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This month we revive
Prokofiev’s most powerful
operatic work War and Peace. This is
an enormous production that features many
of our best opera soloists.
We began our deep and dedicated
exploration of Prokofiev’s musical legacy
back in 1991 by presenting
a festival
marking his centenary. Since then
we have performed the complete series of Prokofiev’s operas
for our audiences in St Petersburg. Many
of our productions of Prokofiev’s operas
and ballets we took on tour
to Europe, America and Asia.
Prokofiev’s music
is of particular importance to Valery Gergiev, as he believes
Prokofiev to be one of the greatest and most unique composers of the 20th century.
Over the last two decades our Orchestra,
Chorus, Opera and Ballet, according
to critics, have given some
extraordinary interpretations
of Prokofiev’s works. We have
performed all of his symphonies
and concertos, operas and cantatas
as well as his most famous
ballets. Many works have been recorded
on CD and DVD, whilst
some of them have been
performed for the first time ever.
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The large-scale production
of War and Peace that we are
presenting early next week
is a result of several years’
work, which required an incredible
level of involvement of all our artists and staff.
This gorgeous operatic production depicts
huge scale of the battle scenes of Borodino and Moscow burns as well as very intimate, lyric scenes
featuring Natasha Rostova, Andrey
Bolkonsky and Pierre
Bezukhov. Andrey Konchalovsky’s
production (premiered in 2000) showcases the most thrilling
parts of the opera and complements the music perfectly.
This production is the result of a unique
collaboration between four great world-class opera companies: the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden (London), Teatro alla Scala (Milan), The Metropolitan Opera (New York) and the Mariinsky Theatre. Moreover, we took this production on tour to Madrid, Tokyo, Moscow
and Salzburg Festival to the greatest acclaim.
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Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Prokofiev War and Peace
Mon 19 Oct, 7:00pm
Valery Gergiev conducts
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Book tickets: 160…3200 rub.
Tue 20 Oct, 12:00noon
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Book tickets: 160…1920 rub.
Tue 20 Oct, 7:00pm
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Book tickets: 160…3200 rub.
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Did you know that…
• The opera features 70 soloists.
• Napoleon appears on stage riding a real horse.
• To assemble
the enormous scenery required for this production, we need to close the stage to the public
for 5 days before
and for 3 days after
performances.
• We have taken this production
on tour to 7 countries.
• It was
War and Peace
that Valery Gergiev
conducted 32 years ago when he made his debut at the Mariinsky.
• Mariinsky is the only opera company in the world that performed all 8 Prokofiev’s operas.
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