Kevin Ng Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I've received the schedule of next year's Stars of the White Nights Festival, which will last for 3 whole months from May to August. Visiting companies which will perform at the Maryinsky Theatre include the New York City Ballet, the Royal Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, and the National Ballet of China. 11th International Festival "Stars of the White Nights" dedicated to the 300TH Anniversary of St Petersburg May 5 - August 5, 2003 Artistic Director: Valery Gergiev Monday, May 5 & Tuesday, May 6 Prokofiev/Konchalovsky/Tsypin WAR AND PEACE** With Anna Netrebko, Gegam Grigorian and Vladimir Moroz Conducted by Valery Gergiev Wednesday, May 7 ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE Shostakovich Festive Overture Glazunov Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 7 Soloist: Vadim Repin Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, May 8 WORLD ORCHESTRA FOR PEACE Strauss Don Juan Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 "Italian" Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 Conducted by Valery Gergiev Friday, May 9 BALLETS BY SHOSTAKOVICH * The Young Girl and the Hooligan Klop (The Bedbug) Leningrad Symphony Saturday, May 10 Petipa/Tchaikovsky SWAN LAKE * Zakharova, Kolb Sunday, May 11 Tchaikovsky/Leiser & Caurier 12:00 EUGENE ONEGIN ** (new production) Petipa/Adam 20:00: GISELLE* Vishneva,Ruzimatov Tuesday, May 13 Prokofiev/Alexandrov SEMYON KOTKO ** Wednesday, May 14 Zakharov/Asafiev FOUNTAIN OF BAKHCHISARAI * SMOLNY CLOISTER SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA Penderecki Sinfonietta for Strings Mozart Piano Concerto in A, KV 488 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Soloist: Christoph Eschenbach Conducted by John Axelrod Thursday, May 15 Petipa/Tchaikovsky SWAN LAKE* Pavlenko, Korsuntsev Friday, May 16 Petit/Bizet, Balanchine/Stravinsky, Balanchine/Prokofiev CARMEN, APOLLO, PRODIGAL SON * Saturday, May 17 Petipa/Minkus DON QUIXOTE * Sunday, May 18 & Monday, May 19 CENTRAL BALLET OF CHINA RAISE THE RED LANTERN Director: Zhang Yimou SMOLNY CLOISTER ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conductor: Zubin Mehta Tuesday, May 20 Ratmansky/Prokofiev CINDERELLA * Wednesday, May 21 Lavrovsky/Prokofiev ROMEO AND JULIET * SMOLNY CLOISTER ORCHESTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe Thursday, May 22 AN EVENING OF PROKOFIEV Maddalena - Opera (semi-staged)** Prodigal Son - choreography by Balanchine* SMOLNY CLOISTER ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC Friday, May 23 Musorgsky/Alexandrov 18.00 KHOVANSHCHINA ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, May 24 Verdi/McVicar 20.00 MACBETH ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev SMOLNY CLOISTER COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT 15.00 Bach: Mass in b minor Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe Sunday, May 25 12:00 ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE MARIINSKY Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Anna Netrebko (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo soprano) Conducted by Valery Gergiev Petipa/Tchaikovsky 20:00 SWAN LAKE* Monday, May 26 From the Archives of the Mariinsky: HISTORIC BALLETS * Tuesday, May 27 Tchaikovsky/Galybin THE QUEEN OF SPADES ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Wednesday, May 28 Petipa/Tchaikovsky SLEEPING BEAUTY * Thursday, May 29 MET ORCHESTRA Mahler Symphony No.1 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Conducted by James Levine Friday, May 30 '300 YEARS of ST PETERSBURG' GALA with Olga Borodina, Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Uliana Lopatkina, Karita Mattila, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Diana Vishneva, Svetlana Zakharova, Farukh Ruzimatov, Igor Zelensky and others Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, May 31 12:00 MET ORCHESTRA Berlioz La Mort de Cleopatra Brahms Double Concerto Rachmaninov Third Piano Concerto Soloists: Olga Borodina (mezzo soprano) David Chan (violin), Rafael Figueroa (cello) Arcadi Volodos (piano) Conducted by James Levine Petipa/Adam 19:00 GISELLE * Sunday, June 1 Shostakovitch/Molostova/Tsypin 19:00 LADY MACBETH ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Monday, June 2 ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE MARIINSKY Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet Berlioz Romeo et Juliette Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet Conducted by Valery Gergiev June 3, 6 & 9 Verdi/Roubaud LA TRAVIATA (new production)** With Anna Netrebko in the title role Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, June 5 Rubinstein/Dodin THE DEMON ** Nikitin, Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, June 7 BALLET GALA FRANKFURT BALLET, William Forsythe SMOLNY CLOISTER ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Berlioz Requiem Conducted by Valery Gergiev Sunday, June 8 12:00 ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Mahler Symphony No. 6 Conducted by Valery Gergiev 19:00 PARSIFAL** Conducted by Christoph Eschenbach Tuesday, June 10 Petipa/Minkus LA BAYADERE * SMOLNY CLOISTER LAHTI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sibelius Pohola's Daughter Aho Symphony No. 9 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Soloist: Christian Lindberg VYBORG CASTLE Verdi AIDA** Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Wednesday, June 11 VYBORG CASTLE SWEDISH RADIO ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS LAHTI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS Verdi Requiem Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, June 12 SWEDISH RADIO ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS Brahms Requiem Conducted by Manfred Honeck June 13, 14, 15 & 16 Wagner/Mirzoev/Tsypin DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (new production)** Cast includes: Vladimir Vaneev, Viktor Chernomortsev, Olga Sergeeva, Gary Rideout Conducted by Valery Gergiev Friday, June 13 22:00 SMOLNY CLOISTER SWEDISH RADIO CHORUS Saturday, June 14 14:00 ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONS Conducted by Justus Frantz Sunday, June 15 14:00 MARIINSKY YOUNG PHILHARMONIC Mahler Symphony No. 5 Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Tuesday, June 17 Leontiev, Fokine, Nijinsky 20:00 STRAVINSKY BALLETS ** Petrushka, Firebird, Rite of Spring Conducted by Valery Gergiev Wednesday, June 18 Cimarosa/Miller, Stravinsky/Miller CLEOPATRA/OEDIPUS REX** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, June 19 MELBOURNE SYMPHONY Sibelius Violin Concerto Lentz Guyuhmgan Strauss Tod und Verklärung Friday, June 20 Musorgsky/Kramer/Tsypin BORIS GODUNOV ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Smolny Cloister MELBOURNE SYMPHONY Kancheli Fingerprints Mahler Symphony No. 4 Soloist: Anna Netrebko Saturday, June 21 ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE Salonen Worldpremiere Shostakovitch Piano Concerto No. 1 Stravinsky Rite of Springs Soloist: Alexander Toradze Conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen Petipa/Tchaikovsky SWAN LAKE * Sunday, June 22 14.00 BAMBERGER SYMPHONIKER Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Strauss Horn Concerto Strauss Till Eulenspiegel Soloist: Marie Luise Neunecker Conducted by Jonathan Nott BALLET GALA * In honor of Olga Moiseeva 55 Years - A life with the Mariinsky Zakharova, Makhalina, Mezanskaia, Nioradze Monday, June 23 ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE Wagner Siegfried Idyll Pfitzner Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 9 Soloist: Rainer Kuechel Conducted by Valery Gergiev Tuesday, June 24 IVANGOROD FORTRESS 13:00: A CAPELLA CONCERT Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre Russian Church Music 18:00: CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE, CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ESTONIAN STATE OPERA, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Conducted by Valery Gergiev 22:00: PRINCE IGOR (staged performance)** MARIINSKY THEATRE BALLET GALA STARS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET Wednesday, June 25 NARVI 13:00: A CAPELLA CONCERT Chorus of the Estonian State Opera 21:00: OPERA GALA MARIINSKY THEATRE Simonov/Slonimsky Libretto and design by Mikhail Chemiakin 18:00 PRINCESS PIRLIPAT (Worthiness Punished)* Simonov/ Tchaikovsky Design by Mikhail Chemiakin 22:00 THE NUTCRACKER * Thursday, June 26 ORCHESTRA and CHORUS OF THE MARIINSKY Berlioz La Damnation de Faust Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Friday, June 27 STRAVINSKY BALLETS* Firebird, Les Noces, Rite of Spring Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, June 28 VIENNA PHILHARMONIC (matinee) Conducted by Valery Gergiev MARIINSKY 'WHITE NIGHTS' BALL Sunday, June 29 15:00: Small Philharmonic Hall VIENNA STREICHSOLISTEN Bach Double Concerto for 2 violins and strngs, and basso continuo Staar Metamorphosis of a Labyrinth (world premiere) Mozart J. Strauss Soloists: Manfred Honeck, Sergei Levitin (Bach) Renee Staar (Staar) WHITE NIGHTS' PREMIERE TchaikovskyPountney THE ENCHANTRESS** Vaneev, Sergeeva, Savova, Chernomortsev Conducted by Valery Gergiev Monday, June 30 Puccini/Le Moli IL TRITTICO TABARRO, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Tuesday, July 1 MOSCOW SOLOISTS Conducted by Yuri Bashmet Wednesday, July 2 FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA Conducted by Riccardo Muti July 9 - 13 HAMBURG BALLET, John Neumeier July 16 - 28 THE ROYAL BALLET, Covent Garden Swan Lake, Mayerling and Triple Bill July 30 - August 4 NEW YORK CITY BALLET * = Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Ballet) ** = Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera) Unless otherwise stated, all performances start at 19:00 in the Mariinsky Theatre Programme correct at time of printing but may be subject to change Link to comment
Roma Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I guess, I'll just have to spend this summer in St. Petersburg. That Lopatkina might come back is such great news, but that NYCB is going there after, what, thirty years--that's really something. Link to comment
Naoko S Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Thanks Kevin for info. I just hope Lopatkina's name is not used merely for crowd puller... is it not bizzare her name appears only in a special gala? Anyway if she's to appear I'll be there. Please, keep us updated on the event should you know of any development.... Link to comment
vrsfanatic Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Thanks Kevin. Now I have no excuse not to go. there is something going on all summer. Link to comment
NO7 Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 I've just received the updated programme of the White Nights Festival from the Mariinsky's marketing manager. Surely, it's subject to change. Tickets are not on sale until May. 11th International Festival “Stars of the White Nights” dedicated to the 300TH Anniversary of St Petersburg May 5 – August 5, 2003 Artistic Director: Valery Gergiev Monday, May 5 & Tuesday, May 6 Prokofiev WAR AND PEACE With Anna Netrebko, Gegam Grigorian and Vladimir Moroz Conducted by Valery Gergiev Wednesday, May 7 at 20:00 ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE Rimsky Korsakov Sheherezade Glazunov Violin Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 Soloist: Vadim Repin Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, May 8 WORLD ORCHESTRA FOR PEACE Mendelssohn Overture and Scherzo - Midsummer Night’s Dream Strauss Don Juan Prokofiev Ode to the End of War, Op. 105 Stravinsky Petrushka (1911) Conducted by Valery Gergiev Friday, May 9 BALLETS BY SHOSTAKOVICH * The Young Girl and the Hooligan Klop (The Bedbug) Leningrad Symphony Saturday, May 10 Petipa/Tchaikovsky 13:00 & 19:00 SWAN LAKE * Sunday, May 11 Tchaikovsky 12:00 EUGENE ONEGIN ** 20:00: FOKINE TRIPLE BILL Chopiniana, Sheherezade, Firebird Tuesday, May 13 Rimsky Korsakov LEGEND OF THE INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH** Wednesday, May 14 BALLET GALA * Honoring Olga Moiseeva SMALL HALL PHILHARMONIC SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA Penderecki Sinfonietta for Strings Mozart Piano Concerto in A, KV 488 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Soloist: Christoph Eschenbach Conducted by John Axelrod Thursday, May 15 Petipa/Tchaikovsky SWAN LAKE Friday, May 16 Petit/Bizet, Balanchine/Stravinsky, Balanchine/Prokofiev CARMEN, APOLLO, PRODIGAL SON * Sunday, May 18 at 15:00 Monday, May 19 at 19:00 CENTRAL BALLET OF CHINA RAISE THE RED LANTERN Director: Zhang Yimou 21:00 ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Mahler Symphony No. 3 Soloist: Zlata Bulycheva Conductor: Zubin Mehta Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre Tuesday, May 20 Petipa/Prokofiev LA BAYADÈRE * Wednesday, May 21 Ratmansky/Prokofiev CINDERELLA * SMOLNY CLOISTER ORCHESTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe Thursday, May 22 Petipa/Adam LE CORSAIRE SMOLNY CLOISTER ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC Parać: Symphony Šulek: Concerto for Cello Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 Soloist: Monika Leskovar Conductor: Dmitri Liss Friday, May 23 Musorgsky 18.00 KHOVANSHCHINA ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, May 24 Verdi 20.00 MACBETH ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev SMOLNY CLOISTER COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT 15.00 Bach: Mass in b minor Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe Sunday, May 25 16:00 ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE MARIINSKY Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Anna Netrebko (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo soprano) Conducted by Valery Gergiev Petipa/Tchaikovsky 20:00 SWAN LAKE Monday, May 26 From the Archives of the Mariinsky: HISTORIC BALLETS KALININGRAD (Koenigsberg) Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky Tchaikovsky 1812 Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre Conducted by Valery Gergiev Tuesday, May 27 Tchaikovsky THE QUEEN OF SPADES ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Wednesday, May 28 Palace Square TRIBUTE TO ST. PETERSBURG Petipa “Shadows” from La Bayadere Fokine Polovtsian Act Balanchine Symphony in C Ballet, Chorus, Orchestra and Soloists of the Mariinsky Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, May 29 GREAT PHILHARMONIC HALL MET ORCHESTRA Mahler Symphony No.1 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Conducted by James Levine Friday, May 30 ‘300 YEARS of ST PETERSBURG’ GALA with Olga Borodina, Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Uliana Lopatkina, Anna Netrebko, Diana Vishneva, Svetlana Zakharova, Farukh Ruzimatov, Igor Zelensky and others Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, May 31 14:00 MET ORCHESTRA Wagner Meistersinger overture Brahms Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello Berlioz La mort de Cleopatre Ravel Bolero Soloists: Olga Borodina (mezzo soprano) David Chan (violin), Rafael Figueroa (cello) Conducted by James Levine Sunday, June 1 Lavrovsky/Prokofiev 12:30 ROMEO AND JULIET * 20:00 ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE MARIINSKY Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet Berlioz Excerpts from Romeo and Julia Conducted by Valery Gergiev Monday, June 2 11:30 VAGANOVA ACADEMY Graduation Concert Verdi TRAVIATA ** Anna Netrebko, Oleg Balashov, Vasily Gereello Conducted by Valery Gergiev Tuesday, June 3 Petipa/Adam GISELLE * Wednesday, June 4 Rubinstein THE DEMON ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, June 5 Petipa/Minkus DON QUIXOTE * Friday, June 6 Rimsky Korsakov THE GOLDEN COCKEROL ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, June 7 12:30 JEWELS * 20:00 ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Berlioz Requiem Conducted by Valery Gergiev Sunday, June 8 13:00 ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Mahler Symphony No. 6 Conducted by Valery Gergiev 18:00 PARSIFAL Conducted by Christoph Eschenbach Monday, June 9 13:00 VAGANOVA ACADEMY Graduation Concert 20:00 TRIBUTE TO STRAVINSKY Oedipus Rex, Les Noces, Rite of Spring Conducted by Valery Gergiev Tuesday, June 10 Petipa/Adam 18:00 GISELLE * 21:00 LAHTI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sibelius Pohola’s Daughter Aho Symphony No. 9 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Soloist: Christian Lindberg Conductor: Osmo Vänskä VYBORG CASTLE Verdi AIDA Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Wednesday, June 11 VYBORG CASTLE SWEDISH RADIO ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS LAHTI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS Verdi Requiem Conducted by Valery Gergiev MARIINSKY THEATRE 11:30 VAGANOVA ACADEMY Graduation Concert 19:00 JEWELS * Thursday, June 12 SWEDISH RADIO ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS Brahms Requiem Conducted by Manfred Honeck COMMEDIA Rimsky Korsakov GOLDEN COCKEROL ** June 13, 14, 16 & 18 Wagner DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (new production) Cast includes: Vladimir Vaneev, Viktor Chernomortsev, Olga Sergeeva, Gary Rideout Conducted by Valery Gergiev Friday, June 13 22:00 SMOLNY CLOISTER SWEDISH RADIO CHORUS Saturday, June 14 14:00 ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONS Conducted by Justus Frantz Sunday, June 15 19:00 MARIINSKY YOUNG PHILHARMONIC Mahler Symphony No. 5 Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda 23:00 MIDNIGHT CONCERT IN THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA OF THE NATIONS Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Conducted by Valery Gergiev 15:00 SMOLNY CLOISTER Gubaidulina Easter Oratorium and St. John’s Passion Semi staged Co-production with the Rotterdam Philharmonic – Gergiev Festival Tuesday, June 17 Glinka LIFE FOR THE TSAR (in concert) Conducted by Valery Gergiev Thursday, June 19 MELBOURNE SYMPHONY Kancheli Fingerprints Mahler Symphony No. 4 Soloist: Anna Netrebko Friday, June 20 Musorgsky BORIS GODUNOV ** Conducted by Valery Gergiev Smolny Cloister MELBOURNE SYMPHONY Sibelius Violin Concerto Lentz Guyuhmgan Strauss Tod und Verklärung Conductor: Markus Stenz Saturday, June 21 17:00 ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE Salonen Sleepless (Russian Premiere) Shostakovitch Piano Concerto No. 1 Stravinsky Rite of Springs Soloist: Alexander Toradze Conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen Petipa/Tchaikovsky 20:00 SWAN LAKE * Sunday, June 22 14.00 BAMBERGER SYMPHONIKER Ligeti Horn concerto Mahler Symphony No. 5 Soloist: Marie Luise Neunecker Conducted by Jonathan Nott Petipa/Tchaikovsky* SLEEPING BEAUTY Monday, June 23 ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE Wagner Siegfried Idyll Pfitzner Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 9 Soloist: Rainer Kuechel Conducted by Valery Gergiev Tuesday, June 24 IVANGOROD FORTRESS 13:00: A CAPELLA CONCERT Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre Russian Church Music 18:00: CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE, CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ESTONIAN STATE OPERA, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Conducted by Valery Gergiev 22:00: PRINCE IGOR (staged performance) MARIINSKY THEATRE BALLET GALA STARS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET Wednesday, June 25 NARVI 13:00: A CAPELLA CONCERT Chorus of the Estonian State Opera 21:00: OPERA GALA MARIINSKY THEATRE Simonov/Slonimsky Libretto and design by Mikhail Chemiakin 18:00 PRINCESS PIRLIPAT (Worthiness Punished)* Simonov/ Tchaikovsky Design by Mikhail Chemiakin 22:00 THE NUTCRACKER Thursday, June 26 ORCHESTRA and CHORUS OF THE MARIINSKY Berlioz La Damnation de Faust Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Friday, June 27 TRIBUTE TO STRAVINSKY Oedipus Rex, Les Noces, Rite of Spring Opera and Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre Conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, June 28 VIENNA PHILHARMONIC (matinee) Conducted by Valery Gergiev MARIINSKY ‘WHITE NIGHTS’ BALL Sunday, June 29 15:00: Small Philharmonic Hall VIENNA STREICHSOLISTEN Bach Double Concerto for 2 violins and strngs, and basso continuo Staar Metamorphosis of a Labyrinth (world premiere) Mozart J. Strauss Soloists: Manfred Honeck, Sergei Levitin (Bach) Renee Staar (Staar) WHITE NIGHTS’ PREMIERE Tchaikovsky THE ENCHANTRESS Vaneev, Sergeeva, Savova, Chernomortsev Conducted by Valery Gergiev Monday, June 30 16:00 ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY Kancheli “Uarzon” (Beloved) Russian Premiere Raskatov “Path”, Concerto for Viola – Russian Premiere Sibelius Violin Concerto Soloists: Yuri Bashmet (viola), Dmitri Kavakos (violin) Puccini/Le Moli 20:00 IL TRITTICO TABARRO, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Tuesday, July 1 BILBAO ORKESTRA SINFONIKOA Arriaga Overture "Los esclavos felices" Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Ravel Excerpts from Suite No. 1 & 2 "Daphnis et Chloé" Soloist : Pepe Romero Conductor: Juanjo Mena Wednesday, July 2 MOSCOW SOLOISTS Conducted by Yuri Bashmet July 8 – 13 HAMBURG BALLET July 18 – 28 THE ROYAL BALLET, Covent Garden Thursday, July 18 Friday, July 19 Ashton Scenes de Ballet McMillan Marguerite and Arnaud McMillan Song of the Earth Sunday, July 20 (14:00 & 19:00) Sunday, July 27 Monday, July 28 McMillan Romeo and Juliet Tuesday, July 22 Wednesday, July 23 Saturday, July 26 (14:00 & 19:00) Anthony Dowell Swan Lake Thursday, July 24 Friday, July 25 Weldon Tryst Ashton Month in the Country McMillan Gloria July 30 – August 5 NEW YORK CITY BALLET Wednesday, July 30 ALL BALANCHINE Serenade, Symphony in Three Movements, Symphony in C Conducted by Valery Gergiev Friday, August 1 ALL ROBBINS Interplay, Dances at a Gathering, Glass Pieces Saturday, August 2 12:00 ALL BALANCHINE 19:00 ALL ROOBINS Sunday, August 3 ALL BALANCHINE Monday, August 4 MIXED PROGRAM Tuesday, August 5 MIXED PROGRAM Balanchine Agon Balanchine Concerto Barocco Martins Hallelujah Junction Balanchine Western Symphony * = Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Ballet) ** = Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera) Unless otherwise stated, all performances start at 19:00 in the Mariinsky Theatre Programme correct at time of printing but may be subject to change Link to comment
BilboBaggins Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Hi Kevin: Looks like a marvellous program ... three months of fabulous ballet. Naive question ... I've never been to Russia, but if I wanted to come for specific performances, where would you recommend staying? I know I can arrange the flights easily (I'm a U.S. citizen, living in the U.K., so would be flying from London), but hotel recommendations (and any suggestions of recommended ways to buy performance tickets) would be appreciated. BB Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 You can buy tickets online at: http://tickets.mariinsky.ru/index_eng.php Any travel agency will be able to help you out with hotels in St. Petersburg. Also check out: http://www.ticketsofrussia.ru/kirov/eng/ Link to comment
Kevin Ng Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 Bilbo, the hotels nearest to the Mariinsky Theatre are the Hotel Astoria and the Hotel Angleterre. Both are about five minutes away from the Mariinsky by taxi. I have stayed in both and recommend them. Hotel Angleterre, which is slightly cheaper than the Astoria, has just been renovated, as I found out when staying there during the Mariinsky Festival last month. Hotel Astoria is more prestigious as it is used by heads of state. Link to comment
NO7 Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Unfortunately, the gala performance on May 30 is not opened to the public, unless you get the invitation from the president Putin! Room rates during the celebration of 300 years in St Petersburg are outrageous. Bilbo, you may try www.lodgingspb.com for cheaper rate in mini hotels or apartments. Link to comment
BilboBaggins Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 thank you all ... looks like I have some internet homework to do!! I'll let you know when I'll be there and we can perhaps meet there! BB Link to comment
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