From 3 to 6 July artists of the Mariinsky Opera, Chorus and Orchestra will be performing under Valery Gergiev at the Baden-Baden Musikfestspiele. From the 18th century this famous German spa town was a place for taking the waters as well as cultural pilgrimage for the Russian aristocracy. The unique hot springs that cure all manner of ailments have made Baden-Baden’s spa seasons legendary throughout the world and transformed the city into the summer capital of Europe. In the late 20th century the old railway station made way for the Festspielhaus – the only theatre in Germany that operates without State subsidies and one of the most important contemporary theatre and concert venues anywhere in Europe today. Since the time of its opening in 1998, the Mariinsky Theatre has presented diverse theatre and symphony music programmes here on an annual basis.
This time the Mariinsky Theatre performers under maestro Gergiev will be presenting Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Don Carlo, staged by the Italian director Giorgio Barberio Corsetti and premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in 2012. The principal roles will be performed by lead Mariinsky Opera soloists Ildar Abdrazakov and Yevgeny Nikitin (Filippo II), Viktoria Yastrebova and Anna Markarova (Élisabeth de Valois), Vladislav Sulimsky (Rodrigo) and Sergei Aleksashkin and Mikhail Petrenko (the Grand Inquisitor). The role of Don Carlo will be sung by renowned South Korean tenor Yonghoon Lee who has performed this role at numerous famous opera houses throughout the world. The role of Princess Eboli will be sung by mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova who often appears at the Mariinsky Theatre. The performances will take place on Thursday 3 July and Saturday 5 July.
On Friday 4 July soprano Viktoria Yastrebova, mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina, tenor Sergei Semishkur, bass Mikhail Petrenko, chorus artists and the Mariinsky Orchestra will be performing Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem under the baton of Valery Gergiev.
On Sunday 6 July the Mariinsky Orchestra under maestro Gergiev will be appearing in the concert A Russian Summer Evening. The concert programme consists exclusively of works by Russian composers and includes Sergei Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto (soloist – Daniil Trifonov) and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio italien and Fifth Symphony.
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