April promises to become one of the most exciting months of the theatrical season at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. Its repertoire includes grand opera and ballet productions, the return of popular performances after a lengthy absence, and the pinnacle of the month: the opening of the III Far East Easter Festival.
Easter Festival: The Queen of Spades and a Choral Concert
The Far East Easter Festival has become an annual addition to the Moscow Easter Festival, held under the direction of Valery Gergiev. This year, the renowned music forum which unites regions of the Far East, will be joined by the Primorsky Stage for the third time.
On the eve of the Festival, on April 10, 2026, a revised programme of Stabat Mater will be performed in the Chamber Hall. The Chamber Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage, accompanied by truly spellbinding sand animation, will perform works by Pergolesi, Mozart, and Schubert.
The grand opening of the Festival will take place in Vladivostok on April 12, 2026 at the Great Hall of the Theatre. On that night, the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage, together with the Chorus and the soloists of the Opera Company of the Primorsky Stage, will present a concert performance of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s opera The Queen of Spades.
On April 14, 2026, an amplitudinous Easter concert will be held in the Great Hall as part of the Festival. The Chorus of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will present a programme filled with the joyful flamboyance of the holiday.
Great Hall: Premieres and Legendary Hits
Opera goers are already looking forward to Sergei Prokofiev’s grotesque The Love for Three Oranges (April 8, 2026) and Giuseppe Verdi’s lyrical La traviata (April 10, 2026). Marking 270 years since the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his opera Le nozze di Figaro will be performed (April 17 and 19, 2026). On April 26, 2026, the opera programme will culminate with The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Ballet connoisseurs will be able to enjoy a whole series of masterpieces. Tchaikovsky’s legendary Swan Lake will be performed on April 9 and 11, 2026.
In the second half of the month, the ballet programme will feature Don Quixote (April 16, 2026), two performances of the ballet-féerie The Nutcracker (April 18, 2026 at 14:00 and 19:00), Le Corsaire (April 23, 2026), La fille mal gardée (April 25, 2026), and La Bayadère (April 30, 2026).
Chamber Hall: Concerts and Performances for the Whole Family
In April, the Chamber Hall will host chamber concerts and performances for children. On April 10, 2026, on the eve of the opening of the III Far East Easter Festival, the Chamber Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage will perform a revised chamber programme, Stabat Mater, accompanied by sand animation. On April 11, 2026, younger audiences will be treated to Leonid Klinichev’s philosophical opera for children, The Little Prince. On the same evening, young talents of Primorye, students of the Primorsky Central Music School of the Academy of Arts, will perform in the Chamber Hall, accompanied by the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage conducted by Pavel Smelkov.
