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    Schedule for all theatres (all stages) in St. Petersburg City, Russia for 01 April 2009 - 30 April 2009
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    DATE THEATRE (STAGE) PERFORMANCE NAME TYPE FESTIVAL
    ! PREMIERE !
    01 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    World Premiere ! PREMIERE ! One-act operas after the plays of Nikolai Gogol: The Lawsuit. Shponka and His Aunt. The Coach Conducted by Maestro Gergiev
    Composer: Anastassia Bespalova
    Composer: Svetlana Nesterova
    Composer: Vyacheslav Kruglik
    Designer: Alexey Votyakov
    Stage Director: Alyona Anokhina
    Stage Director: Anton Kovalenko
    Lighting Designer: Eugene Ganzburg
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Stage Director: Maxim Kalcin
    Designer: Nikolay Slobodyanik
    Designer: Oleg Golovko
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Opera 
     
    01 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "Beethoven and Music of Vienna". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Schubert, Haydn, Wolf, Beethoven
    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Viola soloist: Andrei Dogadin
    Conductor: Pavel Kotla
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    01 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Play to the 200- anniversary N.V. Gogol "GOGOL IS RIDICULOUS and ... ": "THE GAMBLERS-1942" D. Shoctakovich, "Opera about how Ivan Ivanovich quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich" G. Banshchikov (concert version)
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich

    Opera 
     
    01 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    02 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Ludwig Minkus "Don Quixote"(grand ballet in four acts, seven scenes with prologue)
    Composer: Ludwig Minkus
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Mikhail Lobukhin
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    02 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    ! PREMIERE ! May Night
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

    Opera 
     
    02 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    03 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Dmitry Shostakovich "The Nose" (opera in three acts and ten scenes)
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Bass: Alexander Morozov
    Soprano: Tatiana Pavlovskaya
    Soloist: Alexei Tanovitski
    Baritone: Vladislav Sulimsky
    Soloist: Yevgeny Strashko
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Tenor: Andrei Popov
    Tenor: Sergei Skorokhodov

    Opera 
     
    03 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Production: Oleg Vinogradov
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    03 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    ! PREMIERE ! W.A.Mozart "Don Giovanni" (opera in 2 acts)
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Director: Yuri Alexandrov

    Opera 
     
    03 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    03 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    Eugene Onegin
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky

    Opera 
     
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Ludwig Minkus "Don Quixote"(grand ballet in four acts, seven scenes with prologue)
    Composer: Ludwig Minkus
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev

    Classical Ballet 
     
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Production: Oleg Vinogradov
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" opera in three acts by Modest Mussorgsky
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Opera 
     
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars Concert of World violin star and Grammy Winner 2007 Maestro Yuri Bashmet and World piano star Mikhail Muntian. Beethoven, Schubert, Britten, Ledenev
    Composer: Benjamin Britten
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Composer: Roman Ledenev
    Violin soloist: Maestro Yuri Bashmet
    Piano: Mikhail Muntian
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    ! PREMIERE ! Gaetano Donizetti "Lucia di Lammermoor" (opera)
    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre

    Opera 
     
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    04 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    "Giselle" (ballet in 2 acts)
    Composer: Adolphe Adam

    Classical Ballet 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Ludwig Minkus "La Bayadere" (ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Choreography: Vladimir Ponomarev
    Costume Designer: Yevgeny Ponomarev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Dancer: Denis Matvyenko
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvyenko

    Classical Ballet 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Gioachino Rossini "Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L`albergo del giglio d'oro (The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis)"
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Stage Director: Alain Maratrat
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Mireille Dessingy
    Lighting Designer: Pascal Merat
    Set Designer: Pierre-Alain Bertola
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Soprano: Irina Vasilieva
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina

    Opera 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    15:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars. Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Concert of the Grammy Winners: Ensembe "Moscow Soloists" and Conductor Maestro Yury Bashmet. Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Orchestra: Chamber Ensemble "Moscow Soloists" (GRAMMY WINNER 2007 "Best Small Ensemble Performance - Best Ensemble")
    Violin soloist: Maestro Yuri Bashmet
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Concert 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars. Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Concert of the Grammy Winners: Ensembe "Moscow Soloists" and Conductor Maestro Yury Bashmet. Schubert, Stravinsky, Hindemith
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Composer: Paul Hindemith
    Orchestra: Chamber Ensemble "Moscow Soloists" (GRAMMY WINNER 2007 "Best Small Ensemble Performance - Best Ensemble")
    Violin soloist: Maestro Yuri Bashmet
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "First Symphony Orchestra in Russia". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Vassily Sinaysky. Soloist – Miroslav Kultyshev (piano). Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Slonimsky
    Composer: Alexander Glazunov
    Composer: Sergei Slonimsky
    Composer: Sergey Rakhmaninov
    Piano: Miroslav Kultyshev
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor: Vassily Sinaysky

    Concert 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Cio-cio-san (Madama Butterfly) opera in three acts
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov

    Opera 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    17:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    05 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    Evening of classical choreography
    Classical Ballet 
     
    06 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Ruggero Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" (opera in two acts and a prologue)
    Composer: Ruggero Leonkavallo
    Stage Director: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
    Set Designer: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Soloist: Yekaterina Popova
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Baritone: Vladislav Sulimsky
    Tenor: Mikhail Vishnyak

    Opera 
     
    06 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Soiree of cello music
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    06 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    07 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Ludwig Minkus "La Bayadere" (ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Choreography: Vladimir Ponomarev
    Costume Designer: Yevgeny Ponomarev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Nadezhda Gonchar
    Dancer: Yekaterina Osmolkina
    Dancer: Filipp Stepin

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    07 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    ! PREMIERE ! Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville) (opera in concert)
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Lighting Designer: Eugene Ganzburg
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Justus Frantz
    Principal Chorus Master: Leonid Teplyakov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine

    Opera 
     
    07 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman
    Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman. Red Giselle
    Choreography: Boris Eifman

    Classical Ballet 
     
    07 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    08 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Giuseppe Verdi "La Traviata" (opera in three acts, four scenes)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: Bernard Arnould
    Stage Director: Charles Roubaud
    Choreography: Dmitry Korneyev
    Costume Designer: Katia Duflot
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Soprano: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
    Baritone: Vasily Gerello

    Opera 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    08 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    ! PREMIERE ! Ruggero Leoncavallo "I Pagliacci" (opera in two acts). Pietro Mascagni "Cavalleria Rusticana" (opera in one act)
    Composer: Pietro Mascagni
    Composer: Ruggero Leonkavallo
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    08 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    08 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman
    Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman. Don Quixot or imaginations of the madman
    Composer: Ludwig Minkus
    Choreography: Boris Eifman

    Classical Ballet 
     
    08 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Giampaolo Bandini guitar (Italy). Cesare Kyakyaretta arrordion (Italy). Piazzolla, Tavolaro, Villoldo, Bardi
    Composer: Astor Piazzolla
    Guitar: Cesare Kyakyaretta
    Guitar: Giampaolo Bandini

    Concert 
     
    08 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Giacomo Puccini . "Suor Angelica. Gianni Schicchi" (one act`s operas)
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre

    Opera 
     
    08 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    09 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    ! PREMIERE ! Rodion Shchedrin "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Costume Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Mikhail Lobukhin
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Ilya Petrov

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    09 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    ! PREMIERE ! "The Marriage" opera by Modest Mussorgsky. "Opera about quarrel of Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich"
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest

    Opera 
     
    09 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Giuseppe Verdi "Rigoletto" (Opera in three acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    09 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    09 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    10 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Benjamin Britten "Turn of the screw" (opera in two acts with a prologue)
    Composer: Benjamin Britten
    Lighting Designer: Adam Silverman
    Movement Director: Andrew George
    Stage Director: David McVicar
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Music Coach: Steven Maughan
    Set Designer: Tanya McCallin
    Costume Designer: Tanya McCallin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Soprano: Yekaterina Shimanovich
    Soprano: Larisa Shevchenko
    Soloist: Larisa Elina
    Soloist: Daniil Belodubrovsky

    Opera 
     
    10 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Alexander Borodin "Prince Igor" (Opera in 2 acts)
    Composer: Alexander Borodin
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Musical Director: Andrei Anikhanov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    10 April 2009
    Friday
    19:30

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    10 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "Aroung the world with orchestra" - Czech Republic. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor – Vladimir Altschuler. Soloist – Ivan Monighetti. Antonin Dvorak. Concert for cello and orchestra. "Slavic Dances", part 1
    Composer: Antonin Dvorak
    Cello: Ivan Monighetti
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler

    Concert 
     
    10 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Dmitry Bortnyansky "The Falcon", Gaetano Donizetti "Rita"
    Composer: Dmitry Bortnyansky
    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov

    Opera 
     
    10 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    "Traviata" (opera in 4 acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

    Opera 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    ! PREMIERE ! One-act operas after the plays of Nikolai Gogol: The Lawsuit. Shponka and His Aunt. The Coach
    Composer: Anastassia Bespalova
    Composer: Svetlana Nesterova
    Composer: Vyacheslav Kruglik
    Designer: Alexey Votyakov
    Stage Director: Alyona Anokhina
    Stage Director: Anton Kovalenko
    Lighting Designer: Eugene Ganzburg
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Stage Director: Maxim Kalcin
    Designer: Nikolay Slobodyanik
    Designer: Oleg Golovko
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Adolphe Adam "Giselle (Les Wilis)" (Ballet in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Adolphe Adam
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Die Zauberflote (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Production: Alain Maratrat
    Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Mireille Dessingy
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Petrenko
    Set Designer: Pierre Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Oksana Shilova
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Soloist: Veronika Sergienya

    Opera 
     
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Eugene Onegin (Lyric opera in seven scenes)
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov

    Opera 
     
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    11 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    11:30

    morning
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    ! PREMIERE ! Rodion Shchedrin "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Costume Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Grigory Popov

    Classical Ballet 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Stars of the Stars Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the Mariinsky-Kirov Ballet Stars only)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Yevgeny Ivanchenko
    Principal Dancer: Irma Nioradze
    Dancer: Mikhail Lobukhin
    Dancer: Nadezhda Gonchar
    Dancer: Elvira Tarasova
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Anastasia Kolegova
    Dancer: Daria Vasnetsova
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko
    Dancer: Ivan Kozlov
    Dancer: Filipp Stepin

    Classical Ballet 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

    afternoon
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Chipollino. Ballet in 3 Acts
    Composer: Karen Khachaturian
    Choreography: Genrikh Mayorov
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! "Dead Souls" Rodion Shchedrin (operatic scenes in three acts) Performed in concert
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Opera 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:30

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Production: Oleg Vinogradov
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Stars of the Stars Piano evening. World piano star Maestro Grigory Sokolov. Beethoven, Schubert
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Piano: Maestro Grigory Sokolov

    Concert 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Jacques Offenbach, "La belle Helene" (Lyric comedy with two intervals)
    Composer: Jacques Offenbach
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov

    Operetta 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    17:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    12 April 2009
    Sunday
    14:00

    afternoon
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in 2 acts)
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky

    Classical Ballet 
     
    13 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Stars of the Stars. Mariinsky Theatre tenor’s gala
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    13 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    ! PREMIERE ! Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Christmas Eve" opera in 4 acts
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Set Designer: Kseniya Kiseliova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Choreography: Nadezhda Kalinina
    Stage Director: Olga Malikova
    Costume Designer: Varvara Yegorova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Soprano: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
    Mezzo soprano: Elena Vitman
    Tenor: Andrei Popov
    Baritone: Andrei Spekhov
    Baritone: Vladislav Uspensky
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Mikhail Kolelishvili
    Soloist: Mikhail Makarov
    Tenor: Andrei Zorin

    Opera 
     
    13 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    14 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Ruggero Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" (opera in two acts and a prologue)
    Composer: Ruggero Leonkavallo
    Stage Director: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
    Set Designer: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    14 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Costume Designer: Galina Soloviova
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    14 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Selected scenes and choirs from Verdi
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko

    Concert 
     
    14 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    14 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Organ evening "German baroque and romanticism". Alexey Shmitov. Bach, Schumann
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Organist: Alexey Shmitov

    Concert 
     
    14 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    15 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Ballet in 3 Acts) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Costume Designer: Irina Press
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    15 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Bach. Tchaikovsky. Vivaldi. Mendelssohn. Stradivari-Ensemble of the Mariinsky Theatre
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Violin soloist: Igor Gruppman
    Cello: Oleg Sendetsky
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Conductor: Igor Gruppman

    Concert 
     
    15 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Ludwig Minkus "La Bayadere" ballet in three acts
    Composer: Ludwig Minkus
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    15 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Novosibirsk Symphony orchestra. Conductor – Gintaras Rinkevicius. Soloist – Alexander Knyazev. Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Cello: Alexander Knyazev
    Conductor: Gintaras Rinkevicius
    Orchestra: Novosibirsk Symphony orchestra

    Concert 
     
    15 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Modest Mussorgsky "Boris Godunov"
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre

    Opera 
     
    15 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    16 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Grieg. Corelli. Massenet. Bach. Vivaldi. Mozart. Stradivari-Ensemble of the Mariinsky Theatre
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Composer: Edward Grieg
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Conductor: Igor Gruppman
    Violin soloist: Igor Gruppman
    Violin soloist: Kirill Òerentiev
    Violin soloist: Leonid Veksler
    Violin soloist: Anton Kozmin
    Soloist: Pavel Kundyanok
    Violin soloist: Mikhail Richter

    Concert 
     
    16 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    16 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "Music in Tailcoats and Jeans". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Maxim Alexeev. Soloist – Pavel Popov. Haydn, Bruch, Piazzolla, Sperger
    Composer: Astor Piazzolla
    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
    Composer: Max Christian Friedrich Bruch
    Conductor: Maxim Alexeev
    Violin soloist: Pavel Popov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    16 April 2009
    Thursday
    18:30

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    16 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    17 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! Opera evening: Iolanta. Aleko
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergey Rakhmaninov
    Set Designer: Boris Kudlichka
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Stage Director: Mariusz Treliñski
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Opera 
     
    17 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Spartacus (ballet in two acts)
    Composer: Aram Khachaturian
    Stage Director: George Kovtun
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    17 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    17 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Andrew Lloyd Webber. Fragments from the musicals. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Children's Choir of St. Petersburg TV and Radio
    Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Choir: Children's Choir of St. Petersburg TV and Radio
    Soprano: Dinara Alieva
    Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo
    Tenor: Khachatur Badalian
    Artistic Director: Nikolai Kornev
    Mezzo soprano: Olesya Petrova
    Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gribkov
    Tenor: Stanislav Leontev
    Soprano: Teona Dolnikova
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    17 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Benjamin Britten "The rape of Lucretia" (opera in two acts)
    Composer: Benjamin Britten
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre

    Opera 
     
    17 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    17 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    Requiem
    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! Opera evening: Iolanta. Aleko
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergey Rakhmaninov
    Set Designer: Boris Kudlichka
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Stage Director: Mariusz Treliñski
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Opera 
     
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Spartacus (ballet in two acts)
    Composer: Aram Khachaturian
    Stage Director: George Kovtun
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    ! PREMIERE ! Die Zauberflote (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Production: Alain Maratrat
    Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Mireille Dessingy
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Petrenko
    Set Designer: Pierre Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Oksana Shilova
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev

    Opera 
     
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Evening of romance (in Grotto)
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre

    Concert 
     
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    18 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    Evening of classical choreography
    Classical Ballet 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    16:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Choreography: Kirill Simonov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Costume Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Production design: Mihail Chemiakin
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Nadezhda Gonchar
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Tatiana Serova

    Classical Ballet 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Choreography: Kirill Simonov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Costume Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Production design: Mihail Chemiakin
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko

    Classical Ballet 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    May Night
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Andrew Lloyd Webber. Fragments from the musicals. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Children's Choir of St. Petersburg TV and Radio
    Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Choir: Children's Choir of St. Petersburg TV and Radio
    Soprano: Dinara Alieva
    Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo
    Tenor: Khachatur Badalian
    Artistic Director: Nikolai Kornev
    Mezzo soprano: Olesya Petrova
    Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gribkov
    Tenor: Stanislav Leontev
    Soprano: Teona Dolnikova
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    "Toska" Giacomo Puccini
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre

    Opera 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    17:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    19 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    Swan Lake
    Orchestra: Symphony orchestra of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire

    Classical Ballet 
     
    20 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes)) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Stage Director: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yevgeny Ivanchenko
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Nadezhda Gonchar
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev

    Classical Ballet 
     
    20 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Giuseppe Verdi "Requiem" (Opera in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Musical Director: Andrei Anikhanov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Vassily Sinaysky

    Opera 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    20 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    ! PREMIERE ! Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville) (opera in concert)
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Lighting Designer: Eugene Ganzburg
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Justus Frantz
    Principal Chorus Master: Leonid Teplyakov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine

    Opera 
     
    20 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "Creative offering to city" Anniversary evening. Honorable citizen of Saint Petersburg, the people artiste of the USSR, laureate of State Prizes Irina Bogacheva. Olga Borodina, Maria Gavrilova, Zurab Sotkilava, Virgilius Noreyka, Yuri Marusin.
    Conductor: Alexander Chernushenko
    Piano: Helen Gaudasinskaya
    Mezzo soprano: Irina Bogacheva
    Soloist: Maria Gavrilova
    Mezzo soprano: Olga Borodina
    Soloist: Vasily Gerello
    Soloist: Virgilius Noreyka
    Baritone: Vladimir Chernov
    Soloist: Yuri Marusin
    Tenor: Zurab Sotkilava

    Concert 
     
    21 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Falstaff (opera in three acts and six scenes)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Choreography: Alla Sigalova
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Stage Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
    Costume Designer: Kirill Serebrennikov
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Nikolai Simonov
    Costume Designer: Olga Reznichenko
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Baritone: Edem Umerov
    Baritone: Vasily Gerello
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Soprano: Irina Vasilieva
    Tenor: Andrei Popov
    Tenor: Vasily Gorshkov
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev

    Opera 
     
    21 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    21 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    6 th concert of the Season Ticket No.5. "Beethoven and Music of Vienna". Chamber Orchestra of Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic
    Conductor - Leo KREAMER (Germany)

    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Conductor: Leo Kraemer
    Soloist: Natalia Mironova
    Mezzo soprano: Olesya Petrova
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskykh
    Soloist: Yury Monchak

    Concert 
     
    21 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    22 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Alexander Glazunov "Raymonda" (Ballet in three acts)
    Composer: Alexander Glazunov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Principal Dancer: Irma Nioradze
    Dancer: Yana Selina
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

    Classical Ballet 
     
    22 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Herman von Lovenskjold "La Sylphide" (Ballet in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Herman von Lovenskjold
    Choreography: August Bournonville
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    22 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Giacomo Puccini "Gianni Schicchi" opera in one act
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Director: Gianandrea Noseda
    Costume Designer: Giovanna Avanzi
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Soprano: Olga Trifonova
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Tenor: Oleg Balashov
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine

    Opera 
     
    22 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Gala concert
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre

    Concert 
     
    22 April 2009
    Wednesday
    18:30

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    23 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Giuseppe Verdi "Nabucco" (opera in four acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Stage Director: Dmitry Bertman
    Set Designer: Igor Nezhny
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Tulubeva
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Soprano: Irina Gordei
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Tenor: Avgust Amonov
    Bass: Mikhail Kit

    Opera 
     
    23 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (Ballet in 2 Acts) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Musical Director: Andrei Anikhanov
    Choreography: Nicolai Boyarchikov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    23 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    23 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Organ evening. Alain Wirth (Luxemburg). Bach, Widor, Reger, Khaylen,Allen
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Organist: Alain Wirth

    Concert 
     
    23 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    24 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Alexander Glazunov "Raymonda" (Ballet in three acts)
    Composer: Alexander Glazunov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Anastasia Kolegova
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

    Classical Ballet 
     
    24 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Giuseppe Verdi "La Traviata" (Opera in 2 acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Musical Director: Andrei Anikhanov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    24 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Divertissement String Ensemble of St Petersburg. Artistic director – Ilya Ioff
    Composer: Alfred Schnittke
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Artistic Director: Ilia Ioff
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    24 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Gaetano Donizetti "Il falegname di livonia, Rossia Pietro il grande" (Comic melodrama in two acts )
    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    24 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "Great Composers in Assembly of the Noble’s Hall". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Alexander Dmitriev. Skryabin, Rachmaninov
    Composer: Alexander Skryabin
    Composer: Sergey Rakhmaninov
    Conductor: Maestro Alexander Dmitriev

    Concert 
     
    24 April 2009
    Friday
    18:30

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    24 April 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    25 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    ! PREMIERE ! "Idomeneo, re di Creta" ("Idomeneo, King of Crete") opera in 3 acts
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Mezzo soprano: Nadezhda Serdyuk
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Soprano: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Soloist: Mikhail Makarov

    Opera 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    25 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    ! PREMIERE ! "Le Corsaire" (ballet in two acts)
    Composer: Adolphe Adam
    Composer: Cesare Pugni
    Composer: Leo Delibes
    Composer: Riccardo Drigo
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    25 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    5 th concert of the Season Ticket No.1. "Maestro Yuri Temirkanov and His Orchestra". Soloists: Olga Savova (mezzo-soprano), Avgust Amonov (tenor), The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Serge Baudo (France)
    Composer: Hector Berlioz
    Tenor: Avgust Amonov
    Conductor: Nikolai Kornev
    Artistic Director: Nikolai Kornev
    Soloist: Olga Savova
    Conductor: Serge Baudo
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Begletsov

    Concert 
     
    25 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    Giuseppe Verdi "La Traviata" (opera in two acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov

    Opera 
     
    25 April 2009
    Saturday
    18:30

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    25 April 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    25 April 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    16:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts)
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Choreography: Kirill Simonov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Costume Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Production design: Mihail Chemiakin
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Tatiana Serova
    Dancer: Yekaterina Osmolkina
    Soloist: Maxim Zyuzin

    Classical Ballet 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Choreography: Kirill Simonov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Costume Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Production design: Mihail Chemiakin
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Leonid Sarafanov
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko

    Classical Ballet 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

    afternoon
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Adolphe Adam "Giselle (Les Wilis)" (Ballet in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Adolphe Adam
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Johann Strauss "Die Fledermaus" (Operetta in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Johann Strauss
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Musical Director: Andrei Anikhanov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Operetta 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Die Zauberflote (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Production: Alain Maratrat
    Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Mireille Dessingy
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Petrenko
    Set Designer: Pierre Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Oksana Shilova
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Soloist: Veronika Sergienya

    Opera 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Mariss Jansons. Brahms, R.Straus
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mariss Jansons

    Concert 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    The Evening of The Chamber Music
    Concert 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    26 April 2009
    Sunday
    17:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St.-Petersburg on Fontanka (established 1827)
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    27 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Don Giovanni (dramma giocoso in two acts)
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Bass: Yevgeny Nikitin
    Soprano: Viktoria Yastrebova
    Soprano: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Bass: Mikhail Kolelishvili
    Bass: Ilya Bannik

    Opera 
     
    27 April 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    28 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (choreographic poem in four scenes with prologue and epilogue)
    Composer: Boris Asafiev
    Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov
    Stage Director: Sergey Radlov
    Designer: Valentina Khodasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev
    Soloist: Pyotr Stasyunas

    Classical Ballet 
     
    28 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "Alexander Dmitriev and his orchestra". Soloist - Natalia Trull. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Kazufumi Yamasita (Japan)
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Conductor: Kazufumi Yamasita
    Piano: Natalia Trull
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    28 April 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    29 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes)) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Stage Director: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Ivan Kozlov

    Classical Ballet 
     
    29 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Gioacchino Rossini "The Barber of Seville" (Opera in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    29 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    29 April 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Chamber Opera
    ! PREMIERE ! W.A.Mozart "Don Giovanni" (opera in 2 acts)
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Director: Yuri Alexandrov

    Opera 
     
    29 April 2009
    Wednesday
    18:30

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    30 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and Opera theatre
    ! PREMIERE ! Gaetano Donizetti "Lucia di Lammermoor" (tragic opera in three acts)
    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
    Stage Director: David Doiashvili
    Musical Director: Gianandrea Noseda
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Musical Preparation: Ilona Yansons
    Principal Chorus Master: Leonid Teplyakov
    Set Designer: Teimuraz Murvanidze
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Soprano: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Baritone: Alexei Markov
    Bass: Ilya Bannik

    Opera 
     
    30 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Ludwig Minkus "La Bayadere" ballet in three acts
    Composer: Ludwig Minkus
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    30 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet (established 1783)
    Swan Lake
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    30 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    "Passions to Romanticism". Soloist – Eldar Nebolsin. The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Nikolai Alexeev. Weber, Schumann, Skryabin.
    Composer: Alexander Skryabin
    Composer: Carl Maria Fon Weber
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Piano: Eldar Nebolsin
    Mezzo soprano: Irina Dolzhenko
    Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
    Tenor: Stanislav Leontev
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    30 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Folk show 
     
    30 April 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Ballet theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatoire
    "Giselle" (ballet in 2 acts)
    Composer: Adolphe Adam

    Classical Ballet 
     
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