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In October, new repertoire items and popular favorites will make their return to the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. In addition, the autumn playbill will delight the public with special events.

The first performance of October will be a high-profile premiere, Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale. This benchmark of the opera buffa genre tells the story of a wealthy aristocrat bamboozled by young lovers, and enchants the audience with its vivid characters and exquisite Rococo-style scenery. Last week, this bel canto era masterpiece was performed on the Primorsky Stage and was warmly welcomed by the audience. The performance transfer had been carried out by the Stage Director and Choreographer of the Mariinsky Theatre Ilya Ustyantsev. You can enjoy the premiere again on October 9 and 11, 2024. The opera playbill includes other performances, no less vivid and cheerful. On October 13, 2024, the public will be treated to the colorful opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and on October 19, 2024 (at 14:00 and 19:00), the sparkling operetta by Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus.

On October 10 and 12, 2024 (at 15:00 and 19:00), the ballet playbill will feature a performance that has become the hallmark of the Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage, Fikret Amirov’s A Thousand and One Nights. This ballet is in demand both in Russia and abroad; immediately after the performances in Vladivostok, it will go on a new tour. In October, the stage director and choreographer of the popular performance, Honored Artistic Creator of Russia, Ballet Artistic Director of the Primorsky Stage Eldar Aliev, will celebrate the 50^th anniversary of his artistic career. The evening performance on October 12, 2024 will mark this event. Also in October, ballet lovers will be able to enjoy Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s large-scale ballet-féerie The Sleeping Beauty (October 16 and 17, 2024) and Ludwig Minkus’s dynamic ballet Don Quixote (October 20, 2024).

On October 23 and 24, 2024, the renowned pianist Denis Matsuev will present Generations Dialogue Music Festival for the first time in Vladivostok. This project will bring together young virtuosos and world-famous musicians, who will meet on the Primorsky Stage. The programme of the first evening includes a large Gala concert with the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage conducted by Pavel Smelkov. The second day of the Festival will delight music connoisseurs with the programme “From Classics to Jazz”.

The Chamber Hall of the Theatre will open its doors to the younger audiences as well. On October 12, 2024 (at 12:00 and 15:00) the musical fantasia Town Musicians of Bremen by Gennady Gladkov based on the famous tales by the Brothers Grimm will be performed. On October 20, 2024 (at 12:00 and 14:00), children will enjoy the cheerful fairy-tale The Turnip by Rustam Sagdiev, where Russian folklore is skillfully combined with the opera genre.

From September 17 to 23, 2024, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will go on a massive tour in Moscow. During the tour, the company will present the operas The Tsar’s Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, and the ballets Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam, The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky, and Phaedra. The upcoming performances will be the first performances of the Primorsky Stage Opera Company at the Bolshoi Theatre. The performances will feature the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus of the Primorsky Stage.

On September 17, 2024, the tour will open with The Tsar’s Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, directed by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev and designed by Pyotr Okunev. The main parts will be performed by the Primorsky Stage soloists Laura Bustamante, Alina Mikhailik, Roman Krukovich, Sergei Pleshivtsev, Evgeny Plekhanov, and Alexei Kostyuk. The part of Grigory Gryaznoy will be performed by soloist from St Petersburg Vyacheslav Vasiliev. Pavel Smelkov will take the conductor’s baton.

The operatic portion of the tour will continue with one of the largest-scale performances of the Primorsky Stage, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida directed by Alexey Stepanyuk. The performances will take place on September 19 and 22, 2024. On September 19, 2024, the primary aria will be performed by Olga Maslova, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg; along with her, soloists of the Primorsky Stage Opera Company Laura Bustamante, Marat Mukhametzyanov, Evgeny Plekhanov and Sergey Pleshivtsev will take the stage. On September 22, 2024, the main parts will be performed by Alena Diyanova, Tatyana Makarchuk, Sergey Krylov, Bat-Erdene Dorjtseden and Sergey Pleshivtsev. Pavel Smelkov will take the conductor’s baton.

The Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage performed at the Bolshoi Theatre for the first time last September. At that time, the Historical Stage successfully hosted Fikret Amirov’s A Thousand and One Nights, a ballet based on the famous Arabian fairy tales. This year, the company will present three productions on the New Stage. On September 21, 2024, at 14:00 and 18:00, there will be performances of Adolphe Adam’s adventure ballet Le Corsaire. The performance includes carefully preserved fragments of the legendary choreography of Marius Petipa, supplemented by scenes and ensembles by Eldar Aliev. At 14:00, the main parts will be performed by the leading soloists of the Primorsky Stage Irina Sapozhnikova, Viktor Mulygin, Liliya Berezhnova and Sergey Amanbaev; at 18:00, Shizuru Kato, Lada Sartakova and Denis Klepikov will enter the stage. The part of Medora will be performed by the St Petersburg prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Renata Shakirova. Vitaly Shevelev will take the conductor’s stand.

On September 23, 2024, the Moscow public will be treated to an evening of one-act ballets. The New Stage will present Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird, a striking example of modern art as interpreted by the Ballet Artistic Director of the Primorsky Stage, Eldar Aliev. He created his own version of the script, combining several popular fairy tales and staging the performance in a neoclassical style. Another pearl of this tour is the ballet Phaedra by Danish choreographer Flemming Flindt based on the tragedy by Euripides. Of the whole world, today it is performed only in Vladivostok.

On September 14 and 15, 2024, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will present the first premiere of the new season, Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale. The Musical Director of the production is Irina Soboleva. The Revival Stage Director and Choreographer is Ilya Ustyantsev. The Production Designer is Igor Ivanov. The conductor’s stand will be taken by Dušan Vilić (September 14, 2024) and Vitaly Shevelev (September 15, 2024).

The opera first premiered in 1843 at La Comédie-Italienne in Paris with unprecedented success. Critics said that Don Pasquale was the most outstanding work created for that theatre. Today, Don Pasquale is one of the twenty most popular Italian operas and is performed annually in 150 theatres around the world.

Here is what Irina Soboleva, Artistic Director of the Opera Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre commented on this occasion:
“The appearance of such a title as Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale on the playbill of any theatre always evokes smiles of connoisseurs and opera genre lovers. The key to the success of the opera is its wonderful libretto, full of humor and including elements of masquerade and transformations. The plot is based on the story of a big prank: the desire to prevent a close friend from taking a dangerous step towards an unequal marriage. Such a comic onset is well in tune with the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, well known to our audience.
Along with his outstanding contemporaries Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti is also a symbol of bel canto and the founder of the opera genre. During his short 50-year life, the composer managed to create, according to some sources, as many as 68 operas (74, according to other sources)! The top ten most performed operas in the world include such famous works as Lucia di Lammermoor (previously presented on the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre), Anna Bolena, Linda di Chamounix, Lucrezia Borgia, L’elisir d’amore and, finally, Don Pasquale, which is one of Donizetti’s late works. It is worth mentioning that one of the operas is based on Russian history and has a long title: Il falegname di Livonia, o Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie (The Livonian Carpenter, or Peter the Great, Tsar of the Russias).
I will not fear tautology, and say that the composer’s style in Don Pasquale is perfectly perfect! Therefore, the singers who can cope with such complex material won’t be afraid of the rest of the vocal repertoire (laughing). At the same time, the musical content is presented in an elegant, airy manner. I am sure that the advent of Don Pasquale on our stage is another milestone in the development of the Theatre and the future of the Opera Company.”

In 1980, the opera buffa Don Pasquale was staged at the Mariinsky Theatre by Director Yuri Alexandrov and Stage Designer Igor Ivanov. To commemorate the 180th anniversary of the masterpiece, the performance returned to the historical stage. The young Stage Director Ilya Ustyantsev, who has already worked on various stages of the Mariinsky Theatre, including the Primorsky Stage and the Theatre’s branch in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, was entrusted with reviving it. The sets and costumes for the upcoming premiere at the Primorsky Stage were created in the Theatre’s workshops in Vladivostok.

The parts are being rehearsed by opera soloists of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre: Don Pasquale — Bat-Erdene Dorjtseden, Dmitry Nelasov, Yevgeny Plekhanov, Sergei Pleshivtsev, Vladislav Chibirev; Doctor Malatesta — Sergey Krylov, César Méndez, Dmitry Migulyov, Nikita Odalin, Aleksey Yurkovsky; Ernesto — Ilya Astafurov, Alexei Kostyuk, Roman Krukovich, Mingiyan Odzhaev; Norina — Samira Galimova, Anastasia Gensler, Olga Zharikova, Iveta Simonyan, Alisa Fedorenko; Carlino — Vsevolod Marilov, Yevgeny Mizin, Alexei Smirnov.

The next premiere performances will take place on October 9 and 11, November 6 and 8, 2024.

From September 4 to 6, 2024, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will host special events as part of the cultural program of the Eastern Economic Forum.

On September 4, 2024, a performance by the renowned pianist Denis Matsuev and famous Russian jazzmen Andrei Ivanov (double bass) and Alexander Zinger (drums), accompanied by the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexey Rubin will be hosted by the Great Hall of the Theatre. The programme includes works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Prokofiev and George Gershwin.

On September 5, 2024, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte will be performed. The fairy-tale work is imbibed with profound philosophical meaning and was created in the best traditions of the German singspiel, i.e. a piece with singing, in which virtuoso vocal numbers are alternated with witty playful spoken dialogues. Die Zauberflöte is the composer’s last opera, which has become one of the most famous and performed operas in the world.

On September 6, 2024, the public will enjoy one of the most spectacular performances in the Theatre’s repertoire, the colorful ballet La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus. In this ballet, choreographer Marius Petipa has masterfully combined the exuberant entourage of the exotic East and the standoffish academicism of the Kingdom of Shades. This ballet can be called a diamond from the precious box of classical ballets. Today, it continues to sparkle with all its facets.

The symphonic and chamber programs will be represented by concerts at the Primorsky Branch of the Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts on Russky Island and in the Chamber Hall of the Theatre. On September 6, 2024, in the afternoon, the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage conducted by Dušan Vilić will perform in the concert hall of the Primorsky Branch of the Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts on Russky Island together with graduates and students of the Academy. The same day later, soloists of the Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts, prize-winners at international competitions, will give a concert in the Chamber Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.

The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre is presenting its playbill till the end of the New Year holidays.

The fall will be marked by a variety of performances and the Denis Matsuev Festival. In the New Year season, a series of performances of the most festive ballet and a special chamber program will take place.

Operas with an Accent
The autumn playbill has bright premieres in store for the audience. On September 14 and 15, October 9 and 11 and on November 6 and 8, 2024, Gaetano Donizetti’s sparkling Don Pasquale will be performed, an ironical masterpiece in the spirit of the Italian commedia dell’arte narrating the misadventures of an elderly aristocrat. On November 30 (at 14:00 and 19:00) and December 13, 2024, the audience will enjoy Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s lyrical and bright opera Iolanta, the composer’s last work dedicated to the poignant power of love.

The playbill will continue to inspire the audiences with selected performances. The connoisseurs of Russian classics will enjoy Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s fairy-tale operas The Tale of Tsar Saltan (October 13, 2024) and The Snow Maiden (December 11, 2024), as well as Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s lyrical drama Eugene Onegin (September 7 and December 5, 2024). November will certainly delight the audiences with Italian opera masterpieces, Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo (November 10, 2024) and Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (November 21, 2024). The autumn season will be wrapped up by the steaming-hot Carmen by Georges Bizet (November 24, 2024) and the jovial Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (November 28, 2024).

Ballet with No Borders
Performances that have a huge touring geography will be back in the playbill of the Theatre. On October 10 and 12, 2024 (at 15:00 and 19:00), after successful performances in Beijing (People’s Republic of China), the Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage will present Fikret Amirov’s oriental ballet A Thousand and One Nights. On October 16 and 17, 2024, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballet-féerie The Sleeping Beauty will be performed. This fairy-tale production has recently won the hearts of the audiences in Harbin (China) and Pyongyang (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea).

The colorful palette of autumn events will not be complete without ballet classics. On October 20, 2024, the stage will be illuminated by Ludwig Minkus’s jovial and cheerful ballet Don Quixote. Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake (November 7, December 19 and 20, 2024), Adolphe Adam’s Le Corsaire (November 9, 2024 at 15:00 and 19:00, December 4, 2024) and Giselle (September 12, 13 and November 20, 2024) will certainly give a romantic mood. Among the particularly large-scale and luxuriant performances available in the playbill, there are ballets La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus (November 27 and 29, 2024) and Raymonda by Alexander Glazunov (December 6 and 8, 2024). Admirers of neoclassicism will be delighted by two performances on December 12, 2024: Carmen Suite by Bizet – Shchedrin and Phaedra by Philip Glass.

Denis Matsuev Festival
On October 23 and 24, 2024, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will host Denis Matsuev Presents: Generations Dialogue Festival for the first time. World-renowned soloists and representatives of the new generation of the Russian performing school will meet on one stage.

The programme of the first evening includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Pablo de Sarasate, Alexander Alyabyev, Henri Vieuxtemps, Sergei Prokofiev. The second day of the Festival will continue with the programme From Classics to Jazz.

Young virtuosos, prize-winners at international competitions Stefaniya Pospekhina (violin), Vladimir Karyakin (piano) and Sofya Turina (saxophone) will demonstrate their talent. The young musicians will perform together with experienced soloists: Denis Matsuev (piano), Andrei Ivanov (double bass), Alexander Zinger (drums), Yekaterina Mochalova (domra) and Borislav Strulyov (cello).

New Year Holidays
In November, the Primorsky Stage will host a series of performances of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, which will commemorate 10 years since its premiere in Vladivostok on December 19, 2024. The beloved winter ballet will be performed a record number of times: 33 performances will take place from November 22, 2024 to January 6, 2025.

Some of the most jovial and festive performances of the opera playbill will also come as a boost of New Year’s mood: operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II (December 7, 2024 at 14:00 and 19:00, January 7, 2025 at 14:00 and 19:00, January 8, 2025 at 14:00 and 19:00) and a new addition to the repertoire, Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Don Pasquale (December 21 and 24, 2024).

Heart-warming encounters and musical surprises are in store for the visitors of the Chamber Hall of the Theatre. The Orchestra, together with the Opera Company, are preparing a special programme for the New Year’s Eve concert, which will be announced separately. The young audiences will be able to enjoy such good-natured and optimistic operas as Town Musicians of Bremen by Gennady Gladkov (October 12, 2024 at 12:00 and 15:00, December 1, 2024 at 12:00 and 15:00, December 31, 2024, January 3, 2025 at 12:00 and 15:00, January 6, 2025 at 12:00 and 15:00), The Turnip by Rustam Sagdiev (October 20, 2024 at 12:00 and 14:00, November 23, 2024 at 12:00 and 14:00, December 8, 28 and 29, 2024), Murych the Cat by Sergei Banevich (November 9, December 30, 2024 and January 4, 2025 at 12:00 and 15:00), and The Little Prince by Leonid Klinichev (December 14, 15 and 27, 2024, January 5, 2025 at 12:00 and 15:00).

From August 23 to 25, 2024, more than 3,500 Chinese ballet connoisseurs enjoyed the original production of Fikret Amirov’s A Thousand and One Nights performed by the Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.

The company performed in the Chinese capital for the first time at the new venue of the Beijing Performing Arts Centre. The tour took place as part of the Cross Years of Russian-Chinese Culture.

Every day of the tour, the audience greeted the performers and accompanied them from the stage with loud applause. Words of admiration and gratitude were expressed by the honored guests who visited the performances: Governor of Primorsky Region Oleg Kozhemyako, Party Secretary of Beijing Municipality Yin Li, Director of the National Grand Theatre of China Wang Ning, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the People’s Republic of China Bunyad Huseynov, as well as Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in China Andrei Povalyaev.

The main parts were performed by the leading soloists of the Primorsky Stage. The performances were accompanied by the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ayyub Guliyev. The Chorus and soloists of the Opera Company of the Primorsky Stage Anastasia Kikot and Samira Galimova also took part in the performances.

The performances in Beijing marked the onset of the Ballet Company’s foreign tour in the 2024/25 season, as well as the launch of new creative projects to be held together with Chinese colleagues.

The next performances of Fikret Amirov’s ballet A Thousand and One Nights will take place in the coming autumn on the company’s home stage. The performances will take place in Vladivostok at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre on October 10 and 12, 2024.

On September 4, 2024, pianist Denis Matsuev and the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform as part of the IX Eastern Economic Forum. The young and successful orchestra, which epitomizes the future of Russia’s academic music, will take part in the cultural program of the Eastern Economic Forum for the third time. The concert will take place in the Great Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre; the conductor’s stand will be occupied by maestro Alexey Rubin. The RNYSO’s performance at the Eastern Economic Forum is traditionally supported by Russian Railways.

Part I of the program is dedicated to masterpieces of Russian symphonic music, united by the element of dance. The Youth Orchestra will perform Capriccio espagnol by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (to commemorate the 180^th anniversary of the composer’s birth) and the Suite from the ballet Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev.

The evening will culminate with Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra with jazz cadenzas by Denis Matsuev. Together with the acclaimed pianist, his regular stage partners will perform: Honored Artist of Russia, leading Russian jazz double bassist Andrei Ivanov and winner of prestigious jazz awards, drummer Alexander Zinger.

Denis Matsuev has established a long-standing creative collaboration with the Youth Orchestra. The distinguished musician plays an important role in the fate of the RNYSO. From the very first days of the Orchestra’s existence, he has performed together with the young musicians. They have become regular participants in many festivals and projects of Denis Matsuev.

In August, the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra launched its seventh concert season. Over the past years, the Orchestra, which consists of more than 120 performers, has become an integral part of the national concert life: it has held more than 230 concerts, performing in 37 cities and towns in different parts of the country, from the Far East to Pskov, from Rostov-on-Don to Salekhard. The RNYSO regularly takes part in the most significant Russian festivals, as well as in other large-scale cultural and social events. Thus, in early 2024, the Youth Orchestra presented its program as part of the cultural program of the 8^th Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin.

From its first days, the RNYSO has existed as a Symphony Academy. Musicians learn from mentors from the largest Russian and foreign orchestras, and take classes from professors of national and world leading music high schools. These classes serve as a powerful creative motivation for their fulfillment in the profession.

The Youth Orchestra has become an efficient source of highly qualified personnel, and this is another important mission of the ensemble. Every year, RNMSO alumni join the best national orchestras. Their successful experience inspires their peers and helps to revive the prestige of the profession of an orchestral musician.

The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents a multifold opera program where every guest will be able to find a piece to his or her liking.

Mid-August will be marked by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. On August 23, 2024, the Primorsky Stage will feature Don Carlo, an opera outstanding in every sense of the word. It is a monumental historical performance that amazes with the scale of its scenery and the abundance of beautiful arias. On August 24, 2024, the opera La traviata will be performed, a famous psychological love drama that exposes social prejudices.

Colorful and dynamic performances will help to prolong the summer sentiment. On August 30, 2024, Die Fledermaus will be performed, a fiery operetta by Johann Strauss II that crushes sorrows and eternal problems of family life. On September 1, 2024, the Theatre will present Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, a globally renowned masterpiece full of numerous musical “hits”: from the brilliant overture and Habanera to torrid Seguidilla and effective Toreador’s Song.

The onset of the school year will be marked by operas for the whole family. On September 5, 2024, the beautiful fairy-tale opera Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be performed. On September 7, 2024, the opera stage will host a musical “encyclopedia of Russian life”, the grand opera Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Chamber Hall of the Theatre will also offer several performances for the youngest audiences: Murych the Cat by Sergei Banevich (August 17, 2024, September 7, 2024), The Little Prince by Leonid Klinichev (August 25, 2024), and Town Musicians of Bremen by Gennady Gladkov (August 31, 2024).

The “opera marathon” will culminate with the first premiere of the season, the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti. The audience will enjoy an authentic Italian performance in the spirit of commedia dell'arte, decorated with picturesque scenery and exquisite costumes. The opera is a story of the misadventures of a wealthy aristocrat who has decided to marry a young bride. This witty opus about the vicissitudes of love is appreciated by critics for its unquenchable energy and careful distribution of musical accents; the general public values the opera for its exciting adventurous plot. The premiere performances will take place on September 14 and 15, 2024.

Due to the emergency power cutoff in the Primorsky Region on August 16, the performance of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi is postponed to August 18 at 13:00. In turn, the beginning of the second performance, which was scheduled for August 18 at 17:00, will be moved to 19:00. All previously purchased tickets remain valid.

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On August 23, 24 and 25, 2024, the Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will perform in the capital of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, for the first time. The company will present its own original production of Fikret Amirov’s ballet A Thousand and One Nights choreographed by the Ballet Artistic Director, Honored Artistic Creator of Russia Eldar Aliev. The performances will take place on the stage of the Beijing Performing Arts Centre.

The Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will be the first company to present such a large-scale ballet performance on the stage of the new Beijing Arts Centre.

The tour in the capital of the People’s Republic of China will be accompanied by the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra conducted by the Principal Conductor of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ayyub Guliyev. The performances will feature the Chorus and soloists of the Opera Company of the Primorsky Stage Anastasia Kikot and Samira Galimova.

The leading parts will be performed by prima ballerinas of the Primorsky Stage Anna Samostrelova, Irina Sapozhnikova, Lilia Berezhnova, principal dancers Sergei Umanetc and Viktor Mulygin, soloists Yuri Zinnurov, Lada Sartakova, Alexandra Shalimova. In addition, on August 25, 2024 the part of Shahriar will be performed by the Honored Artist of Azerbaijan, principal dancer of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg Timur Askerov.

The ballet A Thousand and One Nights is one of the Company’s most striking performances, and has a large touring geography. The performance has succeeded on the stages of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Tatar Musa Jalil State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Kazan, and the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) in Doha.

The series of performances in Beijing will be the Company’s first foreign tour in the season 2024/25. At the dawn of the season, the Company traditionally presented performances of the Primorsky Stage in St Petersburg and held a series of performances in Vladivostok.

Eldar Aliyev commented on the upcoming tour:

“For us, it is essential that this performance, whose literary foundation is a monument of Persian and Arabic literature, the famous collection of fairy tales A Thousand and One Nights, is appreciated by the Chinese public. We tried to reflect the best traditions of Eastern culture in it, and therefore we very much hope that all performances will be a success”.

For the Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, A Thousand and One Nights was staged in the choreographic embodiment by Eldar Aliev. A native of Baku, a holder of the “Dostlug” Order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he actively staged this ballet in America and Europe over the years, and created a new version for the Primorsky Stage Ballet Company.