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IX Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) IX Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) (11 March 2013 - 17 March 2013)
At the Mariinsky Theatre and at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall
Artistic Director of the Festival - Valery Gergiev

The festival presents the greatest operas and ballets based on Russian fairytales at the Mariinsky Theatre, masterpieces of Russian symphony music and vocal programmes at the Concert Hall. The festival strives to revive the traditions of the secular Maslenitsa celebrations with vivid and colourful performances, balls and concerts that are open to all.

Russia’s most ancient and beloved festival of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) was celebrated on a grand scale in the pre-Revolutionary capital. The merriments of Maslenitsa visited every home and every family. The aristocracy, government officials, the intelligentsia and city residents at large were all involved. In Tsaritsino Park and at the Admiralty there were public celebrations throughout Maslenitsa week, palaces and townhouses hosted dances and masked balls and theatre playbills dazzled with the titles of the finest productions.
Several years ago the Mariinsky Theatre returned to the wonderful tradition of Maslenitsa celebrations. The festival programme invariably includes the finest productions, among them works based on fairytales as well as vocal and instrumental programmes. Continuing the tradition of open-to-all performances, which were run by the Imperial Theatres during Maslenitsa, the Mariinsky Theatre will be running a series of charity concerts.
Reviving the primordially Russian tradition of Maslenitsa student balls, the Mariinsky Theatre and the St Petersburg University have, for several years now, been inviting students to take part in bidding farewell to winter.
The programme of the university ball includes public entertainment, dancing, music (featuring Mariinsky Theatre performers), pancakes and fireworks.
Last season the festival’s motto was Igor Stravinsky. Audiences had the opportunity to see a broad ranging retrospective of the composer’s music.
Valery Gergiev said that “Maslenitsa itself in Russia is a phenomenon, I believe, that is dear to us all on some subconscious level. We didn’t see with our own eyes the stunning festivities of the early 20th century, when the young Stravinsky was probably enchanted by the atmosphere of Maslenitsa. It is not by chance that one can sense – in so many of his works – the biting frost, the snow, the merriment, probably very tasty food and a good time had by all. And he was able to convey this very well in his wonderful music.” Maslenitsa at the Mariinsky is also a festival of stars. Regular participating performers include the acclaimed pianists Denis Matsuev and Alexei Volodin and the renowned violinists Sergey Khachatryan and Vadim Repin.
The Maslenitsa music festival, which brings together folkloric traditions and the “society glamour” of the Imperial theatre, will be taking place this season at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Concert Hall for the seventh time.



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    Schedule for all theatres (all stages) in St. Petersburg, Russia for 11 March 2013 - 17 March 2013
    <<< 01 - 10 March 201318 - 31 March 2013 >>>
    DATE THEATRE (STAGE) PERFORMANCE NAME TYPE
    11 March 2013
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    OPENING OF THE IX FESTIVAL MASLENITSA (Shrovetide). Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov "The Snow Maiden" (springtime tale in a prologue and four acts) Stars of the Stars
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Stage Director: Alexander Galibin
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: George Tsypin
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Soprano: Tatiana Pavlovskaya
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Mezzo soprano: Yekaterina Sergeyeva

    Opera 
    12 March 2013
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars. Evening of one-act Ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky: Firebird. Les Noces (The Wedding).
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Mezzo soprano: Olga Savova
    Soprano: Irina Vasilieva
    Bass: Gennady Bezzubenkov
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Dancer: Ivan Sitnikov
    Dancer: Vadim Belyaev

    Classical Ballet 
    12 March 2013
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Benjamin Alard (An evening of organ music)
    Organist: Benjamin Alard
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    13 March 2013
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") opera in concert
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Conductor: Dmitry Ralko
    Set Designer: Elena Orlova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Baritone: Yevgeny Ulanov
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Bass: Vadim Kravets
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Bass: Nikolai Kamensky
    Mezzo soprano: Yulia Matochkina

    Opera 
    14 March 2013
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars Mikhail Glinka "A life for the Tsar" (Opera in four acts with an epilogue)
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Dmitry Chernyakov
    Set Designer: Dmitry Chernyakov
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Costume Designer: Olga Lukina
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Bass: Gennady Bezzubenkov

    Opera 
    14 March 2013
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Mario Brunello in the series of concerts "Bach Shuffle" marking the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach: Bach Shuffle: Bach. Schnittke. Sollima
    Composer: Alfred Schnittke
    Composer: Giovanni Sollima
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Cello: Mario Brunello
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mario Brunello

    Concert 
    15 March 2013
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars Rodion Shchedrin "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Artistic Director: Alexei Ratmansky
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Costume Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Anastasia Kolegova
    Dancer: Daria Vasnetsova
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Grigory Popov
    Dancer: Kamil Yangurazov

    Classical Ballet 
    16 March 2013
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars Giuseppe Verdi "Don Carlos" (opera in four acts)
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Costume Designer: Angela Buscemi
    Costume Designer: Cristian Taraborrelli
    Lighting Designer: Fabrice Kebour
    Set Designer: Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Roberto Aldorasi
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Set Designer: Teimuraz Murvanidze
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Bass: Mikhail Petrenko
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Soprano: Viktoria Yastrebova
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Baritone: Vladislav Sulimsky
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

    Opera 
    17 March 2013
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    CLOSING OF THE IX FESTIVAL MASLENITSA (Shrovetide) Rodion Shchedrin "The Little Humpbacked Horse" ballet in three acts Stars of the Stars
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Artistic Director: Alexei Ratmansky
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Costume Designer: Maxim Isaev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Andrei Ivanov
    Dancer: Yekaterina Osmolkina
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Dancer: Daria Vasnetsova
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Dancer: Alexander Romanchikov

    Classical Ballet 
    17 March 2013
    Sunday
    11:30

    morning
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars Ballet evening: Divertissement. Presentiment of Spring
    Composer: Anatoly Lyadov
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Dancer: Andrei Batalov
    Dancer: Andrei Ivanov
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Dancer: Sofia Gumerova
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Video Artist: Yuri Davydov
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Dancer: Sofia Gumerova
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Yulia Stepanova
    Dancer: Karen Ioannisyan
    Dancer: Ivan Sitnikov
    Dancer: Nadezhda Batoeva

    Concert 
    17 March 2013
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Mario Brunello in the series of concerts "Bach Shuffle" marking the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach: Kancheli. Sollima. Schnittke. Bach
    Composer: Alfred Schnittke
    Composer: Giovanni Sollima
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Cello: Mario Brunello
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mario Brunello

    Concert 
    <<< 01 - 10 March 201318 - 31 March 2013 >>>


    Complete schedule of all other St. Petersburg theatres for 11 March 2013 - 17 March 2013


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