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The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre has prepared an eventful program on the occasion of International Women’s Day

The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre has prepared an eventful program on the occasion of International Women’s Day. 

The playbill for the festive days is rich in works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in the year of the 180th anniversary of the composer. On March 6, 2024, The Tsar’s Bride, one of the most popular and beautiful Russian classical operas, will be performed. The truly royal weekend will continue on March 10, 2024 when the audience will be able to enjoy The Tale of Tsar Saltan. The fairy opera is ideally suitable both for young and sophisticated theatergoers.

On March 8, 2024, The Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev will be presented to female admirers of opera. This Primorsky Stage recent premiere is notable for its brilliant scenography, abundance of stage tricks and comic plot twists. The opera will create and extend the holiday feeling for a few days to come.

The ballet playbill promises the magic of Indian nights and oriental exotic atmosphere in La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus on March 9, 2024. The ballet will tell the story of love between the dancer Nikia and the noble warrior Solor, who face a difficult choice: either to follow their hearts’ call, or to listen to the voice of reason to please the earthly laws and strict rules.

On March 7, 2024, the festive concert “Flowers and jewelry” will be given in the Chamber Hall. The pearls of instrumental pieces and vocal compositions carefully selected for International Women’s Day will be performed by opera soloists and members of the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage. On March 9, 2024, the fluffy hero of Sergei Banevich’s opera Murych the Cat will celebrate his own holiday in the Chamber Hall.

On March 7, 2024, the most curious guests who enjoy learning more about the Theatre’s off-stage life will be able to take part in an exciting tour. They will hear a story about the Primorsky Stage’s history and walk through the most hidden parts of the unique theatre complex.

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On April 5, 6 and 19, 2024, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will present its premiere production of the lightest of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s operas, Iolanta

On April 5, 6 and 19, 2024, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will present its premiere production of the lightest of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s operas, Iolanta.

Iolanta is the composer’s last opera. It is rightfully included in the list of the most popular Russian chamber operas. Tchaikovsky was once looking for a subject for a short lyrical performance and paid attention to the one-act play Kong Renés Datter (King René’s Daughter) by the Danish poet Henrik Hertz. According to the plot the congenitally blind princess Iolanthe does not understand that she is blind because King René has ordered that no word be said about eyesight or light in his palace. However, Iolanthe’s love, readiness to sacrifice herself and passionate desire to see the light can cure her.

Inspired by that touching story, Pyotr Tchaikovsky asked his brother Modest Tchaikovsky to write the libretto. “The plot of Iolanta enchanted me with its poetry, its freshness and a wealth of lyrical moments. I immediately promised myself that I should someday set it to music,” the composer remembered. He was hard at work on the opera from July till December 1891. On December 6, 1892, the world premiere of Iolanta took place together with the composer’s ballet The Nutcracker at the Mariinsky Theatre. 

The new staging is being prepared by Anna Shishkina, Stage Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, and Pyotr Okunev, Chief Designer of the Primorsky Stage. The roles will be performed by soloists of the Opera Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. The baton on the premiere days will be held by Pavel Smelkov, Principal Conductor of the Primorsky Stage.

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In late March, the Chamber Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will present unique chamber evenings, each of them comprising a brilliant music piece, a fascinating story and sand animation

In late March, the Chamber Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will present unique chamber evenings, each of them comprising a brilliant music piece, a fascinating story and sand animation.

On March 22, 2024, the audience will enjoy the famous group of four violin concerti by Antonio Vivaldi, Le quattro stagioni, in the format of a theatrical concert. When working on the composition, Vivaldi sought to combine poetry and instrumental music. Following the path envisaged by the composer, the Primorsky Stage company has gone even further. “In our performance of this immortal group of concerti, we have decided not only to voice poetic texts, but also to add graphic and dramatic components in the form of sand animation and four monologues pronounced on behalf of Vivaldi himself; closely echoing the four concerti, these monologues tell about the four stages of the composer’s life, that is, Childhood, Youth, Maturity and Old Age”, comments the Principal Conductor of the Primorsky Stage and screenwriter Pavel Smelkov.

The concert will be held with the participation of the Chamber Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. Soloists: Pavel Batyan (violin), Elizaveta Sushchenko (cello), Pavel Smelkov (harpsichord). The soloist of the Primorsky Stage Opera Company, Dmitry Nelasov, will appear as Vivaldi.

On March 23 and 24, 2024, the audience will enjoy the recent premiere, the musical performance Ruslan and Lyudmila. Mikhail Glinka’s music will be interspersed with the declamation of the chosen fragments from the poem. The performance will be accompanied by sand animation, allowing the audience to plunge into the fairy tale world of images of the magnificent “Russian fantasy”, which has emerged from the pens of two geniuses of Russian culture. “Mikhail Glinka’s fantasy romantic opera Ruslan and Lyudmila is very special for me. Pushkin’s poem was the first serious book that I read on my own at an early age, and Glinka’s masterpiece was one of the first operas I saw at the Mariinsky Theatre (then the Kirov Theatre). For the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, I have created an original literary and musical composition, which, based on Glinka’s amazing music, returns Ruslan and Lyudmila to the original Pushkin’s plot. At the same time, several numbers have been removed, and some of the music has been “handed back” to Ruslan. Also, several important plot lines have been brought back, such as the murder and miraculous revival of the main character”, notes Pavel Smelkov.

The main parts in the upcoming performances will be performed by soloists of the Primorsky Stage Opera Company. Reader: Dmitry Nelasov. 

The author of the sand animation at both concerts is artist Maksim Shteinberg.

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In early spring, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will be holding a series of events dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the main “storyteller” of the Russian classical music, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

In early spring, the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will be holding a series of events dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the main “storyteller” of the Russian classical music, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

The renowned Russian composer and teacher was born on March 18, 1844 in Tikhvin. Being a representative of the famous Rimsky-Korsakov seafarer dynasty, he was educated at the School for Navigation Sciences, but during his stay in St Petersburg he delved into musical activity, to which he devoted his life. However, his love for the sea was embodied in many of his works. The composer’s lavish heritage includes fifteen operas, three symphonies, instrumental concerts, cantatas, vocal and sacred music. “Marinist” and “storyteller”, that is what Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was called by his contemporaries.

This spring, residents and guests of the region will be able to enjoy the celebrator composer’s most famous operas on the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.

On March 2 and 28, 2024, and on April 28, 2024, The Snow Maiden will be performed in the Great Hall of the Theatre. This poetic “spring fairy tale” is stylishly designed by a Broadway star, world-famous Set Designer Georgy Tsypin. On March 6, 2024 and April 10, 2024, The Tsar’s Bride will be performed, directed by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev. In this opera drama, truth and fiction, history and fantasy are closely intertwined. On March 10, 2024 and May 19, 2024, the audience will encounter with The Tale of Tsar Saltan, a cheerful opera for the whole family, full of musical miracles and bright scenery, in an updated production by Ekaterina Malaya.

On April 21, 2024, the grandiose “Rimsky-Korsakov – 180” concert will come as the culmination of the anniversary events. The program includes the symphonic suite Scheherazade, where the “Eastern” theme so beloved by Russian composers, starting with Glinka, has received its wonderful embodiment. The work inspired by the images from the famous collection of Arabian folktales One Thousand and One Nights, consists of four movements and subtly conveys the rich flavor of the East. The guest soloist of the evening is Honored Artist of Russia, first violin of the legendary Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Lev Klychkov.

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On April 6, 2024, the country’s oldest string ensemble, the Borodin Quartet, will perform in the Chamber Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre for the first time

On April 6, 2024, the country’s oldest string ensemble, the Borodin Quartet, will perform in the Chamber Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre for the first time.

The Borodin Quartet is a recipient of the Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1968), the State Prize of the USSR (1986), the Prize of the Mayor of Moscow (1998), and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001). The creative longevity of the Quartet is registered in Guinness World Records (1995).

The Quartet was founded in 1945 within the walls of the Moscow State Conservatory and over 75 years has become an integral part of the history of Russian performance arts. The main merit in the establishment of creative continuity and preserving the traditions of the Quartet belongs to one of its founders, Valentin Berlinsky, who played in the ensemble for a record 62 years. The modern line-up includes Nikolai Sachenko, Sergey Lomovsky, Igor Naidin and Vladimir Balshin.

Besides the classics, the ensemble has always paid significant attention to contemporary composers, including Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Mieczysław Weinberg, Benjamin Britten, Samuel Barber. The ensemble is the first performer of many new musical pieces. Those have often been dedicated to and composed with the Borodin Quartet members in mind. Over the years, the Quartet has also worked with a number of outstanding musicians. In 40 years, 83 concerts were given and 14 compositions were performed and recorded with Sviatoslav Richter; the Quartet also worked with Dmitri Shostakovich for over 30 years. The ensemble’s biography also includes about seven thousand concerts in the USSR, Russia, Europe, Asia, America, Australia and New Zealand.

On April 6, 2024, within the confines of its Vladivostok tour, the Borodin Quartet will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 7 and Alexander Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2.

The concert will be held as part of the “All-Russian Philharmonic Seasons” program of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

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Several soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre will take part in a performance of the opera Don Carlo (March 15, 2024) and a concert performance of Requiem (March 17, 2024) by Giuseppe Verdi on the main Opera Stage of Primorye

Several soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre will take part in a performance of the opera Don Carlo (March 15, 2024) and a concert performance of Requiem (March 17, 2024) by Giuseppe Verdi on the main Opera Stage of Primorye.

Don Carlo is an opera for great voices conveying great passions. The action takes place in the 16th century Spain, during the reign of the powerful King Philip II. The epic canvas depicts a tragic love story against the background of large-scale historical events.

The audiences will be able to enjoy the rarely performed opera, which requires a large cast of first-class singers, on March 15, 2024. Tenor Alexander Mikhailov, prizewinner at international competitions and an owner of an impressive list of parts performed at the Mariinsky Theatre, will appear as Don Carlo, the son of Philip II. The image of Princess Eboli will be embodied by Zinaida Tsarenko (mezzo-soprano). Over a single theatrical season, this young opera singer attracted the attention of audiences at the Mariinsky Theatre with the parts of Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride) and Marfa (Khovanshchina), Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans), and Princess Eboli, and then became a sensation at the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, having won the First Prize and the Grand Prix. The part of Élisabeth de Valois will be performed by the virtuoso coloratura soprano Inara Kozlovskaya. Other main parts will be performed by soloists of the Primorsky Stage Marat Mukhametzyanov (Rodrigo) and Bat-Erdene Dorjtseden (The Grand Inquisitor).

On March 17, 2024, another Verdi’s masterpiece will be performed with the participation of singers from the Mariinsky Theatre, the famous Requiem. Created in memory of the great figures of Spanish culture, Verdi’s Requiem is called “an opera dressed in church robes”. The luxury of a grand romantic orchestra, the power of a grand chorus, as well as the brilliant solo parts, all this takes the audience into the space of theatrical performance. The composer concentrates on the main thing, the feelings of a person who has reached the fateful moment between life and death, expressing these feelings in an impeccable musical form. It is not the submissive resignation before the blows of fate that the Requiem is about. The Requiem is about the eternal desire for happiness, which drives the heroes of all Verdi’s operas.

The Requiem will be performed by the Primorsky Stage opera soloists and Chorus, as well as by the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage under the baton of the Theatre’s Principal Conductor Pavel Smelkov.

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Inspiring and unconventional musical programs are in store for audiences of different ages on the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Inspiring and unconventional musical programs are in store for audiences of different ages on the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.

On February 18, 2024, the ambitious “Pushkin – 225” cycle will continue in the Great Hall. In Part I of the concert, the audience will enjoy Winter Dreams, one of the first symphonic works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. In this romantic symphony, the composer has managed, in an ingenious and vivid manner, to convey various hallmarks of the Russian winter landscape. Part II will feature romances and musical illustrations to the story The Blizzard, by Georgy Sviridov, a Russian classicist of the 20th century. Pushkin’s winter imagery was particularly appealing to Sviridov. The Theater’s Principal Conductor, Pavel Smelkov, will take the stand this evening. Baritone Alexei Repin, a singer of the Primorsky Stage Opera Company, will be the soloist.

On February 23 and 25, 2024, a family premiere is expected in the Chamber Hall, a musical fairy tale Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka accompanied by sand animation. The Theatre company will present their interpretation of the magical fairy tale opera based on the poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, containing the themes of the Russian fairy tale epic and glorifying heroism and nobility of feelings. Both young and adult audiences will enjoy not only listening, but also watching the concert, as it will be accompanied by picturesque sand animation used as decoration.

On March 7, 2024, the Theatre will give a luxurious musical bouquet to the ladies, a festive concert Flowers and jewelry. The chamber evening will become a symbolic dedication to the beautiful half of humanity. Lyrical songs, exquisite romances, vivid pop numbers and ingenious, sparkling instrumental miniatures – all these musical pieces, in one way or another, will bring up the topic of flowers and jewelry. At all times, these have been traditional gifts to ladies as a sign of love and admiration. The pearls of the chamber repertoire will be performed by soloists of the Primorsky Stage Opera Company. The host of the concert is Elizaveta Sushchenko.

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On March 21, 23 and 24, 2024, the company of the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre will perform in the Great Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in Vladivostok

On March 21, 23 and 24, 2024, the company of the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre will perform in the Great Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in Vladivostok. In 2024, the 120th anniversary of the birth of the legendary 20th century choreographer and founder of the Yakobson Ballet is celebrated.

As part of the anniversary year of the Leningrad master, the audience of the Far East will be treated to iconic cycles of choreographic miniatures and the recent premiere of a one-act ballet.

On March 21, 2024, the tour will open with “Brilliant Divertissement” program. The audience will enjoy the cult series of miniatures, Classicism-Romanticism, along with the one-act ballets: The Wedding Cortège to the music by Dmitri Shostakovich, and The Brilliant Divertissement to the music by Mikhail Glinka.

On March 23 and 24, 2024, the company will present the premiere of Vyacheslav Samodurov’s new ballet 598 Beats, his one-act choreographic production Cheeky Chastushki (winner of the Golden Soffit for Best Ballet of the 2022/2023 season), and Leonid Yakobson’s cycle of choreographic miniatures Rodin, considered one of the most refined and original choreographic masterpieces of the 20th century.

The anniversary year of Leonid Yakobson was opened in January on the Historical Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, on the choreographer’s birthday. This is where Leonid Yakobson started his career: in 1926–1933 he appeared on this stage as a grotesque character dancer, in 1942–1950 and 1956–1975 he was the Ballet Master of the Kirov (Mariinsky) Theatre. In 1969, Yakobson initiated the establishment of Choreographic Miniatures Ballet Company and became its Artistic Director. Today, the Company bears the name of its creator and is called the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre. The Yakobson Ballet Company carefully preserves its creator’s original choreography, restoring his legacy bit by bit.

The Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will pick up the festive baton in March. The Yakobson Ballet Company’s tour will take place within the framework of the “Great Tour” All-Russian Tour and Concert Project of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The event will be organized by the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture ROSCONCERT.

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From February 13 to 23, 2024, the Mariinsky Theatre will host the traditional winter tour of the Primorsky Stage Ballet Company

From February 13 to 23, 2024, the Mariinsky Theatre will host the traditional winter tour of the Primorsky Stage Ballet Company. St Petersburg audiences will enjoy exclusive productions of the Primorsky Stage and, for the first time, the high-profile premiere of last season, Alexander Glazunov’s ballet Raymonda.

In total, fifteen performances will be shown on the Historical and New Stages of the Mariinsky Theatre. The series of performances will be launched on the New Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre with the spectacular and colorful ballet A Thousand and One Nights by Fikret Amirov. Ballet connoisseurs of the northern capital will be the first to enjoy the vibrant performance after a triumphant tour in the capital of Qatar, Doha. Oriental tales told through the language of dance will be presented to the audience on February 13, 14 and 17, 2024. The main tour program will take place on the Historical Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballet-féerie The Nutcracker will be given on February 15, 16 and 18, 2024; Alexander Glazunov’s ballet about the romantic Middle Ages, Raymonda, on February 20, 21 and 24, 2024; and the dynamic performance by Adolphe Adam, Le Corsaire, on February 22 and 23, 2024.

The leading parts will be performed by soloists of the Primorsky Stage and dancers of the Mariinsky Theatre: principal dancer Timur Askerov, first soloist Renata Shakirova, soloists Anastasia Lukina and Ruslan Stenyushkin, who have repeatedly taken part in the performances of the Primorsky Stage Ballet Company. For the first time, the first soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, Maria Shirinkina, will participate in the performances of A Thousand and One Nights and Raymonda.

The tour of the Liaoning Ballet Company of China, which will take place from February 20 to 25, 2024 will, meanwhile, become a striking event in today’s cultural life of Primorye. The Primorsky Stage Ballet Company will return to its native stage in March, where it will present the pearls of its repertoire: the one-act ballets Phaedra and Carmen Suite (March 1 and 16, 2024), ballets Konyok-Gorbunok (The Little Humpbacked Horse) by Rodion Shchedrin (March 3, 2024), Don Quixote (March 7, 2024) and La Bayadère (March 9, 2024) by Ludwig Minkus, and Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (March 14, 2024). On March 21, 23 and 24, 2024, the Primorsky Stage will host a tour of the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre.

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This weekend, Ayuna Bazargurueva, an opera star from Buryatia and a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, will perform the primary female parts in such famous Italian operas as Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida and Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly for the first time at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

This weekend, Ayuna Bazargurueva, an opera star from Buryatia and a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, will perform the primary female parts in such famous Italian operas as Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida and Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly for the first time at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.

Between 2009 and 2013 Ayuna Bazargurueva was a member of the Opera Company of the G. Tsydynzhapov Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2014 she became a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers and made her Mariinsky Theatre debut, appearing as Aida. In January 2024 she joined the Mariinsky Opera Company. “This is Saint Petersburg perfect school which, however, without any stretch can be called both Buryat and Italian. This is a Neapolitan sunny vocal amplified by Asian moderation,” critics noted the singer’s manner.

Ayuna Bazargurueva’s numerous awards include the 3rd prize at the Competizione dell’Opera (2012), the only largest competition where participants present solely an Italian repertoire.

This week, the masterpieces of Italian opera are to be performed at the Primorsky Stage. On February 8, 2024 Ayuna Bazargurueva will perform the primary female role in Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, and on February 10, 2024 she will appear as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini.

“Any role should be emotionally colored because it is the emotional coloring that gives a certain tone to the sound. When I appear on the stage, I want the audience to experience new emotions and understand my heroines’ versatility. Every performance is my small challenge. To appear at the Primorsky Stage is twice important and thrilling,” the singer said before her meeting with Vladivostok audiences.

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