From 26 October to 1 November the Mariinsky Theatre will be performing under the baton of Valery Gergiev at major concert venues in Frankfurt, Vienna and Dortmund with an extensive programme of works by Sergei Prokofiev. It is a well-known fact that the music of this composer is one of the Mariinsky Theatre and maestro Gergiev’s main areas of expertise: “The Mariinsky’s musicians have Prokofiev in their blood, moreover that has been so for a long time, and the fact that under the baton of Gergiev the orchestra and the company have performed – on several occasions – all of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies, all of his concerti and all of his operas is of colossal importance” (Kultura TV). It should be noted that the Mariinsky Theatre is the only theatre in the world the repertoire of which includes all of Prokofiev’s operas. Recordings of Prokofiev’s music performed by the Mariinsky Theatre have received numerous Russian and international awards.
The tour begins with a concert at the Großer Saal of the renowned Alte Oper in Frankfurt. On Sunday 26 October maestro Gergiev will be conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra musicians in a performance of Prokofiev’s grandiose Fifth Symphony. The playbill for that evening will also feature music from Rodion Shchedrin’s ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse and Dmitry Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto (soloist – Nicola Benedetti).
On 27 and 28 October the Mariinsky Orchestra will be appearing ar the Konzerthaus in Vienna – a focal point for classical music in the Austrian capital. Over two evenings the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev will be presenting an incredibly rich programme including all of Prokofiev’s piano concerti and his First, Sixth and Seventh Symphonies. The solos in these concerts will be performed by the acclaimed pianists Denis Kozhukhin, Alexei Volodin, Behzod Abduraimov and Sergei Babayan.
The marathon of Prokofiev piano concerti will be repeated on 30 October ar the Konzerthaus in Dortmund.
The next day, the Mariinsky Theatre under the baton of maestro Gergiev will be in Dortmund for a concert performance of the opera Betrothal in a Monastery. The vocal roles will be sung by leading Mariinsky Opera soloists including Larisa Diadkova (the Duenna), Anastasia Kalagina (Louisa), Yulia Matochkina (Clara), Yevgeny Akimov (Don Jerome), Dmitry Voropaev (Don Antonio), Vladimir Moroz (Don Ferdinand) and Sergei Aleksashkin (Mendoza).
The tour comes to a close on 1 November in Dortmund with a concert featuring the oratorio Ivan the Terrible with soloists Mikhail Petrenko (bass, Narrator) and Ekaterina Sergeyeva (mezzo-soprano) and music from the ballet Cinderella.
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