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Musorgsky @ White Nights
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The legacy of Modest Musorgsky forms an
important part of nearly
every Stars of the White Nights
Festival. This year, on the second week of the
Festival we are presenting two of the most well-known
operas by the
composer: Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina.
Both operas are the jewels of Russian classical musical
theatre and recognised as most influential works
of the Mariinsky Theatre. Generations of our
opera singers were seen in these operas at different
times for over more
than a century, whilst the staging and the scenery of both
operatic productions are designed in a way that helps
to express the epoch of great political events of the
Russian history.
Boris Godunov
and Khovanshchina have a great demand for
vocal resources, which include a handful of soloists
and a massive chorus. In the two performances that
will be seen on 31 May
and 2 June we are once again
delighted to present a great cast of artists, who
are all most eminent in their roles in these
Musorgsky’s operas. Sergei Aleksashkin, Yevgeny Akimov, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Olga Borodina, Vladimir Vaneyev, Vladimir Galuzin, Alexander Gergalov, Nikolai Putilin, Alexei Steblianko
are just a few of the names to mention.
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Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Musorgsky Boris Godunov
Original 1869 version, stage version by Alexei Stepanyuk (2010)
Monday 31 May, 7:00PM
Learn more | Buy tickets: 960…3200 rub.
Boris Godunov had been recorded by our Opera Company on CD in both 1869 and 1872 versions.
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Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Musorgsky Khovanshchina
Staging by Leonid Baratov (1960), new scenic version by Yuri Alexandrov (2000)
Wednesday 2 June, 6:00PM
Learn more | Buy tickets: 960…3200 rub.
Khovanshchina had been recorded by our Opera Company on CD.
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© Mariinsky Media
video length: 4:08
Olga Borodina. Marfa’s song from the III-rd act of Khovanshchina. Conductor Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky Theatre performance, 19 December 2009.
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French theme at the Festival start
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The first few days
of Stars of the White Nights Festival
that started last week at the Mariinsky Theatre and
Concert Hall, were fuelled with performances that
featured strong music connections with French
culture. These performances have been programmed in
accordance with the Year of France–Russia 2010,
which gives great opportunities for exploring the best
of our countries’ cultural connections. The first
three days of our music festival have seen
performances of works
by Bizet, Berlioz, Massenet and Ravel.
The French theme will be continued at our
festival
on 2-nd, 3-rd and 4-th of June on
stages of both Mariinsky Theatre and Concert Hall.
2-nd of June,
Mariinsky Concert Hall. An evening of
French poetry illustrated by the means of piano music,
choreography, video and light. One could listen to a
verse that reveals the beauty of the
language — works by most eminent poets that
span over two centuries of French poetry will be
performed in their original language. This unique
project that goes in cooperation with
the French Institution
in St Petersburg is an incredible synthesis of
music, poetry, dance, light and video and it is one of
a few remarkable events of our countries cultural
connections this year.
3-rd of June,
Mariinsky Concert Hall. Don Quichotte,
opera by Jules Massenet, will be performed in concert,
starring Ferruccio Furlanetto
in the title role. The artist has an
ideal feeling of the romantic knight-errant, fitting so naturally and comfortably into the role, so
that one literally sees a true and convincing
performance on stage, forgetting that this opera was
actually performed in a concert
form. Mr. Furlanetto sang the role of
Don Quichotte in this opera in February, this
year, within the framework of
our Artist of the month project.
According to many critics and concert-goers alike this
performance was one of the most remarkable musical and theatrical events of that month.
4-th of June, Mariinsky Theatre.
Les Troyens, a large opera
by Hector Berlioz, one of our season
premieres, will be performed. This production
is our joint project
with Palau de les Arts
Reina Sofía in Valencia. First
performances of this production were seen in November
and December 2009. Valery Gergiev conducted these
performances as he will do the performance
in June. During this season we took this
impressive work by Berlioz (in concert form)
on tour
to Eilat (January 2010), New York (March 2010)
and Moscow (April 2010).
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Poetical evening, Mariinsky Concert Hall
Poésie de sons
Performed by Irina Kataeva (piano) and Pierre Lamoureux (declamation)
Wednesday 2 June, 7:00PM
Learn more | Buy tickets: 280…400 rub.
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Opera, Mariinsky Concert Hall
Massenet Don Quichotte
Opera in concert performance
Starring Ferruccio Furlanetto
Thursday 3 June, 7:00PM
Learn more | Buy tickets: 1100…1700 rub.
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Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Berlioz Les Troyens
Staged by Carlus Padrissa,
production by La Fura dels Baus (2009)
Friday 4 June, 6:00PM
Learn more | Buy tickets: 960…3200 rub.
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Enter our prize draw
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Last week we started
a series of online quizzes for our e-newsletter
subscribers. We are delighted to congratulate a few
winners who were among those who sent us their correct answers (1 — a,
2 — b, 3 — c). You
will shortly receive e-mails from us informing you
about your score and how you can collect your prize.
You are welcome to take part in our next online quiz.
Send us your answers to the quiz listed below and if you answer all five questions correctly, your name will be put into our prize draw and you’ll get
a chance of winning gifts including tickets to White Nights events, bookets,
posters and concert programs personally signed by our guest artists; music
CDs, books and various souvenirs of our theatre.
To enter the prize draw you need to send us your correct answers either by
e-mail to marketing@mariinsky.ru,
or by twitting a direct personal message to either of our
twitter-accounts mariinskyen
or mariinskyru (please quote your name and e-mail
address so that we can contact you).
Five questions of our second online-quiz are
focused on the French theme of
the White Nights and are linked to the events of
2-nd, 3-rd and 4-th of June. Best of luck!
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Question 1
Which French
composer had visited St Petersburg?
(a) Jules Massenet
(b) Claude Debussy
(c) Georges Bizet
(d) Maurice Ravel
(e) Hector Berlioz
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Question 2
Which Russian
composer had composed an opera in French?
(a) Sergei Prokofiev
(b) César Cui
(c) Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(d) Igor Stravinsky
(e) Edison Denisov
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Question 3
At which
Parisian concert stage the Symphony Orchestra of the
Mariinsky Theatre under Valery Gergiev gave a start to
the Russia — France Year in
January 2010 when we performed all six
Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies?
(a) Théâtre du Châtelet
(b) Salle Gaveau
(c) Théatre des Champs-Elysées
(d) Salle Pleyel
(e) Palais Garnier
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Question 4
Which famous
artist made a famous caricature of Berlioz conducting the
orchestra?
(a) Gustave Doré
(b) Gustave Courbet
(c) Eugène Delacroix
(d) Camille Pissarro
(e) Claude Monet
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Question 5
Which Russian
opera the famous bass Ferruccio Furlanetto
performed in Italian?
(a) Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky
(b) Boris Godunov by Musorgsky
(c) Khovanshchina by Musorgsky
(d) The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov
(e) Aleko by Rachmaninov
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