevsky (bayan), Alexander Vulla (guitar), Alexander Rubinov (piano)
The Narrator: Oleg Senchenko
Soloists: Anastasia Kalagina, Daria Riabokon, Dmitry Voropaev, Yuri Vorobiev
The Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra
Featuring Yevgeny Nikitin, Inara Kozlovskaya, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Yaramir Nizamutdinov, Alexander Morozov, Mikhail Kolelishvili
Featuring Vladislav Sulimsky, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Anna Kiknadze, Igor Morozov, Miroslav Molchanov, Vladimir Vaneyev
Featuring Yekaterina Osmolkina, Maxim Izmestiev, Anastasia Lukina, Yevgeny Konovalov
Soloist: Dmitry Blagov (trumpet)
The Mariinsky Wind Ensemble
Conductor: Yuri Fokin
Featuring Andrei Serov, Irina Shishkova, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Maria Bayankina, Kira Loginova
Featuring Mikhail Kolelishvili, Maria Bayankina, Alexander Trofimov, Oxana Shilova, Olga Baranenko, Irma Gigolaty, Nadezhda Vassilieva
Featuring Vadim Kravets, Anzhelika Minasova, Mikhail Vekua, Yulia Suleimanova, Varvara Solovyova, Tatiana Kravtsova, Elena Vitman
Featuring Vlada Borodulina, Valeria Kuznetsova, Yevgeny Konovalov, Nikita Korneyev
Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Elena Yevseyeva, Roman Belyakov, Maxim Izmestiev
Ivan Stolbov (clarinet), Maria Shilo (double bass)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Anton Gakkel
Programme: Shostakovich, Strauss, Khrushcheva, Karmanov
On 22 May one of the most anticipated premieres in recent years will take place on the New Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre: Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece Norma will finally receive its long-awaited stage production. The production is directed by the renowned stage director Sergey Novikov. The grand premiere of Norma will formally open the XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights, the theatre’s most important annual event and the highlight of the season. Further performances will follow on 23 and 24 May (at 13:00 and 19:00)
On 14 May the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will present the premiere of a new production of Modest Musorgsky’s comic opera Sorochintsy Fair. Directed and choreographed by Ilya Ustyantsev, the staging features sets by Yekaterina Malinina, costumes by Maria Sedykh and lighting by Vadim Brodsky. The production is conducted by Valery Gergiev
On 20 April the Mariinsky Ballet Company will perform for the first time at the Erik Sapaev Mari State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Yoshkar-Ola. This landmark appearance will serve as the official opening of the All-Russian Competition for Ballet Artists and Choreographers. Audiences will be treated to an evening of celebrated one-act ballets by Michel Fokine: Chopiniana, Le Spectre de la rose, The Dying Swan and Scheherazade, performed by leading soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre
On 25, 26 (at 12:00 and 19:00) and 27 April (at 12:00 and 19:00) the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia will return to Mariinsky II with a series of guest performances. Every visit by the Moscow company is a highlight for St Petersburg audiences, and this time they will be treated to one of the Bolshoi Theatre’s recent opera premieres – Verdi’s Rigoletto, staged by the renowned Italian director Giancarlo del Monaco, who previously captivated local audiences with his production of Aida. Leading roles will be performed by star singers from both the Bolshoi and Mariinsky companies. The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra will be conducted by Anton Grishanin
This April and May the prestigious Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theatre will tour Russia with performances on the two foremost stages of the country – the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. The celebrated Chinese company will present its original dance drama, Wing Chun, Legend of Kung-Fu Master, to audiences in both capitals