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VIII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) VIII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) (20 February 2012 - 26 February 2012)
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 20 February 2012 - 26 February 2012
    <<< 01 - 19 February 201227 - 29 February 2012 >>>
    DATE THEATRE (STAGE) PERFORMANCE NAME TYPE
    20 February 2012
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Opening of the VIII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide). Stars of the Stars Concert by soloists of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers
    Orchestra: Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Dmitry Khokhlov

    Concert 
    21 February 2012
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Le Rossignol. Mavra. operas by Igor Stravinsky (semi-staged production)
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Soprano: Olga Trifonova
    Tenor: Yevgeny Akimov
    Conductor: Marius Stravinsky

    Concert 
    22 February 2012
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Sadko" (opera-bylina in seven scenes)
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Costume Designer: Konstantin Korovin
    Choreography: Oleg Ignatiev
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Mikhail Kolelishvili
    Bass: Fyodor Kuznetsov
    Bass: Ilya Bannik

    Opera 
    ! PREMIERE !
    23 February 2012
    Thursday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    ! PREMIERE ! Jacques Offenbach "Les contes d`Hoffmann" (opera fantastique in five acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Libretto: Jules Barbier
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Maria Danilova
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Musical Director: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Stage Director: Vasily Barkhatov
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Tenor: Khachatur Badalian
    Bass: Ilya Bannik
    Mezzo soprano: Yekaterina Sergeyeva
    Actor: Polina Tolstun

    Opera 
    23 February 2012
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    One-act ballets: Carnaval. Presentiment of Spring
    Composer: Anatoly Lyadov
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Sergei Vikharev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Video Artist: Yuri Davydov
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich
    Conductor: Vasily Kang

    Classical Ballet 
    24 February 2012
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars Adolphe Adam "Giselle" (fantastic ballet in two acts)
    Set Designer: Igor Ivanov
    Costume Designer: Irina Press
    Choreography: Jean Coralli
    Choreography: Jules Perrot
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Philipp Stepin
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev

    Classical Ballet 
    24 February 2012
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Virtuoso folk instrumentalists
    Composer: Alexander Borodin
    Composer: Andrei Petrov
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Composer: Sergei Slonimsky
    Composer: Valery Gavrilin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    25 February 2012
    Saturday
    14:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts)
    Designer: Andrei Voitenko
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: The Saint-Petersburg State Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Anastasia Petushkova
    Dancer: Valeria Martynyuk
    Dancer: Alexei Popov

    Classical Ballet 
    25 February 2012
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts)
    Designer: Andrei Voitenko
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: The Saint-Petersburg State Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Anton Korsakov
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Dancer: Elena Yevseyeva

    Classical Ballet 
    25 February 2012
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    The State Concert Orchestra of Yakutia
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    26 February 2012
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Closing of the VIII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide). 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: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Dancer: Anastasia Kolegova
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Alexander Romanchikov
    Dancer: Dmitry Pykhachov

    Classical Ballet 
    26 February 2012
    Sunday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    The tale of the Princess of the early dawn (Scenes from the ballet The Sleeping Beauty)
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin
    Choreography: Dmitry Korneyev
    Lighting Designer: Roman Peskov
    Set Designer: Sergei Grachev
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

    Concert 
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