XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights

The XXXIII Stars of the White Nights Music Festival will run from 22 May to 3 August 2025.
The festival's rich program will encompass all the Saint Petersburg stages of the Mariinsky Theatre.
The artistic director of the festival is Valery Gergiev.
The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

The program will include additional pieces.

18
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
Concert Hall
18:00
19
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
In memory of Yuri Grigorovich
20
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Concert Hall
19:00
21
June
Saturday
22
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
18:00
Mariinsky II
13:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
Mariinsky II
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
Concert Hall
14:00

a music and literature composition, marking 110 years since the birth of Vadim Shefner
Narrator: Mikhail Nicolas
Soloists: Yekaterina Sergeyeva (mezzo-soprano), Vadim Kravets (bass)
The Admiralty Orchestra of the Leningrad Naval Base
Conductor: Nikita Ignatov

Concert Hall
19:00

Soloists: Emil Eldirekov (violin), Mikhail Pirozhenko (piano), Semyon Salomatnikov (trumpet), Vladislav Scherbakov (bass-trombone)
The Symphony Orchestra of the Middle Specialised School of Music of the Petersburg Conservatoire
Conductors: Arkady Shteinlukht, Arseny Shuplyakov

23
June
Monday
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Mieczysław Weinberg
24
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
ballet by Boris Asafiev

Featuring Camilla Mazzi, Alexei Timofeyev, Alexei Kuzmin, Maria Bulanova

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Georges Bizet
Concert Hall
19:00

Soloist: Kristóf Baráti (violin)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

25
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
Mariinsky II
19:00
26
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
27
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
20:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini

Featuring Sergei Skorokhodov

Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Artem Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Krysanova, Vladislav Lantratov, Mikhail Lobukhin, Mikhail Kryuchkov
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Anton Grishanin

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
28
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
Mariinsky II
13:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Igor Tsvirko, Kristina Kretova, Denis Rodkin, Alexander Vodopetov, Klim Efimov
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Anton Grishanin

Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Denis Savin, Diana Vishneva, Artemy Belyakov, Mikhail Lobukhin, Mikhail Kryuchkov
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Anton Grishanin

Concert Hall
12:00
Marking 125 years since the birth of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
opera by Leonid Klinichev
Concert Hall
20:00
THE MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici

29
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
To the birthday of Igor Stravinsky
opera by Igor Stravinsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: Justus Frantz

Mariinsky II
13:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Artem Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Krysanova, Vladislav Lantratov, Alexander Vodopetov, Mikhail Kryuchkov
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Anton Grishanin

Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet set to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

Featuring Denis Savin, Maria Vinogradova, Semyon Chudin, Egor Khromushin, Klim Efimov
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Anton Grishanin

Concert Hall
17:00
opera by Richard Wagner
1
July
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Khoreva, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Hector Berlioz
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Benjamin Britten
2
July
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Rodion Shchedrin
3
July
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
4
July
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Nadezhda Batoeva, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00
5
July
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Kimin Kim

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
13:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
Concert Hall
20:00

The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

6
July
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Oxana Skorik, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
13:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
20:00
7
July
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
8
July
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Yevgeny Konovalov

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Francesco Cilea
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
9
July
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Philipp Stepin

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
10
July
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam

Featuring Olesya Novikova, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00
11
July
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Mariinsky II
19:00
Concert Hall
19:00
Concert Hall
22:00
THE MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici

12
July
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Ludwig Minkus
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Kimin Kim

Mariinsky II
17:00
opera by Richard Wagner
Concert Hall
13:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
13
July
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev

Featuring Camilla Mazzi, Yevgeny Konovalov

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
13:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
14
July
Monday
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Gaetano Donizetti (concert performance)
15
July
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballets to music by Igor Stravinsky
Concert Hall
19:00
16
July
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Renata Shakirova, Philipp Stepin

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
17
July
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus

Featuring Nadezhda Batoeva

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Richard Wagner
18
July
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Georges Bizet
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam

Featuring Oxana Skorik, May Nagahisa, Roman Belyakov

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Leo Delibes
19
July
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Kimin Kim, Maria Iliushkina

Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Richard Strauss
20
July
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
13:00
opera by Richard Strauss
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Richard Strauss
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Mikhail Glinka
21
July
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
22
July
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Richard Wagner
23
July
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Boris Asafiev

Featuring Alisa Barinova

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Vincenzo Bellini
24
July
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Herman von Lovenskjøld

Featuring May Nagahisa, Yaroslav Baibordin

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Vincenzo Bellini
Concert Hall
19:00
Performance due to have taken place on 25 May and 14 June
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
25
July
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Herman von Lovenskjøld

Featuring Vlada Borodulina

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Vincenzo Bellini
26
July
Saturday
Mariinsky II
13:00
PREMIERE
opera by Vincenzo Bellini
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Vincenzo Bellini
27
July
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
Mariinsky II
13:00
operetta by Johann Strauss II
Mariinsky II
19:00
operetta by Johann Strauss II
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
28
July
Monday
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
29
July
Tuesday
Mariinsky II
18:00
opera by Hector Berlioz
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
30
July
Wednesday
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
31
July
Thursday
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
28
September
Sunday
Concert Hall
19:00
Concert has been rescheduled from 27 May and 12 June, 2025

excerpts from Andrei Petrov's opera




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