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The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide)
23 February 2009 - 01 March 2009

SCHEDULE 23 February 2009 - 01 March 2009

Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, one of Russia‘s most traditional festivals, was celebrated in style in the country‘s pre-Revolutionary capital. Maslenitsa festivities entered every home and were welcomed by every family. The most august figures and officials, the intelligentsia and the city‘s nobles all took part in the revelry. Throughout Maslenitsa, Tsaritsino Meadow and the Admiralty Gardens played host to folk celebrations, and in the city‘s palaces and mansions there were parties and masked balls, with theatre playbills listing the finest productions.

Several years ago the Mariinsky Theatre returned to the wonderful tradition of Maslenitsa festivities. The Festival programme invariably includes wonderful productions, among them works based on fairy-tales as well as interesting vocal and instrumental programmes. Continuing the tradition of open-to-all celebrations established by the Imperial Theatres for Maslenitsa, the Mariinsky Theatre will be running a series of charity concerts. The Mariinsky Theatre and the University of St Petersburg have revived the ancient Russian tradition of Pancake Week, organising student balls for several years now, to bid farewell to winter. The University programme includes parties, dancing, music (with Mariinsky Theatre performers), pancakes, fireworks and, of course, the burning of the straw scarecrow of Maslenitsa.

Maslenitsa 2009: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera and Ballet theatre | Mariinsky hall plan | Mariinsky Slide Show | Mariinsky 3D View | About Valery Gergiev
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The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide). Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera and Ballet theatre

At the Mariinsky Theatre and at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall
Artistic Director of the Festival - Valery Gergiev

Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, one of Russia`s most traditional festivals, was celebrated in style in the country`s pre-Revolutionary capital. Maslenitsa festivities entered every home and were welcomed by every family. The most august figures and officials, the intelligentsia and the city`s nobles all took part in the revelry. Throughout Maslenitsa, Tsaritsino Meadow and the Admiralty Gardens played host to folk celebrations, and in the city`s palaces and mansions there were parties and masked balls, with theatre playbills listing the finest productions.
Several years ago the Mariinsky Theatre returned to the wonderful tradition of Maslenitsa festivities. The Festival programme invariably includes wonderful productions, among them works based on fairy-tales as well as interesting vocal and instrumental programmes. Continuing the tradition of open-to-all celebrations established by the Imperial Theatres for Maslenitsa, the Mariinsky Theatre will be running a series of charity concerts. The Mariinsky Theatre and the University of St Petersburg have revived the ancient Russian tradition of Pancake Week, organising student balls for several years now, to bid farewell to winter. The University programme includes parties, dancing, music (with Mariinsky Theatre performers), pancakes, fireworks and, of course, the burning of the straw scarecrow of Maslenitsa.



23 February, 16:00 (afternoon)
OPENING OF THE V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide).
"The Snow Maiden" (springtime tale in a prologue and four acts)

Music: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov,
Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
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23 February, 20:00 (evening)
Opera and Concert Hall
Virtuosos of Moscow. Conductor - Maxim Vengerov. Soloist - Igor Chetuev
opera in three acts (concert performance))
Music: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Peter Tchaikovsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Maxim Vengerov
Soloist: Igor Chetuev
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24 February, 19:00 (evening)
Evening of one-act Ballets. Carnaval. The Prodigal Son. Symphony in C
Music: Georges Bizet, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev
Conducted by Pavel Bubelnikov
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24 February, 19:00 (evening)
Opera and Concert Hall
! PREMIERE ! "Christmas Eve" opera in 4 acts
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
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25 February, 19:00 (evening)
"Romeo and Juliet" (ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes))
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
Dancers: Andrian Fadeyev, Svetlana Zakharova
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25 February, 19:00 (evening)
Opera and Concert Hall
"Die Zauberflote" ("Magic Flute") (concert performance

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by Tugan Sokhiev
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26 February, 19:00 (evening)
"La Sylphide" (ballet in two acts)
Music: Herman von Lovenskjold
Conducted by Mikhail Agrest
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26 February, 19:00 (evening)
Opera and Concert Hall
Concert with Mariinsky Opera Soloists and the State V. V. Andreyev Russian Orchestra
Conducted by Dmitry Khokhlov
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27 February, 19:00 (evening)
"Madama Butterfly" (japanese tragedy in three acts )
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Pavel Bubelnikov
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28 February, 19:00 (evening)
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (choreographic poem in four scenes with prologue and epilogue)
Conducted by Svetlana Filippovich
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28 February, 19:00 (evening)
Opera and Concert Hall
Die Zauberflote (Magic Flute) (concert performance)
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by Tugan Sokhiev
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1 March, 11:30 (morning)
"Le Nozze di Figaro" (opera buffa in four acts)
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1 March, 19:00 (evening)
Ballet Gala
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Maslenitsa 2009: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera and Ballet theatre | Mariinsky hall plan | Mariinsky Slide Show | Mariinsky 3D View | About Valery Gergiev
ARCHIVE: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005




SCHEDULE 23 February 2009 - 01 March 2009



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