On November 25 and 26 Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov’s opera Christmas Eve will premiere in the Chamber Hall of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. A fantastic féerie based on the plot of Nikolai Gogol’s story of the same title has retained principle storylines and kind humour of the original novel. The composer introduced new characters which enhanced the fairytale motif of the performance. The opera features some cheerful public scenes, ritual songs, poetic images of the distant past.
The transfer of the performance from the historical to the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will be led by conductor Pavel Petrenko. Pavel Petrenko graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and has been working with the Mariinsky Theatre since 2003. He has conducted such operatic premieres as Dead Souls and the Lefthander by Rodion Shchedrin, Mermaid by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti, Salambo and the Marriage by Modest Mussorgsky, Mavra by Igor Stravinsky, as well as performances Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev, Don Quixote by Jules Massenet, Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz, The Little Humpbacked Horse and A Christmas Tale by Rodion Shchedrin.
We’d like to remind that the Primorsky Stage November Playlist will start with performances of the Mariinsky Theatre soloists and Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. On 1 November renowned musicians will perform Richard Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold (concert performance) which will be presented in Vladivostok for the first time. On 2 November the Great Chamber will host the gala concert of Mariinsky Theatre opera soloists Through the Score of Great French Operas (11.00) and the ballet Carmen-Suite with Diana Vishneva in the title part. The program of matinee gala-concert will feature arias from the operas Carmen by Georges Bizet, Faust by Charles Gounod, Samson et Delila by Camille Saint-Saens and Act 5 from Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz performed by Yuliya Matochkina, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Mikhail Vekua, Yuri Vorobiev, Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Slata Bulycheva, Evgeny Akhmetov and Vadim Kravets.
Mariinsky Theatre prima-ballerina Diana Vishneva will appear in Carmen-Suite together with Mariinsky Theatre Soloist Ivan Oskorbin. The performance will also feature the ballet company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. It is the second Diana Visheva’s visit to Vladivostok (She first performed at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre together with Vladimir Malakhov in the ballet The Old Man and Me presented in August during the I International Mariinsky Far East Festival).
The ballet repertoire of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will be continued in November by Le Corsaire by Adolf Adam (6 November), the Firebird by Igor Stravinsky (11 and 27 November), Andrei Golovin - Alexander Lokshin’s family duology Bambi and In the Jungle (13 November), Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s féerie the Nutcracker (18 and 19 November). November Playlist also features the best pieces from classical repertoire, world renowned opera masterpieces: Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi (5 November), Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (12 November), Evgeny Onegin by Piotr Tchaikovsky (17 November), the Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (20 November).
The upcoming events of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will also include a performance by the Orchestra of the Russian Pacific Fleet (4 November).
