On 17 March, the Rimsky-Korsakov – 175 festival will open with Mlada and a splendid gala concert under the baton of Valery Gergiev. The Mariinsky Theatre has prepared an extensive festival programme to mark 175 years since the birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The events will span across St Petersburg, Vladivostok, Vladikavkaz, and Moscow. The Mariinsky Theatre’s Rimsky-Korsakov – 175 festival will run from 17 March to 12 April and will feature performances of all the composer’s fifteen operas, seventy-nine romances, the famous Scheherazade ballet set to the composer’s music, as well as most of Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphony and choral works. The XVIII Moscow Easter Festival will also be dedicated to the memory of the great Russian composer.
On 17 March (15.00), the Mariinsky II will host a performance of Mlada featuring the Mariinsky Opera soloists, the Mariinsky Chorus, and the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev. The 20:00 gala soirée programme at the same venue includes symphonic suites Scheherazade and Antar, as well as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s rarely-performed Piano Concerto featuring a solo from young pianist Alexander Malofeev. The young musician’s portfolio includes the title of Young Yamaha Artist, collaborations with major European ensembles, top prizes at international competitions, including the VIII International Tchaikovsky Youth Competition (Moscow) and the I International Grand Piano Competition. The Mariinsky Orchestra will be conducted by Valery Gergiev.
The marathon will continue with repertoire productions: The Maid Of Pskov featuring the premiere of one-act prologue Boyarinya Vera Sheloga (18 March, the Mariinsky II), May Night (19 March, the Concert Hall), The Snow Maiden (20 March, the Mariinsky II), Christmas Eve (23 March, 4 April, the Mariinsky Theatre), The Tsar’s Bride (24 March, the Mariinsky II), Sadko (27 March, the Mariinsky Theatre), The Tale of Tsar Saltan (31 March, 7 April, the Mariinsky Theatre), The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (2 April, the Mariinsky II), and The Golden Cockerel (12 April, the Mariinsky II). The premiere of one-act operas Kashchey the Immortal and Mozart and Salieri staged by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev will be the jewel in the festival’s crown (26 March and 28 March, the Concert Hall).
The highlight of the ballet programmes is the legendary production of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes – Scheherazade – choreographed by Michel Fokine and designed by Léon Bakst. Such rarely-performed productions as Mlada (21 March, the Mariinsky II) and Servilia (3 April, the Concert Hall), as well as Pan Voyevoda (6 April, the Concert Hall), never-before-staged at the Mariinsky Theatre, will be presented in concert versions. The soloists of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers will present an anthology of Rimsky-Korsakov’s romances at three chamber concerts (29 March and 31 March, 5 April, the Mussorgsky Hall). Other concerts will feature the prize-winners of the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition (23 March, the Concert Hall) and students of the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (30 March, the Concert Hall). The performances of The Maid of Pskov, The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, and The Golden Cockerel, as well as concert performance of Mlada and Servilia will be conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Various branches of the Mariinsky Theatre will also mark 175 since the birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will hold a grand gala concert with the participation of opera soloists, the Chorus of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage under the baton of Pavel Smelkov (22 March), as well as show its own productions of The Tsar’s Bride (17 March and 7 April) and The Tale of Tsar Saltan (31 March and 27 April). The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Branch of the Mariinsky Theatre will also host performances of the composer’s chamber, vocal, and symphonic works.
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