Here’s what’s going on this week:
For the first time this season at the Mariinsky Theatre, we present the main
ballet premiere of the previous season — an elegant French ballet Le Parc
choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj
(November 11th & 15th).
Diana Vishneva
will once again appear in the title part of her new project
Diana Vishneva: Dialogues, which received its Mariinsky Theatre premiere last month
(November 13th).
Among the events at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, take a note of a rarely performed piece
Chimes by Valery Gavrilin, choral symphonic work that presents the story of the human soul,
man’s spiritual growth
(November 9th)
and Rodion Shchedrin’s opera The Enchanted Wanderer
(production by Alexei Stepanyuk) performed by the Mariinsky Theatre, to a great acclaim,
on tour in seven countries and recorded on the Mariinsky Label, our own record label
(November 12th).
In November, the Mariinsky Concert Hall will see performances by well-known
guest conductors. On November 25th, Marc Minkowski, one of the finest researchers
of French Baroque music, will present works by French composers Gabriel Fauré and
César Franck, rarely performed in Russia. On November 30th, the young Spanish conductor
Pablo Heras-Casado, whose career is rising fast, will present two short operas:
La vida breve by Manuel de Falla and
L’Heure espagnole by Maurice Ravel.
You are welcome to take part in our quiz made of 10 questions
associated with a repertoire of the concerts on November 25th and 30th.
The first three participants, who send us correct answers to
all 10 questions will receive an award: an invitation for two persons to attend a special
tour of the Mariinsky Theatre premises,
including the backstage area, rehearsal classes, decorator’s rooms, etc.
The date and time of your tour will be confirmed at a later point. Best of luck!
The Mariinsky Ballet has just finished its
24-day residency on stage of the
Teatro Regio in Turin.
We have performed ballets by Michel Fokine
(Polovtsian Dances, Le Spectre de la rose, The Dying Swan, Schéhérazade),
and classical masterpieces: La Bayadère and Swan Lake.
This Tuesday, Mariinsky Theatre Soloists and Orchestra
and Valery Gergiev embark on a week-long on tour
in Rome and Palermo.
We wish you a pleasant week!
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