The Mariinsky Orchestra’s tour of Europe continues. On 31 August the orchestra will be performing under the baton of Valery Gergiev at the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland)

The leading Mariinsky Opera soloist has received Germany’s most prestigious award for the album Verdi

Yannis Kokkos’ production of Hector Berlioz’ monumental operatic duologue Les Troyens conducted by Valery Gergiev will be performed three times at the Edinburgh International Festival

Highlights of the 231st season may be found in the summary press-release

 25 August sees the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev perform in Stockholm at the Baltic Sea Festival

Maestro Gergiev will be conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra in two concerts at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, an annual event since 1986 in the region of the same name in northern Germany which is one of the world’s greatest classical music forums

The mid-September general release of a recording of Sergei Prokofiev’s legendary ballet is already available to preview on the website of the Mariinsky label
The Mariinsky Ballet’s three-week tour to London has come to a close
Such was The New York Times columnist’s response to yesterday’s London evening performance of a programme of one-act ballets including Michel Fokine’s The Firebird, Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand and Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH
The Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra’s three-week season continues at the Royal Opera House in London. The second week of the tour concluded with George Balanchine’s ballets Apollo and A Midsummer Night’s Dream