On 4 and 5 May two online broadcasts await viewers of mariinsky.tv: Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca and Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet with choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky. These famous classical tragedies about faithfulness in love will be performed by leading soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre: Tatiana Serjan will be appearing as Floria Tosca in Puccini's opera, while the title roles in Prokofiev's ballet will be danced by Diana Vishneva and Vladimir Shklyarov. For both recordings, the Mariinsky Orchestra performed under the baton of Valery Gergiev. The broadcasts will be accessible from 19.00 Moscow Time via the platform mariinsky.tv and via the social networking sites VKontakte and Odnoklassniki. The videos will remain accessible for 24 hours. It should be noted that since the middle of March the Mariinsky Theatre's broadcasts have already been watched by almost forty million viewers.
On 4 May there will be a screening of one of Puccini's most dramatic works – the opera Tosca. The premiere of this masterpiece, which the incomparable Sarah Bernhardt inspired the composer to write, took place in Rome one hundred and twenty years ago. Today the lead roles, filled with a rare emotional depth and sensuality, feature in the repertoires of many internationally acclaimed singers, and the powerful arias form part of the gold reserves of the classical opera repertoire. This performance, recorded in 2014, features leading soloists of the Mariinsky Opera: Tatiana Serjan (Floria Tosca), Akhmed Agadi (Mario Cavaradossi) and Yevgeny Nikitin (Baron Scarpia).
On 5 May there will be an online broadcast of Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet based on the eponymous tragedy by William Shakespeare. This recording from 2013 captured stars of the Mariinsky Ballet on film in these renowned images: Diana Vishneva (Juliet), Vladimir Shklyarov (Romeo), Ilya Kuznetsov (Tybalt) and Alexander Sergeyev (Mercutio). This touching story of the first love of two young hearts embodied in dance has become one of the most popular ballets of the 20th century. Its success may be attributed to several factors: the elegant and refined choreography of Lavrovsky, the abundant lyricism of the duets and genuine early dances as well as Prokofiev's powerful music, the sets and the costumes by Pyotr Williams which transport the audience back to the age of the Renaissance. The ballet, first performed eighty years ago at the Kirov (Mariinsky) Theatre, has survived to the present day all but unchanged and is commemorated in a chapter of its own in the exhibition Prokofiev at the Mariinsky, where visitors may view photos of its creators and first performers and read about how this legend was born.
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