MARIINSKY THEATRE II

Act I Scene 1. The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and Olga, playful and ...

Act I Scene 1 A square in Seville early in the morning. In front of Dr Bartolo’s house Count Almaviva and a group of musicians ...

Act I A square in Seville In the guard house, Moralès and his soldiers are discussing the passers-by. Micaëla arrives, looking for the corporal Don ...

Iolanta, King Rene’s daughter, is blind. But the girl herself as yet does not know she is blind: Rene has issued a decree by which ...

One of the most perfect operas world classical "Spades", like every true masterpiece, its not, and none of the interpretations of the Opera could not ...

Act I The Emperor of the South-East Islands is married to the daughter of a fairy that he captured while out hunting; once he injured ...

Act I Paris. A party is underway at the home of Violetta Valéry, a well-known demimondaine. Violetta´s admirers are celebrating her return to health. Alfredo ...

Act I A ball at the ducal court of Mantua. The Duke has aroused the fury and indignation of the courtiers in making Rigoletto, a ...

Act I Scene 1. The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and Olga, playful and ...

Prologue The Shipwreck Three sailors are struggling to save their boat during a storm. The boat sinks. Act I Scene 1 The Sea Shore The ...

Act I (The Duel) The Aliaferia Palace. Ferrando, a confidant of the Count di Luna, tells the palace guard of tragic events that occurred many ...

Act I 1. A house on the edge of a field. An Old Man is at home. Gavrilo and Danilo are at home. Ivan the ...

Act I Pinkerton buys a house. He tells Sharpless of his infatuation for a Japanese girl and of his intention to marry her for "nine ...

Act I Paris. A party is underway at the home of Violetta Valéry, a well-known demimondaine. Violetta´s admirers are celebrating her return to health. Alfredo ...

ACT I Pinkerton is buying a house. He tells Sharpless of his infatuation for a Japanese girl and of his intention to marry her for ...

Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...

Antwerp, the first half of the 10th century. The Duke of Brabant has died, leaving his children Elsa and Gottfried as wards of his kinsman, ...

Carmen, a sizzling opera composed by Georges Bizet, is a timeless tale of love, jealousy, and fiery passion. Debuting at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in ...

Patricia Racette won plaudits when she first sang the title role at the Met in 2010. Now she returns with Roberto Alagna and Aleksandrs Antonenko ...

The Church of Sant´Andrea della Valle, Rome Angelotti, former Consul of the Republic of Rome and now a political prisoner who has escaped from prison, ...

Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, Balanchine distilled the brilliant facets of precious stones into a grand display. "Emeralds" moves at Fauré’s ...

Act I Semyon Kotko the soldier is returning from the front, but instead of his home he sees an empty area of land, pitted by ...

Lefty is the most famous story by Nikolai Leskov. In Russia everyone, but everyone knows it. Leskov’s tale is an incredibly rich literary source for ...

Leskov’s tale is an incredibly rich literary source for an opera plot. The plot of the tale itself is a grotesque exaggeration. What is it? ...

Act I A harbour. Evening. The triumphant arrival of Otello, the new governor, is interrupted by a sudden storm. The tempest has already taken the ...

Act I A mill on the banks of the River Dnieper. Natasha, the Miller’s daughter, is waiting for the Prince she loves so passionately. Somewhat ...

PROGRAMME: Robert Schumann Allegro for Piano in B Minor, Op. 8 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35 Béla Bartók ...

Carmen is a passionate, free-spirited woman in contrast to the temperamental and fickle Don José. Fate, a ballerina dressed in black and a representation of ...

PROGRAMME: 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 ...

Prologue Vronsky is at a railway station where there has been an accident. Looking at Anna’s dead body, he now understands that his life has ...

Act I The triumph of Rome The Roman general Crassus is returning victorious from a battle in Thracia. The rejoicing crowd welcomes the legionnaires. Captive ...

Over the course of the 2013-2014 season the Mariinsky Theatre will continue to develop its programmes targeted at younger audiences, and together with the Piccolo ...

Act I 1. A house on the edge of a field. An Old Man is at home. Gavrilo and Danilo are at home. Ivan the ...

ACT I A square in Seville In the guard house, Moralès and his soldiers are discussing the passers-by. Micaëla arrives, looking for the corporal Don ...

For Sergei Rakhmaninov the five years that preceded the revolution saw the appearance of works that the composer himself particularly loved: the symphonic poem The ...

Act I A dark forest in a distant land. A young woman flees her past. Prince Golaud, hunting a trail of blood, discovers the runaway ...

All of Elektra´s thoughts are focussed on avenging the death of her father Agamemnon, killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisth. She avoids ...

Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, Balanchine distilled the brilliant facets of precious stones into a grand display. "Emeralds" moves at Fauré’s ...

The action takes place in the mythical European town of Roulettenburg, where the opera´s characters meet. Alexei is travelling with the family of a Russian ...

Carmen is a passionate, free-spirited woman in contrast to the temperamental and fickle Don José. Fate, a ballerina dressed in black and a representation of ...

Preambule. Carnival festivities. Pierrot. Pierrot is sad. Arlequin. The colourfully dressed Arlequin swoops down on Pierrot. Arlequin is in good spirits; Pierrot’s wretched looks make ...

Prologue By night on the rocky banks of the Rhine, three prophetic Noms are spinning the rope of Fate. The end of the gods´ power ...

Over the course of the 2013-2014 season the Mariinsky Theatre will continue to develop its programmes targeted at younger audiences, and together with the Piccolo ...

Act I Until recently, the universe shook from the fighting between the gods, giants and Nibelungs in the struggle for the Rhine’s fateful legacy. Now ...

Prologue Leshy is anticipating the arrival of Spring. Spring appears, accompanied by birds and animals. Sixteen years previously, she married the ancient and stern Father ...

Although Wotan, the ruling God, governs the giants, people and dwarves with the aid of treaties and agreements engraved on the staff of his spear, ...

Scene 1 In the depths of the river, the Rhine maidens Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde are guarding the treasure of the Rhine at the behest ...

Act I A crowd assembled by the walls of the Imperial palace in Peking listens to a Mandarin reading a decree – anyone who wishes ...

Act I The Governor of Boston, Riccardo, Count of Warwick, receives his courtiers. He looks down the list of those invited to the ball and ...

Over the course of the 2013-2014 season the Mariinsky Theatre will continue to develop its programmes targeted at younger audiences, and together with the Piccolo ...

Act I Scene 1. Introduction. We hear the song The Snow Is not White, performed in the Russian folk style. Scene 2. Lunch at the ...

Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...

ACT I Ivan Severyanovich Flyagin, a novice at the monastery in Valaam, is reminiscing about former days. Before renouncing the material world, he once accidentally ...

King René’s daughter Iolanta is blind. But the girl is blissfully ignorant of her blindness: at René’s command, the mention of vision and light are ...

Over the course of the 2013-2014 season the Mariinsky Theatre will continue to develop its programmes targeted at younger audiences, and together with the Piccolo ...

Act I Paris. A party is underway at the home of Violetta Valéry, a well-known demimondaine. Violetta´s admirers are celebrating her return to health. Alfredo ...

The Duel. The Gypsy. The Gypsy’s Son. The Execution. In four parts, Verdi weaves together a tense drama of romance, mistaken identity, revenge and murder. ...

Act I A mill on the banks of the River Dnepr. Natasha, the Miller’s daughter, is waiting for the Prince she loves so passionately. Somewhat ...

Act I 1. A house on the edge of a field. An Old Man is at home. Gavrilo and Danilo are at home. Ivan the ...

Leskov’s tale is an incredibly rich literary source for an opera plot. The plot of the tale itself is a grotesque exaggeration. What is it? ...

The Prodigal Son was the last work Balanchine made for Diaghilev’s Ballets russes in 1929 with Serge Lifar in the role of the Prodigal Son; ...

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The Church of Sant´Andrea della Valle, Rome Angelotti, former Consul of the Republic of Rome and now a political prisoner who has escaped from prison, ...

Act I The triumph of Rome The Roman general Crassus is returning victorious from a battle in Thracia. The rejoicing crowd welcomes the legionnaires. Captive ...

The Ballet of George Balanchine Jewels is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® ...

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude had its world premier with the Ballett Frankfurt on 20 January 1996. Originally coupled with another ballet and performed under ...

arias from operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...

The Glorious Seven, as they are generally referred to in press reviews, never fail to take their audiences by storm. Four members of the Wiener ...