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    Schedule for all theatres (all stages) in St. Petersburg, Russia for 23 February 2009 - 31 March 2009
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    DATE THEATRE (STAGE) PERFORMANCE NAME TYPE FESTIVAL
    23 February 2009
    Monday
    16:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL. Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov "The Snow Maiden" (springtime tale in a prologue and four acts)
    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

    Opera 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    23 February 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Ludwig Minkus "Don Quixote" (Ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Kibitkin
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Choreography: Igor Belsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Choreography: Nina Anisimova
    Musical Director: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Dancer: Denis Matvienko
    Dancer: Irina Perren
    Conductor: Mikhail Pabuzin
    Artistic Director: Vera Arbuzova

    Classical Ballet 
     
    23 February 2009
    Monday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars Virtuosos of Moscow. Conductor - Maxim Vengerov. Soloist - Igor Chetuev
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maxim Vengerov
    Piano: Igor Tchetuev

    Concert 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    23 February 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty"
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Dancer: Sergei Popov
    Conductor: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Dancer: Ilmira Bagautdinova

    Classical Ballet 
     
    23 February 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
    Show 
     
    23 February 2009
    Monday
    13:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    23 February 2009
    Monday
    17:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    24 February 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Evening of one-act Ballets. Carnaval. The Prodigal Son. Symphony in C
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov

    Classical Ballet 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    ! PREMIERE !
    24 February 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! 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
    Piano: Marina Mishuk
    Choreography: Nadezhda Kalinina
    Stage Director: Olga Malikova
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Costume Designer: Varvara Chuvina
    Costume Designer: Varvara Yegorova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Opera 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    24 February 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    VII International musical festival "The Seasons". "Spain Music in Russia".
    Sara MATARANAS soprano (Spain). Julio GONSALEZ piano (Spain)

    Composer: Isaac Albeniz
    Piano: Julio GONSALEZ
    Soprano: Sara MATARANAS (Spain)

    Concert 
     
    24 February 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
    Show 
     
    25 February 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes))
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
    Set Designer: Pyotr Williams
    Stage Director: Sergey Radlov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Andrian Fadeyev
    Dancer: Svetlana Zakharova

    Classical Ballet 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    25 February 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Iolanta" (Opera in 2 Acts) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Sergey Shepelev
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Tenor: Dmitry Karpov
    Conductor: Andrey Danilov
    Soprano: Elena Borisevich
    Bass: Yury Monchak
    Baritone: Roman Burdenko

    Opera 
     
    25 February 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Die Zauberflote" (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Stage Director: Alain Maratrat
    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
    Set Designer: Pierre-Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

    Opera 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    25 February 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Giuseppe Verdi "Rigoletto" (Opera in three acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Opera 
     
    25 February 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Chamber music evening. Alexander BRUSILOVSKY violin. Igor LAZKO piano
    Piano: IGOR LAZKO

    Concert 
     
    25 February 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
    Show 
     
    26 February 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Herman von Lovenskjold "La Sylphide" (ballet in two acts)
    Choreography: August Bournonville
    Costume Designer: Irina Press
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest

    Classical Ballet 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    26 February 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Concert with Mariinsky Opera Soloists and the State V. V. Andreyev Russian Orchestra
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Dmitry Khokhlov

    Concert 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    26 February 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    6th concert of the Season Ticket No.4. Piano evening. Pavel RAIKERUS
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Piano: Pavel Raikerus

    Concert 
     
    27 February 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Giacomo Puccini "Madama Butterfly" (japanese tragedy in three acts )
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: Boris Kudlichka
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Magdalena Tesławska
    Stage Director: Mariusz Treliсski
    Costume Designer: Paweł Grabarczyk
    Lighting Designer: Stanisław Zięba
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov

    Opera 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    27 February 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
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Conductor: Karen Durgarian
    Dancer: Denis Matvienko
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvienko
    Dancer: Marat Shemiunov
    Dancer: Denis Morozov
    Dancer: Irina Perren

    Classical Ballet 
     
    27 February 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes)
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Dancer: Alena Klochkova
    Dancer: Oleg Kharutkin

    Classical Ballet 
     
    27 February 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    4th concert of the Season Ticket No.5. "Beethoven and Music of Vienna"
    ST.PETERSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Henrik SCHAEFER (Germany), Soloist - Jesper TAUBE bariton (Sweden)

    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Conductor: Henrik Schaefer
    Baritone: Jesper TAUBE
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    27 February 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Vocal evening. Sergeis EGERS countertenor. Piano part - Maria CHERNOVA.
    In concert participates Sofia KIPRSKAYA harp

    Composer: George Frideric Handel
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Piano: Maria CHERNOVA

    Concert 
     
    27 February 2009
    Friday
    19:00

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (choreographic poem in four scenes with prologue and epilogue)
    Libretto: Nikolai Volkov
    Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov
    Stage Director: Sergey Radlov
    Designer: Valentina Khodasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Svetlana Filippovich

    Classical Ballet 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    28 February 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
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Conductor: Karen Durgarian
    Dancer: Artem Pykhachov
    Dancer: Anastasia Lomachenkova
    Dancer: Irina Perren
    Dancer: Andrey Kasyanenko
    Dancer: Andrey Masloboyev

    Classical Ballet 
     
    28 February 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Die Zauberflote" (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Stage Director: Alain Maratrat
    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
    Set Designer: Pierre-Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

    Opera 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    28 February 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    3 rd concert of the Season Ticket No.6. "Passions to Romanticism"
    Conductor – Alexander DMITRIEV. Soloist – Sergey SLOVACHEVSKY

    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Conductor: Maestro Alexander Dmitriev
    Cello: Sergei Slovachevsky
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    28 February 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Pupils of piano department of the Children Music School N11
    Concert 
     
    28 February 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

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

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    01 March 2009
    Sunday
    11:30

    morning
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") opera buffa in four acts
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Choreography: Gali Abaidulov
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Larionova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Lighting Designer: Sergei Martinov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov
    Set Designer: Yuri Alexandrov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    01 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    CLOSING OF THE FESTIVAL Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the Mariinsky-Kirov Ballet Stars only)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest

    Classical Ballet 
    The V Festival Maslenitsa (Shrove-tide) 2009 
    01 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Die Zauberflote" (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Stage Director: Alain Maratrat
    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
    Set Designer: Pierre-Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    01 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Terem-Quartet. Soviet movie music of the 20th century by: Zatsepin, Molchanov, Gladkov, Mokrousov, Tariverdiev, Rota, Lai, Shifrin, Chaplin
    Orchestra: Terem-Quartet

    Concert 
     
    01 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Guitar music evening. "Munich guitar trio". Alexander Leidolph, Thomas Etschmann, Mikail Antropov. Vivaldi, Boccherini, Bizet, Pujol, Gragnani, Piazzolla, Bellinati
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Composer: Astor Piazzolla
    Composer: Georges Bizet

    Concert 
     
    01 March 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

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

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    02 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    ! PREMIERE ! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "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
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

    Opera 
     
    02 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars. Conducted by Maestro Gergiev World violin Star Sergey Khachatryan. Brahms. Violin Concerto in D major op. 77
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Violin soloist: Sergey Khachatryan
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Concert 
     
    02 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    4th concert of the Season Ticket No.3. Vocal evening. Valeria Stenkova soprano, Piano party – Peter Laul. Brahms, Wolf, R.Strauss
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Soloist: Peter Laul

    Concert 
     
    03 March 2009
    Tuesday
    18:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Richard Wagner "Parsifal" festive opera-mystery in three acts.
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev

    Opera 
     
    03 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    5th concert of the Season Ticket No.4 "Alexander Dmitriev and His Orchestra" In memory of Yuri Falik (1936-2009). Soloist - Natalia Gutman. St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Alexander Titov
    Composer: Antonin Dvorak
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conductor: Alexander Titov
    Cello: Natalia Gutman

    Concert 
     
    03 March 2009
    Tuesday
    20:00

    evening
    Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman
    WORLD PREMIERE Modern Dance Ballet of Boris Eifman. Onegin Online
    Modern Ballet 
     
    04 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Giuseppe Verdi "Macbeth" (opera in four acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: David Cunningham
    Stage Director: David McVicar
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tanya McCallin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine

    Opera 
     
    04 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    "Hagen Quartet". Haydn, Bartok, Beethoven
    Composer: Bela Bartok
    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    04 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Evening of classical operetta. Saint-Petersburg State Symphony orchestra "Klassika". Conductor – Alexander Kantorov. Lehar, Kalman, Nikolai, Suppe, Strauss
    Composer: Imre Kalman
    Conductor: Alexander Kantorov
    Orchestra: St.-Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra "Klassika"

    Concert 
     
    04 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    6th concert of the Season Ticket No.5. Piano evening. Ekaterina Murina. Chopin
    Composer: Frederic Chopin
    Piano: Ekaterina Murina

    Concert 
     
    04 March 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
    Show 
     
    05 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    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
    Conductor: Boris Gruzin

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    05 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky 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
    Piano: Marina Mishuk
    Choreography: Nadezhda Kalinina
    Stage Director: Olga Malikova
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Costume Designer: Varvara Chuvina
    Costume Designer: Varvara Yegorova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    05 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Organ evening. Jens Amend (Germany). Bach, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Boely, Bove
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Composer: Ferencz Liszt
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Soloist: Jens Amend

    Concert 
     
    05 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland presents Chamber vocal ensemble "Affabre Concinui" (Poland)
    Concert 
     
    06 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Giacomo Puccini "Turandot" (lyric drama in three acts and five scenes)
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Charles Roubaud
    Choreography: Dmitry Korneyev
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Set Designer: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
    Costume Designer: Katia Duflot
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich

    Opera 
     
    06 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Gala Performance of the Young Opera Singers
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Conductor: Daniele Rustioni

    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    06 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    ! PREMIERE ! Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty"
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Dancer: Sergei Popov
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko

    Classical Ballet 
     
    06 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    5th concert of the Season Ticket No.8. "Great Composers in Assembly of the Noble`ls Hall". Soloist - Lev Klychkov. St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Vladimir Ziva. Glinka, Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov
    Composer: Alexander Glazunov
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Soloist: Lev Klychkov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor: Vladimir Ziva

    Concert 
     
    06 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Report concert of the City musical school's piano department
    Concert 
     
    07 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Herman von Lovenskjold "La Sylphide" (ballet in two acts)
    Choreography: August Bournonville
    Costume Designer: Irina Press
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

    Classical Ballet 
     
    07 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Giuseppe Verdi "La Traviata" (Opera in 2 acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Musical Director: Andrei Anikhanov
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Conductor: Peter Feranec

    Opera 
     
    07 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    "La traviata". Giuseppe Verdi (opera in three acts, four scenes)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko

    Opera 
     
    07 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    3rd concert of the Season Ticket No.9."Over the world with the orchestra" Stefano Parrino flute , Victoria Evtodeva soprano, Larissa Seliverstova mezzo-soprano. St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Sergio Monterisi . Rota, Mercadante, Vivaldi
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Mezzo soprano: Larisa Seliverstova
    Flute: Stefano Parrino
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Soprano: Victoria Evtodeva

    Concert 
     
    07 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    6th concert of the Season Ticket No.8. Classical operetta evening. Maria Lyudko soprano. Strauss, Kalman, Offenbach, Lehar
    Composer: Imre Kalman
    Composer: Jacques Offenbach
    Soprano: Maria Lyudko

    Concert 
     
    07 March 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

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

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    11:30

    morning
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    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
    Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko

    Opera 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Ballet Gala, devoted to Mariinsky Ballet Star Ninella Kurgapkina (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the Mariinsky-Kirov Ballet Stars only)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet

    Classical Ballet 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

    afternoon
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    "Chipollino" (ballet for children in two acts)
    Choreography: Genrikh Mayorov
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Costume Designer: Valery Levental
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Adolphe Adam "Giselle (Les Wilis)" (Ballet in 2 Acts)
    Choreography: Jean Coralli
    Choreography: Jules Perrot
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Choreography: Nikita Dolgushin
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    15:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky 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
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine

    Opera 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    18:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Nutcracker" (Ballet-fairy in two acts with an Epilogue)
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Piano evening. Andrey Korobeynikov. Skryabin, Beethoven
    Composer: Alexander Skryabin
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Piano: Andrei Korobeinikov

    Concert 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Festive concert “Bohemian accordion” Saint-Petersburg University Youth chamber orchestra conductor and soloist – Andrey Alexeev accordion
    Concert 
     
    08 March 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

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

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    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
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

    Opera 
     
    09 March 2009
    Monday
    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
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    09 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Violin music evening. Ilya Kozlov violin. Elena Dyakova piano. Franck, Sarasate, Gershwin-Frolov.
    Composer: Cesar Franck
    Composer: George Gershwin

    Concert 
     
    09 March 2009
    Monday
    13:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    09 March 2009
    Monday
    17:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    10 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (lyric opera in three acts, seven scenes) Production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (2002)
    Costume Designer: Agostino Cavalca
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: Christian Fenouillat
    Lighting Designer: Christoph Forey
    Set Designer: Igor Ivanov
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Stage Director: Maestro Yury Temirkanov
    Stage Director: Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser
    Director: Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

    Opera 
     
    10 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    XVIII International Festival of Arts. "From the Avant-garde To the Present Day". "The Closest Circle". Vorobyev, Silvestrov, Skryabin
    Composer: Alexander Skryabin

    Concert 
     
    10 March 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
    Show 
     
    11 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Evening of one-act Ballets by William Forsythe: Steptext. Approximate Sonata. The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude. In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated.
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Thom Willems
    Choreography: William Forsythe
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    11 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky 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
    Piano: Marina Mishuk
    Choreography: Nadezhda Kalinina
    Stage Director: Olga Malikova
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Costume Designer: Varvara Chuvina
    Costume Designer: Varvara Yegorova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    11 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    2th concert of the Season Ticket No.12. Vocal evening. Oksana Kramareva soprano, Piano party – Evgenia Nikitskaya
    Piano: Evgenia Nikitskaya
    Soprano: Oksana Kramareva

    Concert 
     
    12 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Rodion Shchedrin "The Enchanted wanderer" opera in two acts
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Set Designer: Alexander Orlov
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Choreography: Dmitry Korneyev
    Lighting Designer: Eugene Ganzburg
    Costume Designer: Irina Cherednikova
    Lighting Designer: Kamil Kutyev
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Domskaya
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    12 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    4th concert of the Season Ticket No.1. "Yuri Temirkanov and His Orchestra". Carmen Giannattasio soprano, Veronica Simeoni mezzo-soprano, Alexander Timchenko tenor, Carlo Colombara bass. St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Yuri Temirkanov
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Bass: Carlo Colombara
    Soprano: Carmen Giannattasio
    Conductor: Maestro Yuri Temirkanov
    Mezzo soprano: Veronica Simeoni
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh

    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    13 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    ! PREMIERE ! "Le Corsaire" (ballet in two acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    13 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Die Zauberflote" (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Stage Director: Alain Maratrat
    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
    Set Designer: Pierre-Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    13 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    4th concert of the Season Ticket No.1. "Yuri Temirkanov and His Orchestra". Carmen Giannattasio soprano, Veronica Simeoni mezzo-soprano, Alexander Timchenko tenor, Carlo Colombara bass. St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Yuri Temirkanov
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Bass: Carlo Colombara
    Soprano: Carmen Giannattasio
    Conductor: Maestro Yuri Temirkanov
    Mezzo soprano: Veronica Simeoni
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh

    Concert 
     
    13 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    OPENING OF THE IX International Ballet Festival "MARIINSKY". Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! 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
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Mikhail Lobukhin
    Dancer: Andrei Ivanov
    Dancer: Ilya Petrov

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    ! PREMIERE !
    14 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    ! PREMIERE ! "Le Corsaire" (ballet in two acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    14 March 2009
    Saturday
    11:30

    morning
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Die Zauberflote" (Magic Flute) (opera in concert)
    Stage Director: Alain Maratrat
    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
    Set Designer: Pierre-Alain Bertola
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    14 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Richard Clayderman piano
    Concert 
     
    14 March 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
    Show 
     
    14 March 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

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

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    15 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! 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
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Dancer: Leonid Sarafanov
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Roman Skripkin
    Dancer: Alexander Kulikov

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    ! PREMIERE !
    15 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    ! PREMIERE ! "Le Corsaire" (ballet in two acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    15 March 2009
    Sunday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky 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
    Piano: Marina Mishuk
    Choreography: Nadezhda Kalinina
    Stage Director: Olga Malikova
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Costume Designer: Varvara Chuvina
    Costume Designer: Varvara Yegorova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Opera 
     
    15 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    II International Festival "Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky"
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    15 March 2009
    Sunday
    18:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Nutcracker" (Ballet-fairy in two acts with an Epilogue)
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    15 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    5th concert of the Season Ticket No.3. Vocal evening. Zurab Sotkilava. State Russian Concert Orchestra. Artistic director – Vladimir Popov
    Orchestra: State Russian Concert Orchestra of Saint Petersburg
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Popov
    Soloist: Zurab Sotkilava

    Concert 
     
    15 March 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

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

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    16 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    ! PREMIERE ! "Beauty in Motion" by World Ballet Star Diana Vishneva
    Dancer: Diana Vishneva
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Mikhail Lobukhin
    Dancer: Diana Vishneva
    Dancer: Yana Selina
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    16 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars World violin Star Sergey Khachatryan Recital. Bach, Brahms, Beethoven
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Soloist: Sergey Khachatryan
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    16 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    XVIII International Festival of Arts. "From the Avant-garde To the Present Day". "The Closest Circle". In memory of Valery Gavrilin .To the 70th anniversary of the birthday
    Concert 
     
    17 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Ludwig Minkus "Don Quixote" (ballet in three acts (six scenes))
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Costume Designer: Konstantin Korovin
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Nina Anisimova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Dancer: Leonid Sarafanov
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    17 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes)
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    17 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    4th concert of the Season Ticket No.10. "Concerts in Tailcoats and Jeans". Soloist - Tatiana Pavlovskaya soprano, Narrator – Alexander Malich. St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Mattia Rondelli (Italy). Puccini, Cilea, Donizetti, Verdi, Rota
    Composer: Francesco Cilea
    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Conductor: Mattia Rondelli
    Soloist: Tatiana Pavlovskaya
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    18 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes)) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Set Designer: Igor Ivanov
    Stage Director: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Dancer: Mikhail Kaniskin

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    18 March 2009
    Wednesday
    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
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Opera 
     
    18 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Mariinsky Theatre Chorus Concert. Rakhmaninov, Bortnyansky
    Composer: Dmitry Bortnyansky
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko

    Concert 
     
    18 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    5th concert of the Season Ticket No.2. Ksenia Rappoport, Vladislav Chernushenko, Olesya PETROVA mezzo-soprano, Petr MIGUNOV bass. St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Emmanuel Leduqc-Barome (France). Honegger
    Mezzo soprano: Olesya Petrova
    Bass: Peter Migunov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Artistic Director: Vladislav Chernishenko

    Concert 
     
    19 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars Mariinsky and World Ballet Star Ulyana Lopatkina Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the Mariinsky-Kirov Ballet Stars only)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Dmitry Gudanov

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    19 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Imre Kalman "Sylva" (Operetta in 2 acts)
    Composer: Imre Kalman
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Musical Director: Andrei Anikhanov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Operetta 
     
    19 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    "La Cenerentola, ossia La bonta in trionfo" ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") opera in 2 acts by Gioachino Rossini. Theater "Zazerkalie"
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Opera 
     
    19 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes)
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    19 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    XVIII International Festival of Arts "From the Avant-garde To the Present Day". Soloist – Vladimir Stopichev. St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor – Alexander Titov
    Conductor: Alexander Titov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    20 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Ludwig Minkus "La Bayadere" (ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Choreography: Vladimir Ponomarev
    Costume Designer: Yevgeny Ponomarev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich
    Dancer: Igor Zelensky
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvienko
    Dancer: Principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre Polina Semionova

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    20 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Ludwig Minkus "Don Quixote" (Ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Kibitkin
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Choreography: Igor Belsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Choreography: Nina Anisimova
    Musical Director: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    20 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    II International Festival "Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky"
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    20 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Ludwig Minkus "Don Quixote" (Ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Kibitkin
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Choreography: Igor Belsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Choreography: Nina Anisimova
    Musical Director: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    20 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    IX International Festival "Admiralty Music" New crisis-proof program Great Optimists. Soloist – Polina Fedotova. State Hermitage Orchestra. Conductor – Aleksey Karabanov. Mozart, Rossini.
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conductor: Saulus Sondeckis
    Orchestra: State Hermitage Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    20 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    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
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Diana Vishneva
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Marcelo Gomes

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    21 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

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

    Classical Ballet 
     
    21 March 2009
    Saturday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    II International Festival "Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky"
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    21 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    II International Festival "Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky"
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    21 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    ! PREMIERE ! Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty"
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Dancer: Sergei Popov
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko

    Classical Ballet 
     
    21 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    5th concert of the Season Ticket No.6. "Divertissement", ensemble. Artistic director – Ilya Ioff violin. Bizet-Schedrin
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Orchestra: "Divertissement" Ensemble
    Violin soloist: Ilya Ioff

    Concert 
     
    21 March 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
    Show 
     
    21 March 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

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

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    22 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    CLOSING OF THE IX International Ballet Festival "MARIINSKY" Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the Mariinsky-Kirov Ballet Stars only)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Diana Vishneva
    Dancer: Igor Zelensky
    Conductor: Alexander Novikov

    Classical Ballet 
    The IX International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2009 
    22 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Queen of Spades" (Opera in three acts, seven scenes) Tchaikovsky's Classics
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Choir: Children's Choir of St. Petersburg TV and Radio
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Mezzo soprano: Elena Obraztsova

    Opera 
     
    22 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    II International Festival "Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky"
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    22 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Giuseppe Verdi "Rigoletto" (Opera in three acts)
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the 'St. Petersburg Opera' theatre
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Opera 
     
    22 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor and program will be announced later
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Opera 
     
    22 March 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
    Show 
     
    22 March 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

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

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars World violin Star Sergey Khachatryan Recital. Aram Hachaturian. Violin Concerto in d minor
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Violin soloist: Sergey Khachatryan
    Musical Director: Justus Frantz

    Concert 
     
    23 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Ludwig Minkus "Don Quixote" (Ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Kibitkin
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Choreography: Igor Belsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Choreography: Nina Anisimova
    Musical Director: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    23 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    4th concert of the Season Ticket No.6. "Passions to Romanticism". Soloist - Michael O' Rourke (Ireland). St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Vladimir Altschuler. Arensky, Field, Rachmaninov
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Piano: Michael O'Rourke
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler

    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    24 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    ! PREMIERE ! The Brothers Karamazov (mystery opera in three acts after the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (version of 2013))
    Composer: Yuri Dimitrin
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Preparation: Irina Trutko
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Maria Danilova
    Production: Vasily Barkhatov
    Production: Vasily Barkhatov
    Stage Director: Vasily Barkhatov
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Tenor: Avgust Amonov
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Tenor: Nikolai Gassiev
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Mezzo soprano: Kristina Kapustinskaya

    Opera 
     
    24 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes)
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    24 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Dedicated to the 70th birth anniversary of Boris Tischenko. Irina Donskaya harp, Veronika Dzhioeva soprano. Chamber orchestra of the Novosibirskaya Philharmonia. Conductor – Alim Shakhmametyev. Schubert, Beethoven,Tischenko
    Composer: Boris Tishchenko
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Conductor: Alim Shakhmametyev
    Soloist: Irina Donskaya
    Soprano: Veronika Dzhioeva

    Concert 
     
    24 March 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
    Show 
     
    24 March 2009
    Tuesday
    15:00

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Sergei Prokofiev "Cinderella" (ballet in three acts)
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Costume Designer: Elena Markovskaya
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Set Designer: Ilya Utkin
    Libretto: Nikolai Volkov
    Set Designer: Yeveny Monakhov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Mikhail Lobukhin
    Dancer: Elena Sheshina
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Dancer: Elisaveta Cheprasova

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    25 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    ! PREMIERE ! Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty"
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Dancer: Sergei Popov
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko

    Classical Ballet 
     
    25 March 2009
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Piano evening. Miroslav Kultyshev. Franck, Ravel, Prokofiev
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Piano: Miroslav Kultyshev

    Concert 
     
    25 March 2009
    Wednesday
    15:00

    afternoon
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    26 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    ! 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
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Bass: Alexei Tanovitski
    Baritone: Vladislav Sulimsky
    Soprano: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Tenor: Sergei Skorokhodov

    Opera 
     
    26 March 2009
    Thursday
    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
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    26 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

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

    Opera 
     
    26 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Three Colours: White, Black, Red
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    26 March 2009
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    1st concert of the Season Ticket No.12. Vocal evening. Oksana Kramareva soprano, Piano party – Evgenia Nikitskaya
    Piano: Evgenia Nikitskaya
    Soprano: Oksana Kramareva

    Concert 
     
    26 March 2009
    Thursday
    20:00

    evening
    Feel Yourself Russian - Best Folk Programme, Brilliant example of Russian Dancing, Music, and Singing
    Unique Folk Programm Feel Yourself Russian at Nikolaevsky Palace
    Show 
     
    26 March 2009
    Thursday
    15:00

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Queen of Spades" (opera in three acts, seven scenes). Production by Maestro Yuri Temirkanov (1984)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Set Designer: Igor Ivanov
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Stage Director: Maestro Yury Temirkanov
    Choreography: Oleg Vinogradov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Mezzo soprano: Larisa Diadkova
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Tenor: Maxim Aksenov
    Mezzo soprano: Natalia Evstafieva
    Soprano: Mlada Khudoley
    Baritone: Alexei Markov

    Opera 
     
    27 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

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

    Opera 
     
    27 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Stars of the Stars Chamber Music Concert of World violin Star Victoria Mullova. Stravinsky. Bartok. Shubert. Ravel.
    Composer: Bela Bartok
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Violin soloist: Victoria Mullova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    27 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes)
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    27 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Organ evening. Daniel Zaretsky. Bach
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Soloist: Daniel Zaretsky

    Concert 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    27 March 2009
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre (St. Petersburg Tchaikovsky Ballet Theatre)
    pre ! PREMIERE ! Baraka (Riga) /skripka, tabla, electronics suf
    Concert 
     
    27 March 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
    Show 
     
    27 March 2009
    Friday
    15:00

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

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    28 March 2009
    Saturday
    12:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (choreographic poem in four scenes with prologue and epilogue)
    Libretto: Nikolai Volkov
    Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov
    Stage Director: Sergey Radlov
    Designer: Valentina Khodasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet

    Classical Ballet 
     
    28 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    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
    Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    28 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    ! PREMIERE ! "Le Corsaire" (ballet in two acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    28 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

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

    Opera 
     
    28 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty"
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    28 March 2009
    Saturday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    6 th concert of the Season Ticket No.8. "Great Composers in Assembly of the Noble’s Hall". Katrin Silja Kurz soprano, Vanessa Barkowski, Katja Starke, Daniel Borowski, Gabriel Urrutia. St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Nikolay Alexeev.
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
    Conductor: Nikolai Kornev
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Concert 
     
    28 March 2009
    Saturday
    15:00

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

    evening
    State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show 
     
    29 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Giuseppe Verdi "Aida" (opera in four acts)
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Daniele Finzi Pasca
    Costume Designer: Giovanna Buzzi
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Piano: Irina Soboleva
    Set Designer: Jean Rabasse
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Revival Director: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko
    Tenor: Akhmed Agadi
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Bass: Mikhail Kit
    Soprano: Yekaterina Shimanovich

    Opera 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    29 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    ! PREMIERE ! "Le Corsaire" (ballet in two acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera

    Classical Ballet 
     
    29 March 2009
    Sunday
    15:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky 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
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Baritone: Vladimir Samsonov
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Tenor: Sergei Skorokhodov
    Soprano: Gelena Gaskarova

    Opera 
     
    29 March 2009
    Sunday
    18:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Nutcracker" (Ballet-fairy in two acts with an Epilogue)
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    29 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Literary evening. Svetlana Kryuchkova. Anna Akhmatova
    Concert 
     
    29 March 2009
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    Jubilee evening. Chamber orchestra "Baltika". Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the orchestra foundation. Artistic director and conductor – Pavel Smelkov
    Orchestra: Chamber orchestra "Baltika"
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

    Concert 
     
    29 March 2009
    Sunday
    13:00

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

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

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Chamber Music Concert. Mariinsky Opera Company soloists and Symphony Orchestra
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
     
    30 March 2009
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    2th concert of the Season Ticket No.2. Chamber music evening. Mikhail Krutik violin, Igor Chetuev piano, Renat Rakov clarinet. Bartok, Stravinsky
    Composer: Bela Bartok
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Piano: Igor Tchetuev

    Concert 
     
    30 March 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
    Show 
     
    ! PREMIERE !
    31 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

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

    Opera 
     
    31 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes)
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra

    Classical Ballet 
     
    31 March 2009
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    Bruckner. Dedicated to the 185th anniversary of the birthday . Valeria Stenkina soprano, Galina Sidorenko mezzo-soprano, Dmitri Voropaev tenor, Petr Migunov bass. St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor – Alexander Dmitriev
    Soloist: Dmitry Voropaev
    Mezzo soprano: Galina Sidorenko
    Conductor: Maestro Alexander Dmitriev
    Bass: Peter Migunov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Artistic Director: Vladislav Chernishenko

    Concert 
     
    31 March 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
    Show 
     
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