Featuring Alexander Mikhailov, Antonina Vesenina, Irina Shishkova, Yegor Chubakov, Nikolai Kamensky, Stanislav Trofimov
Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Anastasia Kalagina, Denis Begansky, Gevorg Grigoryan, Bakuri Kalichava, Miroslav Molchanov, Yuri Vlasov, Andrei Zorin
Piano: Alexander Rubinov
The Mariinsky Chorus
cantata by Carl Orff
Soloists: Anastasia Kalagina, Andrei Popov, Vladislav Sulimsky
The Mariinsky Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Konstantin Rylov
Soloists: Alexander Poltoratsky (violin), Vasily Stepanov (cello)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Andrey Kolyasnikov
Featuring Tatiana Serjan, Ekaterina Lukash, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Roman Burdenko, Mikhail Petrenko, Gennady Bezzubenkov
Featuring Elena Karpesh, Anna Kiknadze, Antonina Vesenina, Oxana Shilova, Dmitry Voropaev, Denis Zakirov, Maharram Huseynov, Nikolai Kamensky, Ilya Bannik, Vladimir Moroz
Featuring Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Irina Shishkova, Dmitry Shabetya, Vyacheslav Vasilyev, Maharram Huseynov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Irina Churilova, Anna Kiknadze, Akhmed Agadi, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Gleb Peryazev, Vladimir Feliauer
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Inara Kozlovskaya, Zinaida Tsarenko, Yaramir Nizamutdinov, Vladislav Sulimsky, Yuri Vorobiev, Miroslav Molchanov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Students of Russian and European music institutions
Featuring Yekaterina Savinkova, Gleb Peryazev, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Pavel Shmulevich, Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Oleg Videman, Anton Khalansky, Mikhail Kit
Featuring Aigul Khismatullina, Mikhail Petrenko, Yekaterina Krapivina, Yuri Vlasov, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Yaramir Nizamutdinov, Yevgeny Akimov, Gennady Bezzubenkov
Soloists: Marina Kirushina, Maria Uvarova, Egor Semenkov, Alexander Shashkin, Alexei Krotov, Alexander Nazemtsev, Alexander Bashkatov
Olga Kotlyarova (organ)
The Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Konstantin Rylov
Anna Shoka (violin), Yekaterina Skurtu (violin), Yekaterina Zaplakhova (cello), Alexander Vasiliev (clarinet), Trofim Konvisarov (piano)
Featuring Yevgeny Chernyadiev, Anna Denisova, Alexander Gontsa, Stanislav Leontiev, Dmitry Koleushko
Performed in Russian
Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Anastasia Lukina, Kimin Kim, Even Capitaine
Soloists and the Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Mikhail Pavlov, Yekaterina Goncharova, Igor Morozov, Svetlana Karpova, Mikhail Kit
Soloist: Tatiana Pavlovskaya (soprano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Christian Knapp
Today, on 22 May, the Mariinsky Theatre opens the XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights with a grand celebration. Year after year the festival draws the attention of audiences from around the world who cherish musical and theatrical art. Stars of the White Nights remains one of the most prominent and anticipated cultural events of the Mariinsky Theatre – the culmination of its entire season. This year’s festival runs from 22 May to 3 August, with events scheduled across all of the theatre’s St Petersburg stages
The Mariinsky Theatre mourns the passing of the legendary choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, who died today at the age of 98. With his departure, an entire era in the history of ballet draws to a close. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues at this time of profound sorrow
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


