From 16 to 18 November the Mariinsky Theatre will be presenting a series of events under the aegis of the VI St Petersburg International Cultural Forum: a concert by the Mariinsky Orchestra and Denis Matsuev under the baton of Valery Gergiev and opera premieres of the 2016-17 season – The Diary of Anne Frank by Grigory Frid and Not Love Alone by Rodion Shchedrin.
On 16 November at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre there will be a concert by the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. The soloist is Denis Matsuev. The concert begins at 20.00.
On 17 November (19.00) at the Mariinsky II sees the grans opening ceremony of the VI St Petersburg International Cultural Forum featuring the Mariinsky Orchestras and soloists of the Opera and Ballet Companies.
That same evening at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will host Grigory Frid's mono-opera The Diary of Anne Frank staged by Mstislav Pentkovsky. The performance will mark seventy years since the diary's publication, the actual text of which has been used as the literary basis of the libretto. The diary was first published in 1947 with the collaboration of Anne's father, Otto Frank. The titular – and only – role will be performed by Natalia Pavlova, a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers. Zaurbek Gugkaev will be conducting.
On 18 November (20.00) at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre there will be a performance of Rodion Shchedrin's opera Not Love Alone staged by Alexander Kuzin. The lead roles will be performed by Nadezhda Serdyuk (Varvara Vasilievna), Vitaly Dudkin (Volodya Gavrilov), Pavel Shmulevich (Fedot Petrovich), Yekaterina Latysheva (Natasha), Yaroslav Petryanik (Ivan Trofimov), Ilya Selivanov (Mishka) and Savva Khastaev (Grishka). The Mariinsky Orchestra will be conducted by Zaurbek Gugkaev. The performance of the opera marks Rodion Shchedrin's eighty-fifth birthday.
The VI St Petersburg International Cultural Forum runs from 16 to 18 November. The forum is being organised by the Government of the Russian Federation and the City Government of St Petersburg.
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