Yuri Smekalov and Yevgeny Deryabin will be making their debuts as von Rothbart on 3 and 4 August respectively. Also on 3 August, Vasily Tkachenko will be appearing for the first time as one of the Prince’s Friends together with Renata Shakirova as a Cygnet and Tatiana Tiliguzova in the Hungarian Dance. Anastasia Zaklinskaya, a recent graduate of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, will be making her debut in the Hungarian Dance on 4 August

On 1 August Yekaterina Goncharova will be performing the role of Mimì in Giacomo Puccini’s opera La bohème for the first time (production by Ian Judge)

Dear Patrons, Please note the particular working hours of box-offices from 12 August to 1 September 2013

On 29 July Dmitry Pykhachov and Trofim Malanov will be making their debuts as the Tsar and one of the two Horses respectively in the ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse, Vladislav Shumakov will be appearing for the first time as the Little Humpbacked Horse, Maria Lebedeva will be performing the Gypsy Dance for the first time

From 29 to 31 July Valery Gergiev will be conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra at music festivals in Germany, Slovenia and Austria

On 25 July under the baton of Valery Gergiev soloists of the Mariinsky Opera will be commemorating important anniversaries this year at the internationally renowned festival in Switzerland.

Debuts on 24 July in Don Quixote: Maria Shevyakova will be performing the Gypsy Dance, Trofim Malanov the Fandango and Renata Shakirova the role of Amour for the first time

The performance of Romeo and Juliet on  25 July is dedicated to the memory of Sergei Berezhnoi, People’s Artist of Russia

On 23 July soprano Oxana Shilova will be making her debut as Donna Anna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni (production by Johannes Schaaf)

On 21 July Ernest Latypov and Yekaterina Ivannikova will be making their debuts as Ali and Gulnare in the scene Le Jardin animé from the ballet Le Corsaire