A recording of the opera Die Walküre from Richard Wagner’s tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen on the Mariinsky label has been awarded ECHO Klassik’s top prize in the category “Best Opera Recording of the Year” (19^th century music)

Maestro Gergiev will be conducting an evening of music by Prokofiev at the opening of the Edinburgh International Festival

The eagerly anticipated second instalment of Wagner’s tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen is now available to pre-order

Valery Gergiev will be conducting the Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra at the opening of Finland’s longest-running music festival

From 2-4 August Valery Gergiev will be conducting the Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra at the castle in Peralada and in San Sebastián

On 5 and 7 August Natalia Osipova will be performing the lead role in the ballet Carmen Suite. On 5 August Ivan Vasiliev will be appearing as the Prodigal Son in the eponymous ballet by George Balanchine, while on 6 and 7 August he will appear in Le Jeune Homme et la mort at the new Mariinsky Theatre. Olga Esina will be performing in Le Corsaire on 8 August