Valery Gergiev to present the Rachmaninoff Festival in Beijing

The Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of maestro Gergiev will be performing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing with a programme of works by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Prestigious nominations for the Mariinsky label

A disc featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Shchedrin as well as a recording of Prokofiev’s ballet Cinderella have been nominated for the International Classical Music Awards

Vivat, Torero!

On 25 November Alexei Markov will make his debut as Escamillo in the opera Carmen at the new Mariinsky Theatre

Weber’s opera Das Stumme Waldmädchen returns to its native theatre after two hundred years of oblivion

On 20 November 2015 as part of celebrations marking two hundred and fifty years of the Bergakademie of Freiberg there came the historic revival of Carl Maria von Weber’s forgotten opera Das Stumme Waldmädchen at the Mittelsächsisches Theater in Freiberg. The only copy of this opera surviving today is retained in the Mariinsky Theatre Sheet Music Archives

The Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra at the Mariinsky for the first time
On 29 November at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre the Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra will be performing for the first time; it is one of the greatest orchestras in Siberia, recipient of the 1st prize at the All-Russian Competition of Symphony Orchestras and is well-known both in Russia and abroad
In honour of Natalia Makarova
To celebrate the birthday of Natalia Makarova, who began her artistic career at the Kirov Theatre (today the Mariinsky Theatre), the Mariinsky Theatre website has opened a photo exhibition featuring images of the ballerina in her greatest roles
A Basilio from the Bolshoi Theatre
On 25 November the role of Basilio in the ballet Don Quixote will be performed by Bolshoi Theatre principal Vyacheslav Lopatin
Heightened security measures at the Mariinsky Theatre

Dear Patrons,
Due to heightened security measures and careful inspections of personal items we advise you to arrive at the theatre in a timely manner.
The Board of the Mariinsky Theatre

Marking 155 years since the opening of the Mariinsky Theatre

The Mariinsky Theatre will commemorate its 155th anniversary with Glinka’s opera A Life for the Tsar, directed by Dmitry Chernyakov on 24 November

The Oprichnik at the Concert Hall
23, 26 and 30 November at the Concert Hall will see further performances of the new production of Tchaikovsky's opera The Oprichnik. Here is a fragment from an interview with the opera's stage director Viktor Vysotsky