The IX International Mariinsky Far East Festival will be held on the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in two stages. The opera program will be presented from October 29 to November 3, 2024, and the ballet program, from November 14 to 17, 2024. For the first time, the audiences in Vladivostok will enjoy the recent ballet premieres of the Mariinsky Theatre, Coppélia by Leo Delibes and Anyuta set to music by Valery Gavrilin.
On November 14 and 15, 2024, the ballet part of the Festival will open with Anyuta set to music by Valery Gavrilin. The plot of Anton Chekhov’s famous story, Anna on the Neck, will be presented in a choreographic realization created by Vladimir Vasiliev, People’s Artist of the USSR. It is noteworthy that Anyuta has been transferred from the screen to the stage, and not vice versa, and it makes this ballet so unique. The teleballet was created in Leningrad and premiered in 1982. The Mariinsky Theatre production came as the first stage version of the ballet in St Petersburg.
In Vladivostok, the production will be presented by soloists of the Mariinsky Ballet Company. On November 14, 2024, Renata Shakirova, Alexander Sergeev, Konstantin Zverev, Roman Malyshev, Maxim Izmestiev will take the stage; on November 15, 2024, Alexandra Khiteyeva, Maxim Zyuzin, Roman Belyakov, Nikita Korneyev, and Yaroslav Baibordin.
On November 16 and 17, 2024, the Primorsky Stage will host performances of Leo Delibes’ comic ballet Coppélia. Choreographer Alexander Sergeev and designer Leonid Alexeev have created a fairy-tale performance for family viewing. Everybody dances here: people, dolls, kittens and even a teddy bear! The choreographer has endowed each character with his unique plastic language, offering the performers a mixture of virtuoso variations. The fascinating plot, colorful design and charming characters will appeal to audiences of all ages.
The main parts will be performed by the Mariinsky Ballet Company soloists. On November 16, 2024, Konstantin Zverev, Nadezhda Batoeva, Kimin Kim, May Nagahisa will be performing; on November 17, 2024 at 14:00, Roman Belyakov, Alexandra Khiteyeva, Nikita Korneyev, Vlada Borodulina; and on November 17, 2024 at 19:00, Maxim Zyuzin, Renata Shakirova, Philipp Stepin, and May Nagahisa.
The Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage will perform under the baton of the Mariinsky Theatre conductor, Arseny Shuplyakov.
Let us remind you that the opera part of the IX International Mariinsky Far East Festival will be taking place from October 29 to November 3, 2024. The Great Hall of the Primorsky Stage will present The Enchanted Wanderer by Rodion Shchedrin (October 29, 2024), Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (October 30, 2024), Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi (October 31, 2024), and La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini (November 2 and 3, 2024 at 13:00 and 19:00). In some of the events, leading soloists and the Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev will participate.
