Playbill

19:00

Carmen

opera in four acts

Concert Hall

Vadym Kholodenko and Alexei Kurbatov (piano)

19:00

On-line broadcast

On the eve of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Programme: Stravinsky. Kurbatov. Scriabin

Mariinsky Theatre

19:30

Performance has been put back from 6 December to 13 December. Tickets remain valid

Giselle

fantasy ballet in two acts

The Prokofiev Hall

19:30

Zinaida

one act opera

December

Friday

Mariinsky Theatre

Il tabarro. Suor Angelica. Gianni Schicchi

19:00

one act opera

The Prokofiev Hall

Introducing the Double Bass

19:00

Concert Hall

19:00

Not Love Alone

opera in three acts and an epilogue

Mariinsky II

Konyok-Gorbunok (The Little Humpbacked Horse)

19:30

ballet in two acts

December

Saturday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

Le Rossignol

opera in three acts

Mariinsky II

Konyok-Gorbunok (The Little Humpbacked Horse)

12:00

ballet in two acts

The Mussorgsky Hall

The violin queen and the celesta in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballets

12:00

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Concert Hall

12:00

The Academy of Young Theatre-Goers

The Gingerbread House

Script Author and Host: Natalia Entelis

The Mussorgsky Hall

The violin queen and the celesta in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballets

13:30

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Mariinsky II

Konyok-Gorbunok (The Little Humpbacked Horse)

17:00

ballet in two acts

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

Marking 80 years since the birth of Evgenia Tselovalnik

Prince Igor

opera in two acts with a prologue

Concert Hall

Piotr Anderszewski recital (piano)

19:00

On the eve of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Programme: Bach. Beethoven

December

Sunday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

The Shchedrin Hall

12:00

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Concert Hall

12:00

The Academy of Young Theatre-Goers

The Gingerbread House

Script Author and Host: Natalia Entelis

Mariinsky II

13:00

opera-féerie in two parts

The Shchedrin Hall

13:30

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Mariinsky Theatre

18:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Mariinsky II

19:00

opera-féerie in two parts

Concert Hall

A New Year concert with Mariinsky Wind Ensemble

19:00

The Prokofiev Hall

19:30

Viva España

chamber music concert

December

Monday

Concert Hall

Joëlle Léandre (double bass), Vladimir Volkov (double bass) and Vyacheslav Gaivoronsky (trumpet)

19:00

December

Tuesday

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

Boris Godunov

opera in four acts with a prologue (version of 1872)

Mariinsky II

19:00

Le Corsaire

ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue

Concert Hall

A concert in memory of Yuri Zagorodnyuk

19:00

December

Wednesday

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue
Performance by the Vaganova Ballet Academy

Mariinsky II

19:00

The Lefthander

opera in two acts

The Prokofiev Hall

19:00

Van Gogh’s Letters

mono-opera

Concert Hall

Piano Quintets by Franck and Schumann

19:00

On the eve of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Peter Laul (piano), Olga Volkova (violin), Dina Zikeyeva (violin), Yuri Afonkin (viola), Oleg Sendetsky (cello)

December

Thursday

Mariinsky II

19:00

The Snow Maiden

springtime tale in a prologue and four acts

The Shchedrin Hall

César Cui. Talent and Character

19:00

The birth of masterpieces

Script Author and Host: Natalia Entelis

Concert Hall

A New Year concert with the Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble

19:00

Conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici

Mariinsky Theatre

19:30

La Sylphide

ballet in two acts

December

Friday

Concert Hall

18:00

Boyarina Morozova

Russian choral opera in two parts for four soloists, mixed chorus, trumpet, kettledrums and percussion
(concert performance)

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

Rigoletto

opera in three acts

Mariinsky II

19:30

Romeo and Juliet

ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes)

Concert Hall

Gala concert of prize-winners of XI International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition

20:00

On-line broadcast

December

Saturday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

opera in two acts with a prologue

Concert Hall

12:00

On the eve of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

East Meets West

Сoncert by students of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Mariinsky II

13:00

Romeo and Juliet

ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes)

Concert Hall

Sergei Babayan (piano) and Valery Gergiev

16:00

Opening of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Mariinsky Theatre

19:30

Le nozze di Figaro

opera buffa in four acts

Mariinsky II

Denis Matsuev, Alexandra Dovgan (piano) and Valery Gergiev

20:00

Opening of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

December

Sunday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue
Performance by the Vaganova Ballet Academy

Concert Hall

12:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Festival – for children

Soloists: Shio Okui, Zarina Shimanskaya, Eduard Kiprsky (piano)
Conductor: Ivan Stolbov

The Prokofiev Hall

15:00

The Christmas Tree

one act opera in four scenes

Concert Hall

16:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

East Meets West

Soloists: Tang Xiaoshu, Wang Chenzhou (piano)

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Mariinsky II

Aida Garifullina recital (soprano)

20:00

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall

Valery Afanassiev recital (piano)

20:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Programme: Haydn. Brahms

December

Monday

The Shchedrin Hall

Rising Stars at the Mariinsky. Class of Alexander Sandler

18:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Murad Gadzhiev and Eldar Abduramanov (piano)

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue
Performance by the Vaganova Ballet Academy

Mariinsky II

19:00

The Enchantress

opera in four acts

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall

Alexei Volodin (piano) performing Rachmaninoff

20:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

December

Tuesday

The Shchedrin Hall

A Composer and the Pianist

18:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Franz Schubert – Elena Akimova

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

Don Giovanni

dramma giocoso in two acts

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Mariinsky II

19:00

Le Corsaire

ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue

Concert Hall

20:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Tchaikovskys

Soloists: Boris Berezovsky, Daria Tchaikovskaya (piano)
Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

December

Wednesday

Concert Hall

Andrew Tyson recital (piano)

18:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Programme: Respighi. Chopin. Ravel

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue
Performance by the Vaganova Ballet Academy

Concert Hall

Sa Chen (piano) performing Debussy

20:30

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival
Marking one century since the death of Claude Debussy

December

Thursday

Mariinsky Theatre

18:00

Parsifal

stage consecration festival drama in three acts

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

The Stravinsky Foyer

Rising Stars at the Mariinsky. Class of Mira Marchenko

18:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Valentin Malinin, Alexandra Stuchkina and Timofei Vladimirov (piano)

Concert Hall

Rustam Muradov and Dmitry Kalashnikov (piano)

20:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Zaurbek Gugkaev

December

Friday

Concert Hall

Rising Stars at the Mariinsky

18:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Alexandra Dovgan (piano)

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Mariinsky II

Pavel Gililov (piano) and Valery Gergiev

20:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

December

Saturday

The Shchedrin Hall

Rising Stars at the Mariinsky. Class of Peter Laul

12:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Natalya Lisanova (piano)

Mariinsky Theatre

The Fountain of Bakhchisarai

13:00

choreographic poem in four acts with prologue and epilogue

Concert Hall

16:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival
St Petersburg House of Music soloists

Piano marathon

Elizaveta Ukrainskaya, Anna Grot, Alexander Bolotin, Daria Ionkina (piano)

Mariinsky Theatre

The Fountain of Bakhchisarai

19:00

choreographic poem in four acts with prologue and epilogue

Mariinsky II

19:30

PREMIERE

opera in three acts

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall

Ryan Zhu and Daniil Sayamov (piano)

20:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Mischa Damev

December

Sunday

The Shchedrin Hall

Rising Stars at the Mariinsky. Class of Zora Zucker

12:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Maria Karzova, Ulyana Degtyareva, Ivan Kachkin (piano)

Mariinsky II

14:00

PREMIERE

opera in three acts

Conductor: Federico Santi

Concert Hall

Alexei Volodin (piano) and Valery Gergiev

15:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival
Marking one century since the death of Claude Debussy

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

In honour of Olga Moiseyeva's 90^th jublee

La Bayadère

ballet in three acts

Mariinsky II

19:30

PREMIERE

opera in three acts

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall

Federico Colli recital (piano)

20:00

XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

Programme: Scarlatti. Beethoven. Musorgsky

December

Monday

Mariinsky Theatre

11:30

opera in two acts with a prologue

Mariinsky II

13:00

opera-féerie in two parts

Concert Hall

Close of the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival

15:00

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Mariinsky Theatre

18:30

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Mariinsky II

18:30

opera-féerie in two parts

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Concert Hall

19:00

Marking 90 years since the birth of Galina Kareva

Old romances

performed by Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano) and Semyon Skigin (piano)

January

Wednesday

Mariinsky Theatre

13:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Mariinsky II

13:30

opera-féerie in two parts

Concert Hall

14:00

Hansel und Gretel

opera in three acts (semi-staged performance)

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Mariinsky II

19:30

opera-féerie in two parts

Concert Hall

20:00

Jazzcracker

Performed by the Chizhik Jazz Quartet

January

Thursday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

opera in two acts with a prologue

Concert Hall

Organ music concert for children

13:00

Performed by Olga Kotlyarova (organ)

Mariinsky II

14:00

ballet in two acts

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

Sadko

opera-bylina in seven scenes

The Prokofiev Hall

A New Year concert of chamber music

19:00

Concert Hall

Exsultate, jubilate. A New Year concert

19:00

Mariinsky II

19:30

ballet in two acts

January

Friday

Mariinsky Theatre

13:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Concert Hall

13:00

Cristmas Eve

Soloists: Pavel Milyukov (violin), Maria Fedotova (flute)
Conductor: Anton Gakkel

Mariinsky II

14:00

PREMIERE

opera in three acts

The Prokofiev Hall

15:00

The Christmas Tree

one act opera in four scenes

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

ballet in three acts with an epilogue

Mariinsky II

19:30

PREMIERE

opera in three acts

January

Saturday

The Mussorgsky Hall

Xylophone and bells, or two nighttime stories

12:00

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Concert Hall

L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant

12:00

symphonic tale

Mariinsky Theatre

13:00

La Sylphide

ballet in two acts

The Mussorgsky Hall

Xylophone and bells, or two nighttime stories

13:30

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Mariinsky II

19:00

The Enchantress

opera in four acts

Concert Hall

A New Year concert with Renaissance Percussion

19:00

Mariinsky Theatre

19:30

La Sylphide

ballet in two acts

January

Sunday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

Der Schauspieldirektor

Komödie mit Musik in one act

The Shchedrin Hall

12:00

The glow of Christmas

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Concert Hall

12:00

Hansel und Gretel

opera in three acts (semi-staged performance)

The Shchedrin Hall

13:30

The glow of Christmas

Script Author and Host: Olga Piccolo

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

Le nozze di Figaro

opera buffa in four acts

Mariinsky II

19:00

In honour of Gabriela Komleva's 80^th jublee

The Sleeping Beauty

ballet-féerie in three acts with a prologue and an apotheosis

Concert Hall

19:00

To be announced

January

Monday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

opera in two acts with a prologue

Mariinsky II

12:00

The Sleeping Beauty

ballet-féerie in three acts with a prologue and an apotheosis

Concert Hall

L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant

12:00

symphonic tale

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

Prince Igor

opera in two acts with a prologue

Concert Hall

19:00

A Christmas Fantasia

Performed by the Chizhik Jazz Quartet

Mariinsky II

Apollo. Tchaikovsky Pas de deux. In the Night

19:30

one act ballets

January

Tuesday

Mariinsky Theatre

12:00

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

opera in a prologue and four acts

The Prokofiev Hall

12:00

Adalmina’s Pearl

one act opera

Mariinsky II

19:00

Spartacus

ballet in three acts

Mariinsky Theatre

19:30

L'elisir d'amore

melodramma giocoso in two acts

Concert Hall

20:00

The Enchanted Wanderer

opera for three solo voices, chorus and orchestra

January

Wednesday

Mariinsky Theatre

19:00

La bohème

opera in four acts

Mariinsky II

19:00

Spartacus

ballet in three acts

January

Thursday

Mariinsky Theatre

18:00

Ruslan and Lyudmila

opera in five acts

The Mussorgsky Hall

Masterpieces of vocal music: Glinka

19:00

Concert Hall

19:00

Dubrovsky

opera in four movements (concert performance)

Mariinsky II

19:30

Cinderella

ballet in three acts

January

Friday

Mariinsky II

19:00

The Tsar's Bride

opera in four acts

Concert Hall

19:00

Hansel und Gretel

opera in three acts (semi-staged performance)

Mariinsky Theatre