27.12.2019

March – a month of festivals at the Mariinsky Theatre

Ticket sales have opened for events in March at the Mariinsky Theatre. That month, the theatre will be running three festivals at the same time – two instrumental music festivals and the much-loved ballet festival.

From 4 to 9 March the Mariinsky Theatre will be hosting the Virtuosi of the Flute festival for the fourth time, while the Northern Lyre harp festival will run from 18 to 22 March. These small instrumental festivals have become an annual tradition of the theatre. They allow attention to be focussed on the musicians of the Mariinsky Orchestra and afford a rare opportunity to hear leading soloists from European orchestras in one concert space.

Yet another traditional event which brings together dance aficionados on an annual basis is the Mariinsky International Ballet Festival. This year it will run from 11 to 22 March and will include an Artistic Soirée of Vladimir Shklyarov, repertoire productions with stars of the Mariinsky Theatre and renowned dancers from European companies as well as the Creative Workshop of Young Choreographers, which promises many surprises for audiences.

On 24 and 25 March Valery Gergiev will be conducting the first two evenings of Wagner's grandiose tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen. The concluding two parts of the cycle – the operas Siegfried and Götterdämmerung – may be heard on 11 and 12 April.

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