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.

14
June
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 Maria Iliushkina, Nikita Korneyev

Mariinsky II
13:00
PREMIERE
Marking 150 years since the Russian premiere
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
Marking 150 years since the Russian premiere
Concert Hall
12:00
Marking 125 years since the birth of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
opera by Leonid Klinichev
Concert Hall
19:00

Soloists: Sandra Shinder, Irina Danilova (violin)
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo

15
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
14:00
ballet set to music by Valery Gavrilin

Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Maxim Zyuzin, Roman Belyakov, Alexei Timofeyev, Aaron Osawa-Horowitz

Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
11:00
PREMIERE
Marking 150 years since the Russian premiere
Mariinsky II
15:30
Marking 150 years since the Russian premiere
Mariinsky II
20:00
Marking 150 years since the Russian premiere
Concert Hall
12:00

Narrator: Polina Malikova (Tolstun)
Soloists and the Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Gurgen Petrosyan

Concert Hall
20:00

Narrator: Yevgeny Mironov
Soloists: Yekaterina Sergeyeva (mezzo-soprano), Suren Bagratuni (cello)
The Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

16
June
Monday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
17
June
Tuesday
Concert Hall
19:00
To the birthday of Igor Stravinsky
opera by Igor Stravinsky (concert performance)

Featuring Alexander Mikhailov, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Yevgeny Nikitin, Mikhail Petrenko, Alexander Timchenko
Narrator: Vladimir Steklov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

18
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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
opera by Giacomo Puccini

Featuring Natalya Levchuk, Akhmed Agadi, Yekaterina Goncharova
Conductor: Haoran Li

21
June
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
Mariinsky II
18:00
opera by Modest Musorgsky
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
22
June
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
18:00
Mariinsky II
13:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
Mariinsky II
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
opera by Mikhail Glinka (abridged version)
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
Mariinsky II
20:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov

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
25
June
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
To the birthday of Alexander Pushkin
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov

Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
26
June
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
opera by Gaetano Donizetti
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

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

Soloists: Zarina Shimanskaya, Abisal Gergiev (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Ivan Rudin

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
Mariinsky II
17:00
opera by Richard Wagner
13
July
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Sergei Prokofiev
Mariinsky II
13:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
17
July
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Ludwig Minkus
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
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Leo Delibes
19
July
Saturday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky II
19:00
opera by Richard Strauss
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
20
July
Sunday
Mariinsky Theatre
13:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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
ballet by Boris Asafiev
Concert Hall
19:00
opera by Richard Wagner
23
July
Wednesday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Boris Asafiev
Mariinsky II
19:00
PREMIERE
opera by Vincenzo Bellini
24
July
Thursday
Mariinsky Theatre
19:00
ballet by Herman von Lovenskjøld
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
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 Theatre
19:00
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
19:00
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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