Concert The Orchestra Comes on Stage World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for The Orchestra Comes on Stage 2022
Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin Production design: Sergei Grachev Lighting Designer: Roman Peskov Set Designer: Sergei Grachev
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Script Author and Host: Natalia Entelis Stage
Director: Alexander Maskalin Production Designer:
Sergei Grachev Lighting Designer:
Roman Peskov
Theatre begins at the cloakroom. But how does a musical
performance begin? Let’s think: the light in the large chandeliers is
still lit, the heavy stage curtain is still down and musical sounds are
already fluttering around the auditorium. Quick passages of
the violins, flageolets of the cellos, short, trial fanfares of
the trumpets... The orchestral musicians build this up and play it out
before the start of the performance. And although the orchestra
is a fully participating member of any musical work it is not barely
visible from the auditorium, because it is located not on the stage
but in a place with the secretive and even somewhat gloomy name of
the “orchestra pit”. If you love and listen to music very often you will be
able to differentiate the soft timbre of the viola from the noble
and velvety voice of the cello as easily as you can tell
the difference between Italian and Spanish.
The orchestra pit has its own rules and secrets. Do you want to learn more?
Come to our concert. For the first time in our subscription series,
the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra will be the lead “character”
of a concert, coming on stage and revealing all its secrets.
Schedule for The Orchestra Comes on Stage 2022
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