Featuring Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Gleb Peryazev, Roman Shirokikh, Oxana Shilova
Featuring Yekaterina Goncharova, Gamid Abdulov, Daryana Bobarykina, Maxim Daminov, Aleksey Yurkovsky
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Anatoly Mikhailov, Maharram Huseynov, Alexander Mikhailov, Diana Kazanlieva
Featuring Angelina Akhmedova, Alexander Trofimov, Vladislav Kupriyanov
Featuring Sergei Semishkur, Anzhelika Minasova, Andrei Serov, Elena Vitman, Yaroslav Petryanik, Gamid Abdulov, Darya Tereshchenko
Soloists: Ivan Sendetskiy (cello), Anastasia Kalagina (sopranо)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Christian Knapp
Featuring Tatiana Serjan, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Zinaida Tsarenko, Ambrogio Maestri, Dmitry Grigoriev, Alexander Mikhailov
Featuring Maria Bayankina, Akhmed Agadi, Pavel Yankovsky, Yevgeny Akhmedov, Oleg Sychov, Sergei Romanov, Stepan Zavalishin
Featuring Dmitry Golovnin, Irina Churilova, Olga Borodina, Zinaida Tsarenko, Vladislav Sulimsky
Featuring Ramilya Baimukhametova, Ilya Legatov, Arkady Chaikin, Mikhail Kolelishvili, Chingis Bairov
Featuring Lana Kos, Anna Kiknadze, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Alexey Markov, Ilya Bannik
Featuring Ambrogio Maestri, Boris Stepanov, Oleg Balashov
Featuring Maria Bulanova, Alexandra Khiteeva, Nikita Korneyev, Kian Mangis
Soloists: Zarina Shimanskaya, Abisal Gergiev (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Ivan Rudin
Programme: Dvořák, Suk
The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici
On 4, 5 and 6 July the New Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will host one of the most anticipated premieres of the XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights – Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani, adapted by the renowned Bulgarian bass and opera director Orlin Anastassov. The production team includes set and costume designer Denis Ivanov, choreographer Yulia Smirnova, chorus master Konstantin Rylov and principal répétiteur Yuri Kokko. The production is under the musical direction of 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
On 9 and 10 April the Mariinsky Theatre’s New Stage will host the first ballet premiere of the season – Dance Scenes, set to music by Stravinsky. The production features a choreographic interpretation of the composer’s famed Symphony in C, brought to life by Honoured Artist of Russia Vyacheslav Samodurov. Arseny Shupliakov will conduct the Mariinsky Orchestra