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Past Shows


Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2 Piano Sonata No. ...


PERFORMERS: The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble Conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici PROGRAMME: Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 9 in C major Dmitry Shostakovich – Rudolf Barshai Chamber Symphony, ...


The Musical Instruments in the Fairytale Land of Piccolo chamber educational concerts are targeted towards children aged from three to six years of age, and ...

Jewels
4/29


I. Emeralds Music: Gabriel Fauré from Pelléas et Mélisande (1898) and Shylock (1889) II. Rubies Music: Igor Stravinsky (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, 1929) III. ...

Turnadot
1/9 - 4/24/2020


CREDITS Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after motifs from the story of the same name by Carlo Gozzi Musical ...

Sylvia
12/14 - 4/23/2020


Music by Léo Delibes Choreography by Frederick Ashton Choreography revived by Christopher Newton Coaches for the Mariinsky Theatre production: Anna Trévien and Susan Jones Set ...

Le Parc
10/1 - 4/10/2020


The main ballet event of the season was the premiere of Angelin Preljocaj’s Le Parc, the original choreography of which the Mariinsky Ballet Company discovered ...

Swan Lake
11/15 - 4/1/2020


Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltzer Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895) revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin ...

Daphnis et Chloé
1/9 - 3/14/2020


CREDITS Music by Maurice Ravel Musical Director: Valery Gergiev Production Choreography: Vladimir Varnava Production Designer: Pavel Semchenko Costume Designer: Pavel Semchenko Lighting Designer: Igor Fomin ...

Snow White
1/3 - 2/22/2020


The tale of Snow White first appeared a very long time ago, and there are countless variations of it. The most famous is the story ...

La Traviata
1/5 - 2/2/2020


World premiere: 6 March 1853, La Fenice, Venice Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 26 April 1868, St Petersburg Premiere of this production: 17 June 2015, ...

Tannhäuser
6/1 - 1/18/2020


World premiere: 19 October 1845, Königliches Hoftheater in Dresden, Saxony Russian premiere and Mariinsky Theatre premiere: 13 December 1874 Premiere of this production: 1 June ...


Adriana Lecouvreur: Irina Churilova Maurice de Saxe: Migran Agadzhanyan Prince de Bouillon: tba Princess de Bouillon: Yulia Matochkina The Abbé de Chazeuil: tba Michonnet: Yefim ...

Aida
10/26 - 12/19/2019


Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni Musical Director: Valery Gergiev Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk Set Designer: Pyotr Schildknekht Set Revival Director and Costume ...

La Boheme
10/2 - 11/20/2019


Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Guiseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after Henri Murger´s Scènes de la vie de Bohème Musical Director: Gianandrea Noseda Stage ...


The World Orchestra for Peace was formed by Georg Solti for a special concert in Geneva to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations ...

Attila
10/3


Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Temistocle Solera after Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner’s tragedy Attila, König der Hunnen, revised by Francesco Maria Piave Musical Director: ...

Dubrovsky
10/2


Under the direction of the outstanding conductor Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916) the Mariinsky Theatre experienced a truly golden age. Nápravník, who was Principal Conductor for almost ...

Otello
9/27 - 10/1/2019


Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after William Shakespeare´s tragedy Othello, or The Moor of Venice Musical Director: Valery Gergiev Stage Director: Vasily ...

Christian Schmitt


PROGRAMME: Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 Kilian Schwoon Gespinste (Russian premiere) Charles-Marie Widor Organ Symphony No 8 in B ...

All of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music for organ


Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545 Orgelbüchlein Chorales: BWV 599-615, 632, 633/634, 638, 639 Aria in F Major, BWV 587 Fuga sopra il ...

All of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music for organ. Tenth evening


PROGRAMME: Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in G Major, BWV 577 Chorales: BWV 714, 715, 717, 718, 720, 721, 726–728, 731, 735–737 Johann Sebastian Bach – ...

May Night
May Night
5/17 - 5/25/2014

L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore
4/11 - 5/24/2014


The poor and shy Nemorino is hopelessly in love with the rich and beautiful Adina. One day he hears her reading aloud the story of ...

Musical Olympus


PROGRAMME: Andrei Petrov Vivat, Olympus!, overture for symphony orchestra Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 Giuseppe Verdi Overture from the opera La ...

Swiss-Made in Russia


PROGRAMME: Michael Jarrell Assonance VI for instrumental ensemble William Blank Wounds Wounds for flute, oboe, violin and cello Mehdi Hosseini Sarbang for instrumental ensemble Klaus ...

Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro
5/16 - 5/17/2014


Act I Merry wedding preparations are underway at the home of Count Almaviva. Count Almaviva’s valet is marrying Susanna, the Countess’ maidservant. The impending festivities ...

Grand opening of the VII International Festival Step Forward!


PROGRAMME: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A Major, K. 488 (1st movement) Fritz Kreisler Prelude and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani ...

Svetlana Berezhnaya


PROGRAMME: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Children’s Album, Op. 39 Arrangement for organ by Svetlana Berezhnaya Rodion Shchedrin Quadrille from the opera Not Love Alone À la Albéniz ...

Il barbiere di Siviglia
Il barbiere di Siviglia
5/10 - 5/11/2014


Count Almaviva is in love with the beautiful Rosina, and she is prepared to answer his amorous overtones, but she has a guardian – Dr ...

Die Zauberflöte
Die Zauberflöte
11/22 - 5/3/2014


OVERTURE Sarastro the wise man is reading a wonderful book called The Magic Flute to some children: "In a far-off land Prince Tamino is living ...

Gunnar Idenstam


Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Dorian, BWV 538 March from Anna Magdalena Bach’s notebook Bourrée No 1 from Cello Suite No ...

Beethoven. Berlioz


Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14...

Gavrilin. Chimes


The epigraph to this wonderful work by Valery Alexandrovich Gavrilin could come in the form of his own poetic lines: Never was a tale of ...

László Fassang


Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 535 Estampie from Robertsbridge Codex Pablo Bruna Tiento in the second tone on the litany ...

Ludger Lohmann


Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major BWV 552 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The chorale Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein from the ...

The Orchestra comes on stage


Theatre begins at the cloakroom. But how does a musical performance begin? Let’s think: the light in the large chandeliers is still lit, the heavy ...

Thomas Trotter


Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 Robert Schumann Studies in the Form of Canons, Op. 56 No 3, No ...

The pranks of Fata Morgana


Legend has it that King Arthur’s half-sister, who was spurned by her beloved knight Sir Lancelot, descended to the bottom of the sea and lives ...

The magical world of dance
The magical world of dance
1/18 - 1/19/2014

Puccini
Puccini
1/14


The company in residence, Julien Lestel, dance his new creation on the theme of the opera and one of its most illustrious composers: Giacomo Puccini. ...

Shostakovich. Messiaen. Ravel


Dmitry Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 in A Minor, Op. 77 Three highlights from music for the ballet The Golden Age: Overture Polka Dance Olivier ...

How a ballet is staged
How a ballet is staged
12/21 - 12/22/2013


In theatre there is a very special world in which the characters neither speak nor sing – this is the mysterious and magical world of ...

Paolo Crivellaro


Jacques Boyvin First Tone Suite Louis-Claude Daquin Noël VII Dietrich Buxtehude Prelude in E Major, BuxWV 141 The chorale prelude In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 197 ...

The State Borodin Quartet


The State Borodin Quartet is a unique phenomenon, not just in the history of Russian music but of the entire world. This legendary ensemble has ...

Christmas Eve


Late one Christmas Eve, the beekeeper Rudy Panko invites the audience to a "little party" where the lads and lasses will tell a story "about ...

During the reign of the glorious Saltan


Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan has become one of the most popular fairytales, among adults as well as children. Written in Tsarskoe ...

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