XXXIV MUSIC FESTIVAL STARS OF THE WHITE NIGHTS

29 May – 24 July 2026

The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Artistic director of the festival is Valery Gergiev

The full programme for the festival will be posted on the website at a later date

29
May
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine

Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov, Alexey Markov

Concert Hall
19:00
Opening of the XXXIV Music Festival Stars of the White Nights
THE MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

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

30
May
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Bulanova, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Featuring Maria Khoreva, Timur Askerov

Mariinsky II
13:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
31
May
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev

Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Roman Belyakov

Mariinsky II
13:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Modest Musorgsky

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov

Concert Hall
13:00
Concert Hall
19:00
THE MARIINSKY STRADIVARIUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

Olga Kotlyarova (organ), Elena Serova (harpsichord)
The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici

1
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Concert Hall
19:30
Celebrating 10 years of the St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra

Soloist: Martina Frezzotti (piano)
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo

The Stravinsky Hall
18:30
On the eve of the premiere at the Mariinsky
opera by Gioacchino Rossini (concert performance)

Piano: Natalia Mordashova

2
June
Tuesday
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Gioachino Rossini
4
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus
Mariinsky II
19:00
Performance of the Bolshoi Theatre named after Alisher Navoi (Tashkent)
opera by George Frideric Handel

Opera soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre named after Alisher Navoi
Honoured State Choir of the Republic of Uzbekistan
National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan
Conductor: Alibek Kabdurakhmanov

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Richard Wagner
5
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Alexander Glazunov
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
6
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Alexander Glazunov
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Alexander Glazunov
7
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky II
13:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Adolphe Adam
8
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
9
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Herman von Lovenskjøld
10
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
11
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Sergei Prokofiev
12
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
18:00
opera by Mikhail Glinka
Mariinsky II
13:00
ballet by Cesare Pugni
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Cesare Pugni
13
June
Saturday
Mariinsky II
13:00
ballet by Cesare Pugni
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballet by Cesare Pugni
14
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Boris Asafiev
Mariinsky II
18:00
opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Concert Hall
13:00
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Modest Musorgsky
15
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
16
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Concert Hall
19:00

Programme: Davide da Bergamo, Bach, Neukomm, Blair

17
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Jules Massenet
Mariinsky II
19:00
ballets set to music by Igor Stravinsky
18
June
Thursday
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Richard Wagner
19
June
Friday
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Camille Saint-Saёns
Concert Hall
19:00

Soloist: Anna Savkina (violin)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari

22
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Kirill Molchanov (concert performance)
23
June
Tuesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
24
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
25
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
26
June
Friday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Mariinsky II
19:00
PERFORMANCE BY THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
ballet by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini

Сonductor: Daye Lin

27
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giacomo Puccini
28
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
12:00
Performance by the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre
ballet by Ludwig Minkus
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky


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