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E-Newsletter Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Total amount of copies sent: 76,389 Mariinsky Theatre 230th season |
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| Only a few weeks left until the end of the current season. The season at the Mariinsky Concert Hall closes tomorrow, the 21st Stars of the White Nights Music Festival will conclude in two weeks, the final performance of this season at the Mariinsky Theatre will be presented in three weeks, and the 230th season will come to a close in four weeks with a performance at the new Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky II). Although these are the final weeks, the intensity of our events is still very high. | ||
© Chris Lee
National Youth Orchestra of the USA
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Mariinsky II (new stage)
Thursday, July 18, 8:00PM
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Mariinsky II (new stage)
Thursday, July 18, 8:00PM
On Thursday, July 18
the new Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky II) will host a concert by the National Youth Orchestra of the USA (NYO-USA)
conducted by Valery Gergiev starring the famous American violinist Joshua Bell. NYO-USA is the first national youth orchestra in modern American history,
which provides an opportunity for high-school-aged musicians to participate in a professional-level performance programme, forge
personal and artistic bonds with peers and represent both their own communities and the USA as their country’s musical ambassadors.
Established by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, NYO-USA is a new programme that annually brings together 120 of the most talented young musicians (aged 16-19) from across the USA for an intensive training residency and tour, led each year by a different world-renowned conductor. The orchestra will tour to different parts of the world each summer, incorporating cultural exchange opportunities into its itinerary as often as possible.
Valery Gergiev conducts NYO-USA in their first season, concerts star the American violinist Joshua Bell. Concerts feature Magiya by the 34-year-old American composer Sean Shepherd (commissioned by Carnegie Hall and BBC Radio 3), Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. Prior to their St Petersburg concert, the orchestra plays in New York (at SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center) on July 11, Washington D.C. (at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) on July 13 and Moscow (at the Great Hall of the Conservatory) on July 16 and will next play at London’s Royal Albert Hall, on July 21, part of the BBC Proms Music Festival.
Established by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, NYO-USA is a new programme that annually brings together 120 of the most talented young musicians (aged 16-19) from across the USA for an intensive training residency and tour, led each year by a different world-renowned conductor. The orchestra will tour to different parts of the world each summer, incorporating cultural exchange opportunities into its itinerary as often as possible.
Valery Gergiev conducts NYO-USA in their first season, concerts star the American violinist Joshua Bell. Concerts feature Magiya by the 34-year-old American composer Sean Shepherd (commissioned by Carnegie Hall and BBC Radio 3), Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. Prior to their St Petersburg concert, the orchestra plays in New York (at SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center) on July 11, Washington D.C. (at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) on July 13 and Moscow (at the Great Hall of the Conservatory) on July 16 and will next play at London’s Royal Albert Hall, on July 21, part of the BBC Proms Music Festival.
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Maria Guleghina
Vincenzo Bellini Norma (in concert) Mariinsky II (new stage) Wednesday, July 17, 7:00PM Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth (in concert) Mariinsky II (new stage) Saturday, July 20, 7:00PM
Maria Guleghina, one of the most celebrated and acclaimed sopranos in the world, returns to St Petersburg
for a pair of performances of famous operas (both in concert) at the new Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky II) next week.
She will sing the title role in Bellini’s Norma on Wednesday,
July 17 and
the role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth on Saturday,
July 20.
Maria Guleghina has been described as a “Russian soprano with Verdi flowing through her veins” and
a “vocal miracle”. Her performances are invariably rewarded with standing ovations at the world’s leading opera houses.
Bellini’s Norma is generally regarded as an example of the supreme height of the bel canto tradition, the title role is considered one of the most difficult in the soprano repertoire. It calls for tremendous vocal control of range, flexibility, and dynamics. It contains a wide range of emotions: conflict of personal and public life, romantic life, maternal love, friendship, jealousy, murderous intent, and resignation. Although the story described in the opera is rather unrealistic, Norma is remarkable for its breathtaking arias and vocal scenes, which gives an opportunity to enjoy the art of great sopranos. Verdi’s Macbeth is the first of Shakespeare’s plays which he adapted for the operatic stage. In this opera, the composer set and achieved rather innovative goals: to express feelings of principal characters by means of recitative and acting. During the entire opera Lady Macbeth remains in the state of excitation. Being unable to cope with stress of crimes she did, she goes mad and dies. Verdi did not want the soprano playing Lady Macbeth to make a particularly beautiful sound. Her vocal role represents a new type of declamation that combines arioso and recitative. |
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Ferhan & Ferzan Önder piano duo
Mariinsky Concert Hall Wednesday, July 17, 8:00PM
Ferhan & Ferzan Önder piano duo will close the season of the Mariinsky Concert Hall tomorrow night.
The twins will play a series of works for two pianos or arranged this way, including Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps,
which 100th anniversary is widely celebrated this year. Unusually programmed recital will also feature works by Fazıl Say,
Chick Corea, Pablo Ziegler and Astor Piazzolla.
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© Nancy Horowitz |
Operas by Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth (in concert),
Il trovatore (in concert),
La traviata
Macbeth (in concert),
Il trovatore (in concert),
La traviata
Final weeks of the 230th Mariinsky season feature a number of performances of operas by Giuseppe Verdi.
The new Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky II) will see concert performances of Macbeth
on Saturday, July 20 and Il trovatore
on Friday, August 9
as well as staged performances of La traviata (production by Charles Roubaud, 2002)
on Saturday, August 10
and Sunday, August 11.
Operas by Giacomo Puccini
Tosca,
Madama Butterfly,
La bohème
Tosca,
Madama Butterfly,
La bohème
Final weeks of the 230th Mariinsky season feature performances of operas by Giacomo Puccini, longtime repertoire favourites.
The historical stage will see performances of Madama Butterfly staged by Mariusz Treliński in 2005
(Monday, July 29)
and La bohème staged by Ian Judge in 2001
(Thursday, August 1).
The new stage (Mariinsky II) will see the performance of Tosca that was staged by Paul Curran in 2007
(Friday, July 19).
© Mariinsky Theatre / Natasha Razina
Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady
Mariinsky Theatre
Thursday, July 18, 8:00PM
Friday, July 19, 8:00PM
Saturday, July 20, 3:00PM & 8:00PM
Sunday, July 21, 3:00PM & 8:00PM
Mariinsky Theatre
Thursday, July 18, 8:00PM
Friday, July 19, 8:00PM
Saturday, July 20, 3:00PM & 8:00PM
Sunday, July 21, 3:00PM & 8:00PM
From July 18 to 21 the Mariinsky Theatre will present six performances of My Fair Lady,
a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
and music by Frederick Loewe. The premiere of this production, directed by the renowned Canadian director Robert Carsen,
had been received at the Parisian Théâtre du Châtelet in December 2010 and then brought to the Mariinsky Theatre in February 2012.
To the Mariinsky, it gave an opportunity for experimenting with a genre that combines music, singing, dialogues and dance.
The production features spectacular scenery, lush costumes, exquisite play of drama actors and a range of bright director’s ideas.
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Last week we have opened for visitors a panoramic terrace at the roof of the building of the new Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky II).
The terrace provides spectacular views of the historic centre of St Petersburg. It opens one hour before performances
and closes ten minutes prior to the start of performances and can be visited by those in a possession
of a valid ticket. Tickets cost 100 roubles and can be purchased at the box-office of the Mariinsky II or from
the duty administrator upon the presentation of a valid ticket for a performance on that night.
Please note that the number of visitors to the terrace is limited.
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