July 24, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Artistic Director: Valery Gergiev
From July 24, 2021 to August 8, 2021 the VI International Mariinsky Far East Festival, Vladivostok, will be held at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. The Festival will start with the ballet premiere of Boris Asafiev’s The Fountain of Bakhchisarai brilliantly choreographed by Rostislav Zakharov (July 24 and July 25). This dramatic ballet, based on Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name, became a sensation in 1934 and has since held the Saint Petersburg stage. In 2017 The Fountain of Bakhchisarai was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre for the thousandth time.
On July 27 and July 28 Herman Løvenskiold’s romantic ballet La Sylphide choreographed by August Bournonville and revised by Elsa-Marianne von Rosen will be premiered. The primary parts will be performed by ballet soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Mariinsky stars are expected to take part in some repertoire operas at the Primorsky Stage. Albina Shagimuratova's renowned coloratura soprano can be heard as Violetta in the opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi (August 1), and the singer will also perform solo in the virtuoso motet of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a symphony concert on July 31. One of the most sought-after young baritones, the triumphant winner of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Mongolia) will appear as Georges Germont in Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata (August 1) and Yeletsky in Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (August 8).
The masterpieces of the romantic opera – Turandot by Giacomo Puccini staged by Charles Roubaud (August 5) and Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (August 6) will present mixed compositions. The main parts of Turandot will feature the soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, dramsoprano Mlada Khudoley and the soloist of the Moscow theaters (the Bolshoi and the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatres), the Golden Mask 2021 laureate, tenor Najmiddin Mavlyanov. In "Onegin" – the laureate of international competitions, the Atkins scholarship at the Mariinsky Theatre, tenor Gamid Abdulov. The orchestra is conducted by Pavel Smelkov, Principal Conductor of the Primorsky Stage.
Also on August 4 – a grandiose opera gala with the participation of guest stars and soloists of the Primorsky Stage.
The symphonic programme of the VI International Mariinsky Far East Festival, Vladivostok, includes an appearance of the pianist Sergei Redkin with the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage (July 31). Sergei Redkin is well known in Russia and abroad and has often become a prize-winner at prestigious international competitions (including the Bronze Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition). In May 2021 his mastery of the piano was marked with the Second Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. On August 3, the musician will perform a solo program of compositions by Schubert and Scriabin.
On August 7 the opera soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage under Pavel Smelkov’s baton will represent one of the most remarkable compositions in music history – the Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
On August 8 the Festival will end with a famous production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades staged by Yuri Temirkanov. The opera will be jointly represented by the Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok opera companies.
