Le Sacre du printemps returns to the Théâtre des Champs Élysées

Sasha Waltz’ Sacre

On this stage, where the first performance of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet in 1913 caused a scandal, the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev will be performing a reconstruction of Le Sacre du printemps with the choreography of Vaslav Nijinsky that was booed by Paris audiences one hundred years ago. The role of the Chosen One in the ballet will be performed by Daria Pavlenko (29 May, 31 May at 20:00) and Alexandra Iosifidi (30 May, 31 May at 14:00). Alongside Le Sacre of Nijinsky, an avant-garde of the 20^th century, there will be a performance of the new 21^st version of Sacre by Sasha Waltz recently premiered at the new stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. The performances, commemorating one century of Stravinsky’s revolutionary score which had a decisive influence on world music, are to take place in Paris on 29, 30 and 31 May. On the evening of 29 May Arte TV will be broadcasting the performance from the Théâtre des Champs Élysées. Kultura TV will also be broadcasting the event live; the broadcast begins at 23:25, Moscow Time.

On 1 June the Mariinsky Opera under the baton of Valery Gergiev will present French audiences with Hector Berlioz’ rarely performed opera Benvenuto Cellini. The principal roles are to be performed by lead Mariinsky Opera soloists Sergei Semishkur (Benvenuto Cellini), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Ascanio), Anastasia Kalagina (Teresa), Yuri Vorobiev (Balducci), Mikhail Petrenko (Pope Clement VII) and Andrei Popov (Fieramosca). The opera will be performed in concert.