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    Schedule for all theatres (all stages) in St. Petersburg, Russia for 28 February 2011 - 03 June 2011
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    DATE THEATRE (STAGE) PERFORMANCE NAME TYPE FESTIVAL
    28 February 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Evening of one act ballets: Petrouchka. Presentiment of Spring
    Composer: Anatoly Lyadov
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Video Artist: Yuri Davydov
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Sofia Gumerova
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Conductor: Vasily Kang
    Classical Ballet     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    28 February 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Igor Stravinsky "Le Rossignol" (opera in three acts)
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Costume Designer: Vladimir Firer
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Soprano: Olga Trifonova
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Opera     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    28 February 2011
    Monday
    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     		  
    28 February 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra. Artistic director and conductor - Dmitry Khokhlov. Tchaikovsky. "The Snow Maiden"
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Orchestra: Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra
    Conductor: Dmitry Khokhlov
    Concert     		  
    01 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Mikhail Agrest
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Mezzo soprano: Natalia Evstafieva
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Opera     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    01 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Production: Oleg Vinogradov
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Evening of one act ballets: Petrouchka. Presentiment of Spring
    Composer: Anatoly Lyadov
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Video Artist: Yuri Davydov
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Conductor: Vasily Kang
    Classical Ballet     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    02 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Production: Oleg Vinogradov
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 State Russian Concert Orchestra of Saint Petersburg. Artistic director and chief conductor - Vladimir Popov. Soloist - Larisa Yudina soprano
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Orchestra: State Russian Concert Orchestra of Saint Petersburg
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Popov
    Conductor: Vladimir Popov
    Concert     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    03 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 ! PREMIERE ! "L`elisir d`amore" (melodramma giocoso in two acts)
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Stage Director: Ilya Ustyantsev
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Director: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Costume Designer: Vladimir Firer
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Viktor Korotich
    Tenor: Stanislav Leontiev
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
    Opera     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    ! PREMIERE !
    03 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Giuseppe Verdi "Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball)"
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Stage Director: Andrejs Zagars
    Designer: Andris Freibergs
    Choreography: Elita Bukovska
    Lighting Designer: Kevin W. Jones
    Costume Designer: Kristine Pasternaka
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Director: Yulia Prokhorova
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    03 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 "From Romanticism to Expressionism". Alexander Richter violin, Alexei Koptev viola, Natalia Baikova cello, Alisa Bratslavskaya piano, Nikita Novoselsky violin, Igor Yeliseyev double bass. Schumann. Mahler. Schoenberg.
    Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Violin soloist: Alexander Richter
    Piano: Alisa Bratslavskaya
    Soloist: Igor Yeliseyev
    Cello: Natalia Baikova
    Violin soloist: Nikita Novoselsky
    Concert     		  
    03 March 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    03 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    04 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Irma Nioradze
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko
    Dancer: Elena Yevseyeva
    Classical Ballet     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    04 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Vasily Gerello Recital
    Piano: Marina Mishuk
    Baritone: Vasily Gerello
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Piano: Marina Mishuk
    Concert     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    04 March 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Lenten Concerts - 2011. Bolschoi Don Kоzaken (Austria). Artistic director and conductor - Peter Khudyakov. Orthodox prayers and traditional song in arr.by Sergei Zharov
    Concert     		  
    04 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    05 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov "The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and of the Beautiful Swan-Princess" (opera in a prologue and four acts)
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Piano: Larisa Gergieva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Vladimir Firer
    Costume Designer: Vladimir Firer
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Bass: Alexei Tanovitski
    Soprano: Oksana Shilova
    Mezzo soprano: Varvara Solovyova
    Opera     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    05 March 2011
    Saturday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 "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     		  
    05 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Costume Designer: Galina Soloviova
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    05 March 2011
    Saturday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 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
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Mikhail Kolelishvili
    Soprano: Eleonora Vindau
    Opera     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    05 March 2011
    Saturday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Glinka. Kamarinskaya. Shchedrin. Anna Karenina. Tchaikovsky. Symphony No 4
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Concert     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    05 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Haydn. Shperger. Mozart. Performed by St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Artem Chirkov. Conductor - Leo Kraemer
    Soloist: Artem Chirkov
    Conductor: Leo Kraemer
    Concert     		  
    05 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    14:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts)
    Designer: Andrei Voitenko
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: The Saint-Petersburg State Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Anton Korsakov
    Dancer: Tatiana Tkachenko
    Dancer: Elena Yevseyeva
    Classical Ballet     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts)
    Designer: Andrei Voitenko
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: The Saint-Petersburg State Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Classical Ballet     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Floria Tosca (Opera in 3 acts) Giacomo Puccini
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 In the world of ancient myths and legends
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Lighting Designer: Roman Peskov
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Concert     		 VII Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) 2011 
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    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     		  
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Vladimir Altschuler. Soprano - Maria Lyud`ko. Debussy. Mussorgsky. Grieg. Haydn.
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Edward Grieg
    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler
    Concert     		  
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Saint-Petersburg Gubernatorial Orchestra. Artistic director and conductor - Stanislav Gorkovenko. Soloist - Olesya Petrova mezzo-soprano. Tchaikovsky. Dunaevsky. Gavrilin
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Valery Gavrilin
    Mezzo soprano: Olesya Petrova
    Conductor: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Concert     		  
    06 March 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    07 March 2011
    Monday
    14:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Mikhail Agrest
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Mezzo soprano: Lyubov Sokolova
    Bass: Mikhail Kit
    Soprano: Irma Gigolaty
    Bass: Fyodor Kuznetsov
    Tenor: Mikhail Makarov
    Opera     		  
    07 March 2011
    Monday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Getting to Know the Ballet
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    07 March 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! "Laurencia" (ballet in two acts)
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Mikhail Messerer
    Revival Designer: Oleg Molchanov
    Costume Designer: Vadim Ryndin
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Musical Director: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    07 March 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Alina Ibragimova Recital (violin)
    Violin soloist: Alina Ibragimova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    07 March 2011
    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
    Classical Ballet     		  
    07 March 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Only Mozart..." The State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos". Artistic director and conductor - Maestro Vladimir Spivakov. Moscow State Chamber Choir. Artistic director - Vladimir Minin. Soloist - Konstantin Shamray piano.
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Piano: Konstantin Shamray
    Conductor: Maestro Vladimir Spivakov
    Orchestra: Moscow State Chamber Choir
    Orchestra: The State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos"
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Minin
    Concert     		  
    08 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Georges Bizet "Carmen" (opera in four acts)
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Choreography: Galina Kaloshina
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Set Designer: Igor Grinevich
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Lighting Designer: Kamil Kutyev
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Mashkova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich
    Tenor: Maxim Aksenov
    Mezzo soprano: Natalia Evstafieva
    Soprano: Viktoria Yastrebova
    Bass: Vadim Kravets
    Opera     		  
    08 March 2011
    Tuesday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Cinderella (Opera in 2 Acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Olga Mukhortova
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    08 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! "Laurencia" (ballet in two acts)
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Mikhail Messerer
    Revival Designer: Oleg Molchanov
    Costume Designer: Vadim Ryndin
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Musical Director: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    08 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! Richard Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos" (one act opera with prologue). Concert performance
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Conductor: Christian Knapp
    Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Conductor: Leonid Korchmar
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Opera     		  
    08 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    08 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 FESTIVE CONCERT. "Everything Will Be All Right!". Remolin Ensemble. Vivaldi, Dunayevsky, Dinicu, Monti, Gagliano, Fossen, Otero, Piazzolla
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Composer: Astor Piazzolla
    Concert     		  
    09 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Olesia Novikova
    Dancer: Igor Kolb
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Classical Ballet     		  
    09 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Sviridov. Selected works for chorus
    Composer: Georgy Sviridov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Concert     		  
    09 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 JUBILEE EVENING. Natalia Sokolova violin, Elena Dyakova piano, In concert participate: Ilya Kozlov violin, Alexei Bogorad viola, Sergei Chernyadyev cello. Brahms. Franck.
    Composer: Cesar Franck
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Piano: Elena Dyakova
    Viola soloist: Ilya Kozlov
    Violin soloist: Natalia Sokolova
    Cello: Sergei Chernyadyev
    Concert     		  
    10 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Giuseppe Verdi "Rigoletto" (melodramma in three acts)
    Composer: Francesco Maria Piave
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Choreography: Alexandra Tikhomirova
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Claudio Coloretti
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Gianandrea Noseda
    Costume Designer: Giovanna Avanzi
    Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Set Designer: Tiziano Santi
    Stage Director: Walter Le Moli
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Baritone: Viktor Chernomortsev
    Bass: Alexei Tanovitski
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Baritone: Alexander Nikitin
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    10 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! Richard Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos" (one act opera with prologue). Concert performance
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Conductor: Christian Knapp
    Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Conductor: Leonid Korchmar
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Opera     		  
    10 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Chamber Music Evening. Sergei Stadler (Violin). Yulia Stadler piano. Weber. Schubert. Liszt. Grieg.
    Composer: Carl Maria Fon Weber
    Composer: Edward Grieg
    Composer: Ferencz Liszt
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Violin soloist: Sergei Stadler (Violin)
    Piano: Yulia Stadler
    Concert     		  
    10 March 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    10 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    11 March 2011
    Friday
    18:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Modest Musorgsky "Khovanshchina" (folk musical drama in five acts, six scenes).
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: Fyodor Fyodorovsky
    Stage Director: Leonid Baratov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Set Revival Director: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Set Designer: Yuri Alexandrov
    Revival Stage Director: Yuri Laptev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko
    Mezzo soprano: Larisa Diadkova
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Bass: Alexei Tanovitski
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Tenor: Alexei Steblianko
    Bass: Mikhail Kit
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    11 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! "La Juive (The Jewess)" grand opera in five acts
    Composer: Fromental Halevy
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Soprano: Natalia Mironova
    Baritone: Alexander Kuznetsov
    Soprano: Tatiana Ryaguzova
    Actor: Harry Peeters
    Tenor: Gian Luca Pasolini
    Opera     		  
    11 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giuseppe Verdi "Rigoletto" (Opera in three acts)
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Opera     		  
    11 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Yuri Temirkanov and His Orchestra". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Nikolai Alexeev. Soloist - Sergei Dogadin. Barber. Korngold. Rimsky-Korsakov.
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
    Violin soloist: Sergei Dogadin
    Concert     		  
    11 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    12 March 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Carl Orff "Carmina Burana"
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Tenor: Artyom Melikhov
    Piano: Marina Mishuk
    Concert     		  
    12 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Anna Karenina (ballet in two acts after the novel by Lev Tolstoy)
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Artistic Director: Alexei Ratmansky
    Lighting Designer: Jorn Melin
    Designer: Mikael Melbye
    Cinematographer: Wendall Harrington
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Xenia Ostreikovskaya
    Dancer: Sofia Gumerova
    Dancer: Diana Vishneva
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Philipp Stepin
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Dmitry Pykhachov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    12 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") opera in concert
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Conductor: Dmitry Ralko
    Set Designer: Elena Orlova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Bass: Vadim Kravets
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Soprano: Karina Chepurnova
    Mezzo soprano: Elena Tsvetkova
    Soprano: Yulia Savrasova
    Opera     		  
    12 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Soloists Conducting". The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor and soloist - Maxim Fedotov. Vivaldi. Rossini, Verdi.
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Violin soloist: Maxim Fedotov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    12 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    13 March 2011
    Sunday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Mikhail Glinka "Ruslan and Lyudmila" (magical opera in five acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Costume Designer: Konstantin Korovin
    Stage Director: Lotfi Mansouri
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich
    Tenor: Yuri Marusin
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Bass: Alexei Tanovitski
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Bass: Vadim Kravets
    Tenor: Alexei Steblianko
    Soprano: Yekaterina Shimanovich
    Opera     		  
    13 March 2011
    Sunday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 The Orchestra Comes on Stage
    Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin
    Lighting Designer: Roman Peskov
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Set Designer: Sergei Grachev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Concert     		  
    13 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Piano Recital. Vladimir Mischouk. Liszt
    Composer: Ferencz Liszt
    Piano: Vladimir Mischouk
    Concert     		  
    13 March 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    14 March 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Verdi`s Requiem
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Daniele Finzi Pasca
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Concert     		  
    14 March 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 XX International Festival of Arts. "From The Avant-Garde To The Present Day". Conductor - Mikhail Golikov
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Piano: Andrei Diev
    Conductor: Mikhail Golikov
    Concert     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    15 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    15 March 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Musorgsky
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Concert     		  
    15 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Organ music. Giampaolo Di Rosa (Italy). Bach.
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Organist: Giampaolo Di Rosa
    Concert     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    16 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    16 March 2011
    Wednesday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev. Glinka. Overture from the opera A Life for the Tsar. Shchedrin. Round Dances. Tchaikovsky. Symphony No 5
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Concert     		  
    16 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Conducted by Maestro Temirkanov "First Russian Symphony Orchestra". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Maestro Yuri Temirkanov. Soloist - Alexander Knyazev. Shostakovich. Dvorak.
    Composer: Antonin Dvorak
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Cello: Alexander Knyazev
    Conductor: Maestro Yuri Temirkanov
    Concert     		  
    16 March 2011
    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     		  
    17 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Alban Berg. Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Composer: Alban Berg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Concert     		  
    17 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Dorian Wilson (USA). Soloist - Natalia Trull. Rakhmaninov. Prokofiev. Tchaikovsky.
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Conductor: Dorian Wilson
    Piano: Natalia Trull
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    18 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! "Dead Souls" Rodion Shchedrin (operatic scenes in three acts) Performed in concert
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Maria Danilova
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Production: Vasily Barkhatov
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Baritone: Vladislav Sulimsky
    Mezzo soprano: Elena Vitman
    Soprano: Karina Chepurnova
    Tenor: Mikhail Makarov
    Tenor: Artyom Melikhov
    Opera     		  
    18 March 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. Music director and chief conductor - Pavel Kogan. Soloist - Stanislav Yudenich. His Em.ILARION. Rakhmaninov. Mussorgsky.
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Orchestra: Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Pavel Kogan
    Piano: Stanislav Ioudenitch
    Concert     		  
    19 March 2011
    Saturday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 "The Marriage" opera by Modest Mussorgsky. "Opera about quarrel of Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich"
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Opera     		  
    19 March 2011
    Saturday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars "The Marriage" opera by Modest Mussorgsky. "Opera about quarrel of Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich"
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Tenor: Dmitry Koleushko
    Opera     		  
    19 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts)
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    19 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Passion to Rimanticism". Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. Music director and chief conductor - Pavel Kogan. Dvorak. Brahms.
    Composer: Antonin Dvorak
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Orchestra: Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Pavel Kogan
    Concert     		  
    19 March 2011
    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     		  
    19 March 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    19 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    20 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Anna Karenina (ballet in two acts after the novel by Lev Tolstoy)
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Artistic Director: Alexei Ratmansky
    Lighting Designer: Jorn Melin
    Designer: Mikael Melbye
    Cinematographer: Wendall Harrington
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Xenia Ostreikovskaya
    Dancer: Sofia Gumerova
    Dancer: Diana Vishneva
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Philipp Stepin
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Dmitry Pykhachov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    20 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Volfgang Amadeus Mozart. Grand Mass in C Minor. Conductior - Pavel Petrenko
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Pavel Petrenko
    Concert     		  
    20 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts)
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    20 March 2011
    Sunday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 LENTEN CONCERTS - 2011. SERBIAN BYZANTINE CHOIR MOISEY PETROVICH. Artistic director and conductor - Nikola Popmihajlov. Serbian and byzantine medieval chants
    Concert     		  
    20 March 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    20 March 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    21 March 2011
    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     		  
    22 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Spartacus (ballet in 3 acts)
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Naumov
    Revival Designer: Batozhan Dashitsyrenov
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Designer: Valentina Khodasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Vladimir Ponomarev
    Conductor: Karen Durgarian
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    22 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Stars of the Stars Russian Seasons of the XXI century. One-act ballets: Tamar. Bolero. L`apres-midi d`un faune
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Choreography: Vaslav Nijinsky
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Dancer: Irma Nioradze
    Dancer: Nikolai Tsiskaridze
    Dancer: Ilze Liepa
    Classical Ballet     		  
    22 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Cesar Franck. Six Pieces pour le grand orgue. Performed by Guy Bovet (Switzerland)
    Composer: Cesar Franck
    Organist: Guy Bovet
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Organist: Guy Bovet
    Concert     		  
    22 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    22 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Chamber Ensemble "Moscow Soloists" (GRAMMY WINNER 2007 "Best Small Ensemble Performance - Best Ensemble"). Conductor and soloist - Maestro Yuri Bashmet (GRAMMY WINNER 2007 "Best Small Ensemble Performance - Best Conductor")
    Orchestra: Chamber Ensemble "Moscow Soloists" (GRAMMY WINNER 2007 "Best Small Ensemble Performance - Best Ensemble")
    Conductor: Maestro Yuri Bashmet (Grammy Award Winner 2008 with the orchestra "Soloists of Moscow" for the execution of works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev in the category "Best performance by small ensembles")
    Concert     		  
    23 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 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
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Mezzo soprano: Nadezhda Serdyuk
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Mezzo soprano: Nadezhda Vassilieva
    Bass: Gennady Bezzubenkov
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Soprano: Gelena Gaskarova
    Bass: Ilya Bannik
    Bass: Vladimir Felyauer
    Opera     		  
    23 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Stars of the Stars Russian Seasons of the XXI century. One-act ballets: Tamar. Bolero. L`apres-midi d`un faune
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Choreography: Vaslav Nijinsky
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Dancer: Irma Nioradze
    Dancer: Nikolai Tsiskaridze
    Dancer: Ilze Liepa
    Classical Ballet     		  
    23 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 The St Petersburg House of Music present: Francois Dumont (piano), Sergei Dogadin (violin)
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Piano: Francois Dumont
    Violin soloist: Sergei Dogadin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Sergei Roldugin
    Concert     		  
    23 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra. Artistic director and conductor - Dmitry Khokhlov
    Orchestra: Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra
    Conductor: Dmitry Khokhlov
    Concert     		  
    23 March 2011
    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     		  
    23 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    24 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Evening of one-act Ballets: "Serenade. In the Night. Theme and Variations"
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Choreography: George Balanchine
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Yevgeny Ivanchenko
    Dancer: Xenia Ostreikovskaya
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Denis Matvienko
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvienko
    Classical Ballet     		  
    24 March 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    24 March 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Glinka. Valse-Fantasie. Shchedrin. Canticle. Tchaikovsky. Symphony No 6
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Concert     		  
    24 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    24 March 2011
    Thursday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    24 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    25 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Mezzo soprano: Elena Vitman
    Soprano: Elena Nebera
    Opera     		  
    25 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Iolanta" (Opera in 2 Acts)
    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: Fedor Ataskevich
    Opera     		  
    25 March 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Famous works and masterpieces of organ music. Performed by Oleg Kinyaev
    Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Organist: Oleg Kinyaev
    Concert     		  
    25 March 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    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     		  
    25 March 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 LENTEN CONCERTS - 2011. The Bulgarian Female Vocal Choir. "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares". Artistic director - Dora Hristova
    Concert     		  
    25 March 2011
    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     		  
    25 March 2011
    Friday
    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 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    26 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Alexander Borodin "Prince Igor" (opera in three acts with a prologue)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Revival Stage Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Bass-baritone: Yevgeny Nikitin
    Soprano: Yekaterina Popova
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Bass: Vladimir Vaneyev
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Opera     		  
    26 March 2011
    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
    Dancer: Denis Morozov
    Dancer: Irina Perren
    Dancer: Andrey Kasyanenko
    Dancer: Andrey Masloboyev
    Classical Ballet     		  
    26 March 2011
    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
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Soprano: Olga Pudova
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Opera     		  
    26 March 2011
    Saturday
    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     		  
    26 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 BACH-ORCHESTRA (Germany)
    Concert     		  
    26 March 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    26 March 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Le Corsaire (ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Composer: Cesare Pugni
    Composer: Leo Delibes
    Composer: Riccardo Drigo
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Set Designer: Teimuraz Murvanidze
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Andrian Fadeyev
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars. The Opera di Roma presents: Giuseppe Verdi "Nabucco" (opera in concert)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Riccardo Muti
    Baritone: Giovanni Meoni
    Tenor: Antonio Poli
    Bass: Dmitry Beloselskiy
    Soprano: Elisabete Matos
    Mezzo soprano: Ezgi Kutlu
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Velikan (Opera in one act )
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Conductor: Mikhail Leontyev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    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
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Evening of one-act ballets: Carmen Suite. Presentiment of Spring
    Composer: Anatoly Lyadov
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Choreography: Alberto Alonso
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Dancer: Igor Kolb
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Daria Vasnetsova
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Dancer: Karen Ioannisyan
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Gustav Mahler. Collected Works". To the 150th anniversary of the birthday. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Alexander Titov. Olesya Petrova mezzo-soprano. Andrei Slavny baritone. Mahler. Mahler-Berio.
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Conductor: Alexander Titov
    Baritone: Andrei Slavny
    Mezzo soprano: Olesya Petrova
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    27 March 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    28 March 2011
    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     		  
    29 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Sergei Prokofiev "Betrothal in a Monastery" (lyrical comic opera in four acts, nine scenes)
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Lighting Designer: Anatoliy Kuznetsov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Stage Director: Vladislav Pazi
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Mezzo soprano: Larisa Diadkova
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Tenor: Nikolai Gassiev
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Opera     		  
    29 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:30
    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     		  
    29 March 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 CHAMBER MUSIC. Svyatoslav Moroz violin, Natalia Gutman cello, Dmitri Vinnik piano. Beethoven. Ravel. Schubert.
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Piano: Dmitri Vinnik
    Cello: Natalia Gutman
    Violin soloist: Svyatoslav Moroz
    Concert     		  
    30 March 2011
    Wednesday
    18:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Les Troyens (epic opera duologue)
    Composer: Hector Berlioz
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Carlus Padrissa
    Costume Designer: Chu Uroz
    Cinematographer: Franc Aleu
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Lighting Designer: Peter van Praet
    Set Designer: Roland Olbeter
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Bass: Vadim Kravets
    Soprano: Larisa Gogolevskaya
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Opera     		  
    30 March 2011
    Wednesday
    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
    Opera     		  
    30 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Emerson Quartet
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Orchestra: The Emerson String Quartet
    Concert     		  
    30 March 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    30 March 2011
    Wednesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 St. Petersburg IV Choir Festival. In the Year of Russia-Spain presents: ESCOLANIA DE MONTSERRAT, boy`s choir (Spain)
    Concert     		  
    30 March 2011
    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     		  
    31 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Mezzo soprano: Natalia Evstafieva
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Tenor: Mikhail Makarov
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    31 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    31 March 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Mira Yevtich (piano) and Nicholas Angelich (piano)
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Piano: Mira Yevtich
    Piano: Nicholas Angelich
    Concert     		 I International Festival Contemporary Piano Faces 2011 
    31 March 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 LENTEN CONCERTS - 2011. Byzantine Choir of Greece. Artistic director - Lycourgos Angelopoulos
    Concert     		  
    01 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 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
    Soprano: Irina Mataeva
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Soprano: Irma Gigolaty
    Baritone: Sergei Romanov
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Mezzo soprano: Elena Tsvetkova
    Opera     		  
    01 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Pyotr Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (ballet in four acts)
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    01 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Yevgeny Korolyov recital (piano)
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Piano: Yevgeny Korolyov
    Concert     		 I International Festival Contemporary Piano Faces 2011 
    01 April 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    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     		  
    01 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Dedication to Faina Ranevskaya. Marina Neyolova and Elena Kaburova
    Concert     		  
    01 April 2011
    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     		  
    01 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Attila (dramma lirico in a prologue and three acts)
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Set Designer: Frank Schloessman
    Costume Designer: Hanne Loosen
    Musical Preparation: Ilona Yansons
    Lighting Designer: Mark Jonathan
    Stage Director: William Friedkin
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Bass: Ildar Abdrazakov
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Tenor: Sergei Skorokhodov
    Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
    Opera     		  
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Pyotr Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (ballet in four acts)
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Tatiana Zelikman and her students. Master-class
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Nicholas Angelich recital (piano)
    Composer: Frederic Chopin
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Piano: Nicholas Angelich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		 I International Festival Contemporary Piano Faces 2011 
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 St.-Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra "Klassika". Artistic director and conductor - Alexander Kantorov. "TCHAIKOVSKY-GALA"
    Artistic Director: Alexander Kantorov
    Conductor: Alexander Kantorov
    Orchestra: St.-Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra "Klassika"
    Concert     		  
    02 April 2011
    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     		  
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    02 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Igor Stravinsky "The Firebird"
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev
    Dancer: Ivan Sitnikov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Soprano: Irina Gordei
    Baritone: Viktor Chernomortsev
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Tenor: Avgust Amonov
    Bass: Mikhail Kit
    Conductor: Mikhail Kukushkin
    Opera     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Getting to Know the Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Leontyev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Costume Designer: Galina Soloviova
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Miroslav Kultyshev recital (piano)
    Piano: Miroslav Kultyshev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		 I International Festival Contemporary Piano Faces 2011 
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Dmitri Levkovich (piano) and Milos Mihajlovic (piano)
    Composer: Frederic Chopin
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Piano: Dmitri Levkovich
    Piano: Milos Mihajlovic
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Family Concerts". The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Alexander Polishchuk. Lidia Kovalenko violin, Pavel Raikerus piano. Mendelssohn
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Conductor: Alexander Polischouk
    Violin soloist: Lidia Kovalenko
    Piano: Pavel Raikerus
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    03 April 2011
    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     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    03 April 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    04 April 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Valery Afanasiev recital (piano)
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Piano: Valery Afanasiev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		 I International Festival Contemporary Piano Faces 2011 
    04 April 2011
    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 !
    05 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! "Dead Souls" Rodion Shchedrin (operatic scenes in three acts) Performed in concert
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Maria Danilova
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Production: Vasily Barkhatov
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Mezzo soprano: Larisa Diadkova
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Baritone: Vladislav Sulimsky
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Tenor: Andrei Zorin
    Conductor: Pavel Petrenko
    Opera     		  
    05 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 The Tsar`s Bride (Opera in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Costume Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    05 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Viennese music: both fun and serious. First evening. Conductor: Rainer Honeck
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Rainer Honeck
    Concert     		  
    05 April 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 LENTEN CONCERTS - 2011. "OLD RUSSIAN CHANT" Male Choir. Artistic director and conductor - Anatoly Grindenko. Lenten Hymns of the Russian Middle Ages
    Conductor: Anatoly Grindenko
    Concert     		  
    05 April 2011
    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     		  
    06 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Andrei Ivanov
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Grigory Popov
    Dancer: Anastasia Petushkova
    Dancer: Dmitry Pykhachov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    06 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 "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     		  
    06 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Viennese music: both fun and serious. Second evening. Conductor: Rainer Honeck
    Composer: Johann Strauss
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    06 April 2011
    Wednesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Symphony Orchestra (Italy). Conductor - Zubin Mehta. Mahler. Bartok.
    Composer: Bela Bartok
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Conductor: Zubin Meta
    Concert     		  
    07 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Le Corsaire (ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue)
    Composer: Cesare Pugni
    Composer: Leo Delibes
    Composer: Riccardo Drigo
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Pyotr Gusev
    Set Designer: Teimuraz Murvanidze
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Sofia Gumerova
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Andrei Batalov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Maria Shirinkina
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    07 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    07 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Richard Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos" (one act opera with prologue). Concert performance
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Conductor: Christian Knapp
    Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Conductor: Leonid Korchmar
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Soprano: Yekaterina Popova
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Tenor: Leonid Zakhozhaev
    Conductor: Christian Knapp
    Opera     		  
    07 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 French Jazz Festival
    Concert     		  
    07 April 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    08 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Giuseppe Verdi "La Traviata" (opera in three acts, four scenes)
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: Bernard Arnould
    Stage Director: Charles Roubaud
    Choreography: Dmitry Korneyev
    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: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Baritone: Vasily Gerello
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    08 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Giuseppe Verdi "Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball)"
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Stage Director: Andrejs Zagars
    Designer: Andris Freibergs
    Choreography: Elita Bukovska
    Lighting Designer: Kevin W. Jones
    Costume Designer: Kristine Pasternaka
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Director: Yulia Prokhorova
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    08 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 The Mariinsky Theatre Wind Quintet
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Piano: Anthony Bonamici
    Soloist: Dmitry Vorontsov
    Soloist: Ivan Stolbov
    Flute: Nikolai Mokhov
    Soloist: Pavel Kundyanok
    Soloist: Rodion Tolmachev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Clarinet: Ivan Stolbov
    Piano: Anthony Bonamici
    Oboe: Pavel Kundyanok
    bassoon: Rodion Tolmachev
    French horn: Dmitry Vorontsov
    Flute: Nikolai Mokhov
    Concert     		  
    08 April 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    08 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Violin Music. Joshua Bell violin (USA), Sam Haywood piano (Great Britain). Brahms. Schubert. Grieg.
    Composer: Edward Grieg
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Violin soloist: Joshua Bell
    Piano: Sam Haywood
    Concert     		  
    08 April 2011
    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     		  
    08 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Alexander Borodin "Prince Igor" (opera in three acts with a prologue)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Revival Stage Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Bass: Gennady Bezzubenkov
    Soprano: Yekaterina Shimanovich
    Bass: Vladimir Vaneyev
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Opera     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Denis Matvienko
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvienko
    Dancer: Rafael Musin
    Classical Ballet     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty" (ballet-feerie in three acts with a prologue and an apotheosis)
    Costume Designer: Irina Press
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Nicolai Boyarchikov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Scenes taken from life
    Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Concert     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Alexander Dmitriev and His Orchestra". The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Maestro Alexander Dmitriev. Soloist - Umberto Clerici (Italy). Rossini. Rota. Tchaikovsky.
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Conductor: Maestro Alexander Dmitriev
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Cello: Umberto Clerici
    Concert     		  
    09 April 2011
    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     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    09 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    10 April 2011
    Sunday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Anton Korsakov
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Daria Vasnetsova
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev
    Classical Ballet     		  
    10 April 2011
    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
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Soprano: Eleonora Vindau
    Opera     		  
    10 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    10 April 2011
    Sunday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Piano Recital. Andrey Korobeinikov. Beethoven. Bach-Busoni. Brahms.
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Piano: Andrei Korobeinikov
    Concert     		  
    10 April 2011
    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     		  
    10 April 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    10 April 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    11 April 2011
    Monday
    18:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 The Woman without a Shadow (Die Frau ohne Schatten) (opera in three acts).
    Choreography: Denni Sayers
    Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
    Stage Director: Jonathan Kent
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Set Designer: Paul Brown
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Tim Mitchell
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Baritone: Edem Umerov
    Mezzo soprano: Olga Savova
    Soprano: Mlada Khudoley
    Soprano: Olga Sergeyeva
    Opera     		  
    11 April 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    11 April 2011
    Monday
    18:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Choir Report Concert of the Gymnasium No.56
    Concert     		  
    11 April 2011
    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 !
    12 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Music by Hector Berlioz "Benvenuto Cellini" (opera in three acts)
    Composer: Hector Berlioz
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Bass: Nikolai Kamensky
    Choir: Mariinsky Theatre Chorus
    Conductor: Pavel Petrenko
    Opera     		  
    12 April 2011
    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     		  
    13 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Ruggero Leoncavallo "I Pagliacci" (opera in two acts). Pietro Mascagni "Cavalleria Rusticana" (opera in one act)
    Composer: Pietro Mascagni
    Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    13 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! 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
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Tenor: Andrei Popov
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Mezzo soprano: Kristina Kapustinskaya
    Opera     		  
    13 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Ballet Gala - best dances from different Ballets, performed by the Hermitage Ballet Stars
    Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    13 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 CELLO MUSIC. Alexander Knyazev cello, Yekaterina Scanavi piano. Brahms.
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Cello: Alexander Knyazev
    Piano: Yekaterina Scanavi
    Concert     		  
    13 April 2011
    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     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    14 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 OPENING OF THE MARIINSKY INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL. Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Le Parc (ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
    Sound compositions: Goran Vejvoda
    Costume Designer: Herve Pierre
    Lighting Designer: Jacques Chatelet
    Choreography: Noemie Perlov
    Set Designer: Thierry Leproust
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Modern Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    ! PREMIERE !
    14 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! "Laurencia" (ballet in two acts)
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Mikhail Messerer
    Revival Designer: Oleg Molchanov
    Costume Designer: Vadim Ryndin
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Musical Director: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    14 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") opera in concert
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Conductor: Dmitry Ralko
    Set Designer: Elena Orlova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Michael Guttler
    Baritone: Yevgeny Ulanov
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Mezzo soprano: Yulia Matochkina
    Opera     		  
    14 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 JUBILEE EVENING. Tatiana Zagorovskaya and her pupils
    Concert     		  
    14 April 2011
    Thursday
    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 April 2011
    Thursday
    21:00
    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 !
    15 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Le Parc (ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
    Sound compositions: Goran Vejvoda
    Costume Designer: Herve Pierre
    Lighting Designer: Jacques Chatelet
    Choreography: Noemie Perlov
    Set Designer: Thierry Leproust
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Modern Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    15 April 2011
    Friday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Getting to Know the Ballet
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    15 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! "Laurencia" (ballet in two acts)
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Mikhail Messerer
    Revival Designer: Oleg Molchanov
    Costume Designer: Vadim Ryndin
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Musical Director: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    15 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Concert by students of the Middle Specialised School of Music of the Petersburg Conservatoire
    Composer: Edward Grieg
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Violin soloist: Dmitry Smirnov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Arkadi Steinlucht
    Piano: Miroslav Kultyshev
    Violin soloist: Dmitry Smirnov
    Concert     		  
    15 April 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    15 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Sacred Music. Canons and Apocrypha". Mikhailovsky Theatre Opera Choir. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Vladimir Altschuler. Zhanna Dombrovskaya soprano, Olesya Petrova mezzo-soprano, Stanislav Leontev tenor, Nikolai Kamensky bass,
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    15 April 2011
    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     		  
    15 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    16 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvienko
    Classical Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    16 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Gaetano Donizetti "L`elisir d`amore (Love Drink)" opera-buffa in two acts
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Musical Director: Daniele Rustioni
    Stage Director: Fabio Sparvoli
    Set Designer: Mauro Carosi
    Costume Designer: Odette Nicoletti
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Lighting Designer: Vinicio Cheli
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    16 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Leif Ove Andsnes recital (piano)
    Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes
    Concert     		  
    16 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    16 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Organ Recital. Moritz Schott (Germany). Bach. Reger. Tariverdiev. Alain. Widor. Dupret. Narrator - Vera Tariverdieva
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Max Reger
    Composer: Mikael Tariverdiev
    Organist: Moritz Schott
    Concert     		  
    16 April 2011
    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     		  
    16 April 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    16 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    17 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes))
    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: Boris Gruzin
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Alexei Nedviga
    Dancer: David Hallberg
    Classical Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    17 April 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Gaetano Donizetti "L`elisir d`amore (Love Drink)" opera-buffa in two acts
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Musical Director: Daniele Rustioni
    Stage Director: Fabio Sparvoli
    Set Designer: Mauro Carosi
    Costume Designer: Odette Nicoletti
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Lighting Designer: Vinicio Cheli
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    17 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Max Reger. Choral Fantasies. Performed by Oleg Kinyaev (Russia)
    Composer: Max Reger
    Organist: Oleg Kinyaev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    17 April 2011
    Sunday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Children`s Corner" Ensembles of the Saint-Petersburg City Palace of Youth Creativity. Conductors: Sergei Inkov, Nikolai Romanov. Soloists: Meri and Tuuli Wallenius (Finland). Britten. Sommerro. Wessman.
    Composer: Benjamin Britten
    Conductor: Nikolai Romanov
    Conductor: Sergei Inkov
    Concert     		  
    17 April 2011
    Sunday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 LENTEN CONCERTS - 2011. Soloist, Choir and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. Conductor - Andrei Petrenko. Gubaidulina.
    Composer: Sofia Gubaidulina
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Choir: Mariinsky Theatre Chorus
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    17 April 2011
    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     		  
    17 April 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    17 April 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    18 April 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yana Selina
    Dancer: Daria Vasnetsova
    Dancer: Denis Matvienko
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev
    Dancer: Karen Ioannisyan
    Classical Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    18 April 2011
    Monday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    18 April 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Stars of the Stars "Only Mozart..." The State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos". Artistic director and conductor - Maestro Vladimir Spivakov. Soloist - Pierre Amoyal. Mozart
    Conductor: Maestro Vladimir Spivakov
    Violin soloist: Pierre Amoyal
    Orchestra: The State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos"
    Concert     		  
    18 April 2011
    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     		  
    19 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Evening of one-act ballets: Chopiniana. In the Night. Without
    Composer: Frederic Chopin
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Boris Gruzin
    Classical Ballet     		  
    19 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Queen of Spades" (Opera in three acts, seven scenes)
    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
    Opera     		  
    19 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Symphony No 40 in G Minor. Requiem
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Concert     		  
    19 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 "From History of Music Styles" Classicism. Dmitri Eremin cello, Anna Rychkova piano. Beethoven.
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Piano: Anna Rychkova
    Soloist: Dmitri Eremin
    Concert     		  
    19 April 2011
    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     		  
    20 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Peter Tchaikovsky "Sleeping Beauty" (ballet-fierie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis)
    Designer: Andrei Voitenko
    Costume Designer: Elena Zaitseva
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Anastasia Kolegova
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Dancer: Valeria Martynyuk
    Classical Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    20 April 2011
    Wednesday
    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 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 The St Petersburg House of Music present: Allesandro Deldjavan (piano) and Pavel Milyukov (violin). Conductor: Maxim Fedotov
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Piano: Allesandro Deldjavan
    Violin soloist: Pavel Milyukov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maxim Fedotov
    Concert     		  
    20 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    20 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 "Divertissement" Ensemble. Artistic director - Ilia Ioff. Soloists: Victoria Yevtodyeva soprano, Alexander Gorbatenko countertenor, In concert participates actor of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Theatre Mikhail Morozov. Pergolesi. Haydn.
    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
    Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
    Orchestra: "Divertissement" Ensemble
    Soloist: Alexander Gorbatenko
    Artistic Director: Ilya Ioff
    Soprano: Victoria Yevtodyeva
    Concert     		  
    20 April 2011
    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     		  
    21 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Boris Gruzin
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Dancer: Philipp Stepin
    Classical Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    21 April 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    21 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 ! PREMIERE ! 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
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Oksana Shilova
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Baritone: Viktor Korotich
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Opera     		  
    21 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    21 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Richard Bona
    Soloist: Richard Bona
    Concert     		  
    21 April 2011
    Thursday
    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 !
    22 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Le Parc (ballet in 3 acts)
    Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
    Sound compositions: Goran Vejvoda
    Costume Designer: Herve Pierre
    Lighting Designer: Jacques Chatelet
    Choreography: Noemie Perlov
    Set Designer: Thierry Leproust
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Modern Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    ! PREMIERE !
    22 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    22 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Rachmaninoff. All-Night Vigil
    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     		  
    22 April 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    22 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra. Artistic director and conductor - Dmitry Khokhlov
    Orchestra: Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra
    Conductor: Dmitry Khokhlov
    Concert     		  
    22 April 2011
    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     		  
    22 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Dancer: Alina Cojocaru (London Royal Ballet)
    Dancer: Johan Kobborg (London Royal Ballet)
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Classical Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    ! PREMIERE !
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 The charm of classical music
    Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Concert     		  
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 On the eve of the X Moscow Easter Festival. Rachmaninoff. Prokofiev
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Choir: Mariinsky Theatre Chorus
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Bass-baritone: Yevgeny Nikitin
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Soprano: Mlada Khudoley
    Mezzo soprano: Olga Borodina
    Concert     		  
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    20:15
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Piano Recital. Maestro Grigory Sokolov. Bach. Schumann.
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Piano: Maestro Grigory Sokolov
    Concert     		  
    23 April 2011
    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     		  
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    23 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    24 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 CLOSING OF THE MARIINSKY INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL. Stars of the Stars Ballet Gala (Best Dances from different Ballets, performed by the International Ballet Stars only): Chopiniana. Divertissement. Diamonds
    Composer: Frederic Chopin
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Naumov
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Set Designer: Mikhail Shishliannikov
    Choreography: Sergei Vikharev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yevgeny Ivanchenko
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Classical Ballet     		 XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY 2011 
    24 April 2011
    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     		  
    24 April 2011
    Sunday
    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
    Opera     		  
    24 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Olli Mustonen Recital (piano)
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    24 April 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Concerts in Tailcoats and Jeans". The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Mikhail Golikov. Soloist - Alexander Ivashkin. Schnittke.
    Soloist: Alexander Ivashkin
    Conductor: Mikhail Golikov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    24 April 2011
    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     		  
    24 April 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    24 April 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    25 April 2011
    Monday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    25 April 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 St.Petersburg Choir Festival. Folk Choir "Mdzlevari" (Georgia). Artistic director and conductor - Kakhaber Onashvili. Georgian Easter chants and folk songs
    Conductor: Kakhaber Onashvili
    Concert     		  
    25 April 2011
    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     		  
    26 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Ruggero Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" (opera in two acts and a prologue)
    Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman
    Stage Director: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
    Set Designer: Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Soprano: Viktoria Yastrebova
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Tenor: Alexei Steblianko
    Opera     		  
    26 April 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    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     		  
    26 April 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 St.Petersburg Choir Festival. Optina Pustyn Male Choir. Artistic director and conductor - Alexander Semyonov. Divine service chants, choir miniatures and lyric songs
    Conductor: Alexander Semyonov
    Concert     		  
    26 April 2011
    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     		  
    27 April 2011
    Wednesday
    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
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Production: Oleg Vinogradov
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    27 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 ! PREMIERE ! The Station Master (one act opera)
    Composer: Alexander Smelkov
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Costume Designer: Varvara Yegorova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Opera     		  
    27 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty" Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 April 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Yuri Temirkanov and His Orchestra". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Mario Venzago (Swiss). Bruckner.
    Composer: Anton Bruckner
    Conductor: Mario Venzago
    Concert     		  
    27 April 2011
    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     		  
    28 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Don Giovanni" (dramma giocoso in two acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Choreography: Gali Abaidulov
    Stage Director: Johannes Schaaf
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Bass-baritone: Yevgeny Nikitin
    Bass: Mikhail Petrenko
    Soprano: Tatiana Pavlovskaya
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Soprano: Eleonora Vindau
    Conductor: Nikolai Znaider
    Opera     		  
    28 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
    Production: Oleg Vinogradov
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    28 April 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Evening of Organ Music. Performed by Gunnar Idenstam (Sweden)
    Organist: Gunnar Idenstam
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    28 April 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 St.Petersburg Choir Festival. Great Easter Concert. Popov Choir Art Academy. Conductor - Vladislav Chernushenko
    Conductor: Vladislav Chernushenko
    Concert     		  
    28 April 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    29 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes))
    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
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yevgeny Ivanchenko
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Philipp Stepin
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Grigory Popov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    29 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Floria Tosca (Opera in 3 acts) Giacomo Puccini
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    29 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Concert by students of the Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		  
    29 April 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    29 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Thematis Concerts". Shakespeare. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Vassily Sinaisky. Soloist - Lyudmila Dudinova soprano. Balakirev. Tchaikovsky. Gounod. Bellini. Nicolai. Mendelssohn. Shostakovich.
    Composer: Charles Gounod
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
    Concert     		  
    29 April 2011
    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     		  
    29 April 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    30 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Georges Bizet "Carmen" (opera in four acts)
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Choreography: Galina Kaloshina
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Set Designer: Igor Grinevich
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Lighting Designer: Kamil Kutyev
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Mashkova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Tenor: Maxim Aksenov
    Soprano: Viktoria Yastrebova
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Opera     		  
    30 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 "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     		  
    30 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Evening of one-act ballets: Walpurgis Night. Carnaval. Simple Things
    Composer: Charles Gounod
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Choreography: Emil Faski
    Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yana Selina
    Dancer: Elena Yevseyeva
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Alexei Nedviga
    Classical Ballet     		  
    30 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    30 April 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 FLUTE MUSIC. Irina Pimenova and her pupils
    Concert     		  
    30 April 2011
    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     		  
    30 April 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    30 April 2011
    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 May 2011
    Sunday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Sergei Slonimsky "The Magic Nut" (ballet in two acts)
    Composer: Sergei Slonimsky
    Choreography: Donvena Pandoursky
    Set Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Costume Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Production design: Mihail Chemiakin
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Maya Dumchenko
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Conductor: Vasily Kang
    Classical Ballet     		  
    01 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Mikhail Agrest
    Tenor: Yevgeny Akimov
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Mezzo soprano: Nadezhda Serdyuk
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Bass: Gennady Bezzubenkov
    Opera     		  
    01 May 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Iolanta" (Opera in 2 Acts)
    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
    Opera     		  
    01 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 "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     		  
    01 May 2011
    Sunday
    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
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Soprano: Eleonora Vindau
    Opera     		  
    01 May 2011
    Sunday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Final concert of the "SINGING RUSSIA" Festival
    Concert     		  
    01 May 2011
    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     		  
    01 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    Sunday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    02 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Michael Guttler
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Dancer: Anastasia Petushkova
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 May 2011
    Monday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Getting to Know the Ballet
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 May 2011
    Monday
    19:30
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty" Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 May 2011
    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     		  
    02 May 2011
    Monday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    02 May 2011
    Monday
    17:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    03 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 ! PREMIERE ! "Dead Souls" Rodion Shchedrin (operatic scenes in three acts) Performed in concert
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Maria Danilova
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Production: Vasily Barkhatov
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Mezzo soprano: Elena Vitman
    Tenor: Andrei Popov
    Soprano: Karina Chepurnova
    Bass: Oleg Sychov
    Opera     		  
    03 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Evening of one-act ballets: Carmen Suite. Presentiment of Spring
    Composer: Anatoly Lyadov
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Composer: Rodion Shchedrin
    Choreography: Alberto Alonso
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Conductor: Vasily Kang
    Dancer: Ivan Sitnikov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    03 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Organ Recital Ulfert Smidt (Germany). "Bach and Organ Romanticists". Bach. Yon. Boely. Mendelssohn. Vierne.
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Organist: Ulfert Smidt
    Concert     		  
    03 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 Horn Orchestra. Artistic director - Sergei Peschansky
    Concert     		  
    03 May 2011
    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     		  
    04 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Sergei Slonimsky "The Magic Nut" (ballet in two acts)
    Composer: Sergei Slonimsky
    Choreography: Donvena Pandoursky
    Set Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Costume Designer: Mihail Chemiakin
    Production design: Mihail Chemiakin
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Yekaterina Ivannikova
    Conductor: Vasily Kang
    Classical Ballet     		  
    04 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Sounds of history
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Concert     		  
    04 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvienko
    Classical Ballet     		  
    05 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") opera in concert
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Conductor: Dmitry Ralko
    Set Designer: Elena Orlova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Soprano: Karina Chepurnova
    Baritone: Sergei Romanov
    Mezzo soprano: Yulia Matochkina
    Opera     		  
    05 May 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    05 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:30
    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     		  
    05 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 Guitar Recital. Evgeny Finkelstein. Weiss, Zamboni, De Visee, Dowland, Forqueray, Sor, Marais
    Guitar: Evgeny Finkelstein
    Concert     		  
    05 May 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    06 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Soprano: Viktoria Yastrebova
    Baritone: Vladislav Sulimsky
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Mezzo soprano: Lyubov Sokolova
    Opera     		  
    06 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Bach. Krebs. Franck. Landmann. Liszt. Vierne. Guilmant. Performed by Jane Parker-Smith (Great Britain)
    Composer: Cesar Franck
    Composer: Ferencz Liszt
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Organist: Jane Parker-Smith
    Concert     		  
    06 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Soloists Conducting" The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor and soloist - Federico Modelci (Italy). Gershwin. Mulligan. Bernstein. Piazzolla.
    Conductor: Federico Mondelci
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    06 May 2011
    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     		  
    07 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars "Shurale" (ballet in three acts and four scenes) Farid Yarullin
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Naumov
    Designer: Alexander Ptushko
    Revival Designer: Batozhan Dashitsyrenov
    Designer: Ivan Ivanov-Vano
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Designer: Lev Milchin
    Piano: Liydmila Sveshnikova
    Musical Preparation: Lyudmila Sveshnikova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Mashkova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Igor Kolb
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    07 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Richard Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos" (one act opera with prologue). Concert performance
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Conductor: Christian Knapp
    Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Conductor: Leonid Korchmar
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Conductor: Christian Knapp
    Opera     		  
    07 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 The Maestro Temirkanov International Foundation for Cultural Initiatives presents: Festive Charity Concert for Veterans of WWII "FOR YOU, OUR HEROES!" The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Nikolai Alexeev.
    Composer: Antonin Dvorak
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Soloist: Lev Klychkov
    Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    07 May 2011
    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     		  
    07 May 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    08 May 2011
    Sunday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 "Shurale" (ballet in three acts and four scenes) Farid Yarullin
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Naumov
    Designer: Alexander Ptushko
    Revival Designer: Batozhan Dashitsyrenov
    Designer: Ivan Ivanov-Vano
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Designer: Lev Milchin
    Piano: Liydmila Sveshnikova
    Musical Preparation: Lyudmila Sveshnikova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Mashkova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Anton Pimonov
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Maria Shirinkina
    Classical Ballet     		  
    08 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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 Agrest
    Opera     		  
    08 May 2011
    Sunday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "May Night" (opera in three acts)
    Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin
    Choreography: Dmitry Korneyev
    Lighting Designer: Kamil Kutyev
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Set Designer: Sergei Grachev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Soprano: Elena Zheleznyakova
    Opera     		  
    08 May 2011
    Sunday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    08 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:30
    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     		  
    08 May 2011
    Sunday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 Petroconcert presents. Festive concert
    Concert     		  
    08 May 2011
    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     		  
    08 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Evening of one-act ballets: The Young Lady and the Hooligan. Leningrad Symphony. Without
    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
    Composer: Frederic Chopin
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Principal Dancer: Ulyana Lopatkina
    Conductor: Boris Gruzin
    Dancer: Igor Kolb
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Mikhail Berdichevsky
    Classical Ballet     		  
    09 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Songs of military years. Soloists of the Mariinsky Opera and the State Academic V. V. Andreyev Russian Orchestra
    Orchestra: Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Dmitry Khokhlov
    Concert     		  
    09 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Oleg Pogudin and his ensemble. Songs of WWII
    Singer: Oleg Pogudin
    Concert     		  
    09 May 2011
    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     		  
    09 May 2011
    Monday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 State Classical Circus of St. Petersburg (established 1827) - The Chinizelli circus
    		 International Carnival on Fontanka (classical circus performance)
    Circus show     		  
    10 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Choral music by Russian composers
    Composer: Dmitry Bortnyansky
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Concert     		  
    10 May 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    10 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 47th International Festival. "Petersburg Musical Spring". Opening. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Composer: Boris Tishchenko
    Composer: Sergei Slonimsky
    Piano: Igor Uryash
    Violin soloist: Mikhail Krutik
    Piano: Nikolai Mazhara
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler
    Concert     		  
    10 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    Wednesday
    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: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev
    Dancer: Yulia Stepanova
    Dancer: Valeria Martynyuk
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    11 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Giacomo Puccini "La Boheme" (opera in four acts)
    Set Designer: Bernard Arnould
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    11 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Respighi. Puccini
    Composer: Giacomo Puccini
    Composer: Ottorino Respighi
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Concert     		  
    11 May 2011
    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     		  
    12 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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: Mikhail Agrest
    Tenor: Maxim Aksenov
    Mezzo soprano: Irina Bogacheva
    Baritone: Alexei Markov
    Bass: Vladimir Vaneyev
    Opera     		  
    12 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (Ballet in 2 Acts)
    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     		  
    12 May 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    12 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra. Artistic director and conductor - Dmitry Khokhlov
    Orchestra: Andreyev Folk Russian Orchestra
    Conductor: Dmitry Khokhlov
    Concert     		  
    12 May 2011
    Thursday
    18:30
    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     		  
    13 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Ondine (ballet in two acts and six scenes)
    Composer: Cesare Pugni
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Naumov
    Choreography: Pierre Lacotte
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Yevgenia Obraztsova
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Dancer: Yekaterina Osmolkina
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    13 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Giacomo Puccini "La Boheme" (opera in four acts)
    Set Designer: Bernard Arnould
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    13 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Music by Hector Berlioz "Benvenuto Cellini" (opera in three acts)
    Composer: Hector Berlioz
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Mezzo soprano: Zlata Bulycheva
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Bass: Nikolai Kamensky
    Conductor: Pavel Petrenko
    Opera     		  
    13 May 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    13 May 2011
    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     		  
    14 May 2011
    Saturday
    11:30
    morning    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Mikhail Glinka "Ruslan and Lyudmila" (magical opera in five acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Costume Designer: Konstantin Korovin
    Stage Director: Lotfi Mansouri
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Boris Gruzin
    Soprano: Olga Trifonova
    Bass-baritone: Yevgeny Nikitin
    Tenor: Yuri Marusin
    Soprano: Yekaterina Popova
    Bass: Alexei Tanovitski
    Tenor: Vasily Gorshkov
    Opera     		  
    14 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes)) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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: Boris Gruzin
    Dancer: Elisaveta Cheprasova
    Dancer: Alexander Romanchikov
    Dancer: Rafael Musin
    Dancer: Oxana Skorik
    Classical Ballet     		  
    14 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Pyotr Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (ballet in four acts)
    Choreography: Alexander Gorsky
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    14 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Thierry Escaich. Organ Concerto
    Organist: Thierry Escaich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Concert     		  
    14 May 2011
    Saturday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Family Concerts". The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor – Mattia Rondelli (Italy). Soloists: Sergei Levitin violin. Sergei Pechatin cello. Paganini. Donizetti. Vivaldi. Busoni.
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
    Composer: Niccolo Paganini
    Conductor: Mattia Rondelli
    Violin soloist: Sergei Levitin
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    14 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Charity Concert of the 4th "Step Towards". International Festival. The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Mikhail Tatarnikov. Soloist - laureates of international competitions
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    14 May 2011
    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     		  
    15 May 2011
    Sunday
    12:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Ballet, Opera and Concert Gala for Audiences of the Young Theatre-goers` Academy
    Stage Director: Alexander Maskalin
    Production design: Sergei Grachev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Classical Ballet     		  
    15 May 2011
    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     		  
    15 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Opera in 3 Acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Costume Designer: Galina Soloviova
    Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    15 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Tenor: Andrei Ilyushnikov
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Soprano: Olga Pudova
    Bass: Mikhail Kolelishvili
    Opera     		  
    15 May 2011
    Sunday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    15 May 2011
    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     		  
    16 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev. Stars of the Stars Modest Mussorgsky "Boris Godunov" Production: Andrei Tarkovsky (1983) (opera in four acts with a prologue (version of 1872))
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Conductor: Dmitry Ralko
    Director: Graham Vick
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Piano: Irina Soboleva
    Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Revival Stage Director: Irkin Gabitov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Production design: Nikolai Dvigubsky
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Bass: Mikhail Petrenko
    Tenor: Yevgeny Akimov
    Baritone: Edem Umerov
    Tenor: Andrei Popov
    Tenor: Oleg Balashov
    Baritone: Alexei Markov
    Bass: Vladimir Vaneyev
    Opera     		  
    16 May 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    16 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 Open Door. Project of the Philharmonia and Petersburg Students. "Schakespeare Today". Monodrama "Makbeth". Premiere.Music by Nastasya Khrushcheva. Text by Alexei Nikonov. Presenter - Nika Strizhak
    Concert     		  
    16 May 2011
    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     		  
    17 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars One act ballets by Yuri Smekalov: Bolero Factory. Simple Things
    Composer: Arvo Part
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Choreography: Emil Faski
    Lighting Designer: Kamil Kutyev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Choreography: Yuri Smekalov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Boris Gruzin
    Dancer: Anton Korsakov
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Danila Korsuntsev
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Classical Ballet     		  
    17 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Giuseppe Verdi "Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball)"
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Stage Director: Andrejs Zagars
    Designer: Andris Freibergs
    Choreography: Elita Bukovska
    Lighting Designer: Kevin W. Jones
    Costume Designer: Kristine Pasternaka
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Director: Yulia Prokhorova
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    17 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Richard Strauss. Mahler. Conductor: Nikolaj Znaider
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Nikolai Znaider
    Concert     		  
    17 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 X International Festival "Admiralty Music". Festival closing. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NAVY CENTRAL CONCERT MODEL ORCHESTRA. Artistic director - Alexei Karabanov. St.Petersburg Admiralty navy band. Conductor - Alexei Karabanov. To the 50th anniversary of the birth
    Composer: Carl Maria Fon Weber
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Conductor: Alexei Karabanov
    Bass: Grigory Shkarupa
    Soprano: Natalia Smitt
    Soloist: Nikolai Bogdanov
    Orchestra: St.Petersburg Admiralty navy band
    Concert     		  
    17 May 2011
    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     		  
    18 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Ondine (ballet in two acts and six scenes)
    Composer: Cesare Pugni
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Naumov
    Choreography: Pierre Lacotte
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Olesia Novikova
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Dancer: Denis Matvienko
    Classical Ballet     		  
    18 May 2011
    Wednesday
    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
    Classical Ballet     		  
    18 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Liszt. Mahler. Conductor: Nikolaj Znaider
    Composer: Ferencz Liszt
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Conductor: Nikolai Znaider
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Piano: Peter Laul
    Concert     		  
    18 May 2011
    Wednesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    18 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Charity concert for the Foundation Offering Aid to Japan`s Earthquake Victims. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Maestro Alexander Dmitriev. Schubert. Tchaikovsky.
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Conductor: Maestro Alexander Dmitriev
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		  
    18 May 2011
    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     		  
    19 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Andrei Ivanov
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Denis Matvienko
    Dancer: Anastasia Matvienko
    Dancer: Vasily Tkachenko
    Classical Ballet     		  
    19 May 2011
    Thursday
    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
    Classical Ballet     		  
    19 May 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Sviridov. Mariinsky Theatre Chorus
    Composer: Georgy Sviridov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Choir: Mariinsky Theatre Chorus
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Concert     		  
    19 May 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    19 May 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    19 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 VI International Festival "MUSICAL COLLECTION". To the 90th anniversary of the Philharmonia. The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. To the 80th anniversary of the birthday. Anna Nechaeva soprano, Olesya Petrova
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Soloist: Anna Nechaeva
    Tenor: Dmitry Golovnin
    Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
    Mezzo soprano: Olesya Petrova
    Bass: Peter Migunov
    Choir: Smolny Cathedral Chamber Choir
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    19 May 2011
    Thursday
    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 !
    20 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! "Dead Souls" Rodion Shchedrin (operatic scenes in three acts) Performed in concert
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Maria Danilova
    Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
    Production: Vasily Barkhatov
    Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Tenor: Sergei Semishkur
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Soprano: Karina Chepurnova
    Soprano: Svetlana Volkova
    Tenor: Andrei Zorin
    Baritone: Sergei Romanov
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Opera     		  
    20 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Floria Tosca (Opera in 3 acts) Giacomo Puccini
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Production: Stanislav Gaudassinsky
    Artistic Director: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    20 May 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    20 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Richard Galliano Trio (France)
    Concert     		  
    20 May 2011
    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     		  
    20 May 2011
    Friday
    21:00
    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 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Sergei Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" (ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes)) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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: Boris Gruzin
    Dancer: Vladimir Shklyarov
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Dancer: Maria Shirinkina
    Classical Ballet     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    21 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:30
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    21 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") opera in concert
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Conductor: Dmitry Ralko
    Set Designer: Elena Orlova
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
    Lighting Designer: Yevgeny Ganzburg
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Baritone: Yevgeny Ulanov
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Yekaterina Soloveva
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Mezzo soprano: Yulia Matochkina
    Opera     		  
    21 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 VI International Festival "Musical Collection". Vocal Recital. Paata Burchuladze bass (Georgia). Piano part - Lyudmila Ivanova. Glinka, Arensky, Tchaikovsky, Rakhmaninov. Verdi.
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Piano: Lyudmila Ivanova
    Bass: Paata Burchuladze
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    21 May 2011
    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     		  
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    11:30
    morning    		 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
    Dancer: Anton Korsakov
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Dancer: Yana Selina
    Dancer: Ilya Kuznetsov
    Dancer: Vasily Shcherbakov
    Dancer: Pyotr Stasyunas
    Conductor: Vasily Kang
    Classical Ballet     		  
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Peter Tchaikovsky "Mazepa" (opera in three acts, six scenes)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
    Stage Director: Ilya Shlepyanov
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Vasily Vaynonen
    Set Revival Director: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Revival Stage Director: Yuri Laptev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Soprano: Tatiana Pavlovskaya
    Tenor: Yevgeny Akimov
    Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
    Mezzo soprano: Olga Savova
    Bass: Mikhail Kit
    Tenor: Leonid Zakhozhaev
    Bass: Grigory Karasev
    Opera     		  
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    13:00
    afternoon    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Cinderella (Opera in 2 Acts)
    Principal Chorus Master: Alexandr Chernov
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Olga Mukhortova
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:30
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Stars of the Stars ! PREMIERE ! Ballet Evening: Triple Bill by Nacho Duato - Without Words. Nunc Dimittis. Duende
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Choreography: Nacho Duato
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Modern Ballet     		  
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    15:00
    afternoon    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 On the eve of the Stars of the White Nights festival: Musical Olympus
    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Composer: Jules Massenet
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Pietro Mascagni
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Violin soloist: Nikita Borisoglebsky
    Tenor: Jaesig Lee
    Baritone: Yoontaek Rhim
    Soprano: Sun Young Seo
    Conductor: Clemens Schuldt
    Concert     		  
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 On the eve of the Stars of the White Nights festival: Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) and Mariinsky Orchestra soloists
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Cello: Oleg Sendetsky
    Clarinet: Ivan Stolbov
    Violin soloist: Anton Kozmin
    Concert     		  
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    22 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 VI International Festival "Musical Collection". "Sacred Music. Canons and Apocrypha" Church hierarch ILARION (Alfeev). St.Matthew Passion for soloists, choir and orchestra. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Vladimir Begletsov.
    Bass: Alexander Morozov
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Mezzo soprano: Larisa Seliverstova
    Choir: Smolny Cathedral Chamber Choir
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Vladimir Begletsov
    Soprano: Yana Ivanilova
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    22 May 2011
    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     		  
    ! PREMIERE !
    23 May 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Opening of the festival. Conducted by Maestro Gergiev. World Opera Star Anna Netrebko ! PREMIERE ! "L`elisir d`amore" (melodramma giocoso in two acts)
    Stage Director: Alexander Petrov
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Stage Director: Andrei Petrov
    Stage Director: Ilya Ustyantsev
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Director: Pavel Bubelnikov
    Costume Designer: Vladimir Firer
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Soprano: Anna Netrebko
    Baritone: Vladimir Moroz
    Tenor: Sergei Skorokhodov
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    23 May 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Giselle (Fantasy ballet in two acts) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    Artistic Director: Stanislav Gorkovenko
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    23 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 "Petersburg Musical Spring" "In Serious and Light-headed Genres" Closing. "Divertissement" Ensemble. Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff violin. Falik, Banshchikov, Piazzolla-Desyatnikov, Korchmar
    Composer: Astor Piazzolla
    Composer: Grigory Korchmar
    Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov
    Composer: Yury Falik
    Orchestra: "Divertissement" Ensemble
    Violin soloist: Ilya Ioff
    Concert     		  
    23 May 2011
    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     		  
    24 May 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Stars of the White Nights Opera Gala (Best Arias from different Operas, performed by the Mariinsky and International Opera Stars only). First evening
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    24 May 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Alexandrinsky Imperial Ballet Theatre (established 1756)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra "Congress"
    Classical Ballet     		  
    24 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Queen of Spades" (Opera in three acts, seven scenes)
    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
    Opera     		  
    24 May 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    24 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Stars of the Stars VI International Festival "Musical Collection". Piano Recital Maestro Denis Matsuev. Schumann, Liszt, Rakhmaninov
    Composer: Ferencz Liszt
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
    Piano: Maestro Denis Matsuev
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    24 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    Wednesday
    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     		  
    25 May 2011
    Wednesday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Stars of the White Nights Opera Gala (Best Arias from different Operas, performed by the Mariinsky and International Opera Stars only). Second evening
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    25 May 2011
    Wednesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    25 May 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Stars of the Stars Piano concert "Schubert and Music of Vienna". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor and soloist - Vladimir Feltsman (USA). Schubert. Mozart.
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Piano: Vladimir Feltsman
    Conductor: Vladimir Feltsman
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    25 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Stars of the White Nights Opera Gala (Best Arias from different Operas, performed by the Mariinsky and International Opera Stars only). Third evening
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    26 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 "Rusalka (Mermaid)" (opera in three acts) Antonin Dvorak
    Chorus Master: Alexey Dmitriyev
    Lighting Designer: Denis Solntsev
    Stage Director: Igor Konyaev
    Libretto: Jaroslav Kvapil
    Choreography: Maria Korablyova
    Set Designer: Olga Shaishmelashvili
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Set Designer: Pyotr Okunev
    Chorus Master: Sergey Tsyplenkov
    Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh
    Director: Yulia Prokhorova
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    26 May 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 International Choir Festival in Saint-Petersburg. Tallinn – the cultural capital of Europe - 2011. Ellerhein Girls Choir (Estonia). Artistic director and conductor - Tiia-Ester Loitme. Veljo Tormis. To the 80th anniversary of the birthday
    Concert     		  
    26 May 2011
    Thursday
    18:30
    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 !
    27 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! Pyotr Tchaikovsky "Iolanta" (one act opera)
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: Boris Kudlichka
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Magdalena Musial
    Lighting Designer: Marc Heinz
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Stage Director: Mariusz Treliсski
    Accordion: Piotr Gruszczynski
    Accordion: Wojciech Pus
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    27 May 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Alexandrinsky Imperial Ballet Theatre (established 1756)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra "Congress"
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 May 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Ludwig Minkus "La Bayadere" ballet in three acts
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Kibitkin
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Choreography: Nikolay Zubkovsky
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Choreography: Vladimir Ponomaryov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Set Revival Director: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 May 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    27 May 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 VI International Festival "Musical Collection". The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Ayyub Guliyev (Azerbaijan). Denis Kozhukhin piano, Anna Lapkovskaya mezzo-soprano (Belarus/Germany). Brahms. Tchaikovsky. Bizet. Saint-Saens. Mahler.
    Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Composer: Gustav Mahler
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Lapkovskaya
    Conductor: Ayyub Guliyev
    Piano: Denis Kozhukhin
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    27 May 2011
    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     		  
    28 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (lyric opera in three acts, seven scenes) Production by Yuri Temirkanov (1982)
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: Igor Ivanov
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Stage Director: Maestro Yury Temirkanov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Tenor: Daniil Shtoda
    Soprano: Viktoria Yastrebova
    Bass: Gennady Bezzubenkov
    Baritone: Alexei Markov
    Mezzo soprano: Yekaterina Sergeyeva
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    28 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:30
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 Ludwig Minkus "La Bayadere" ballet in three acts
    Lighting Designer: Alexander Kibitkin
    Costume Designer: Alla Marusina
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Staging: Mikhail Messerer
    Choreography: Nikolay Zubkovsky
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Choreography: Vladimir Ponomaryov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Set Revival Director: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Classical Ballet     		  
    28 May 2011
    Saturday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Gergiev. Stars of the Stars Rimsky-Korsakov. Lalo. R. Strauss. Ravel
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Composer: Richard Strauss
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Soloist: Vadim Repin
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Concert     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    28 May 2011
    Saturday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    28 May 2011
    Saturday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    28 May 2011
    Saturday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Dedicated to All-Russian Library Day. Russian Horn Capella. Artistic director - Sergei Peschansky
    Concert     		  
    28 May 2011
    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     		  
    28 May 2011
    Saturday
    21:00
    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     		  
    29 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Andrei Ivanov
    Dancer: Alexander Sergeyev
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Grigory Popov
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Dancer: Anastasia Petushkova
    Classical Ballet     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    29 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 The Tsar`s Bride (Opera in 2 Acts)
    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Costume Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    29 May 2011
    Sunday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars. Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Don Quichotte - comedie heroique in five acts (concert performance). Music by Jules Massenet
    Composer: Jules Massenet
    Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Mezzo soprano: Anna Kiknadze
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Bass: Ferruccio Furlanetto
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    29 May 2011
    Sunday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 The State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos"
    Orchestra: The State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos"
    Concert     		  
    29 May 2011
    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     		  
    30 May 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Stars of the Stars Anna Karenina (ballet in two acts after the novel by Lev Tolstoy)
    Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
    Artistic Director: Alexei Ratmansky
    Lighting Designer: Jorn Melin
    Designer: Mikael Melbye
    Cinematographer: Wendall Harrington
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Xenia Ostreikovskaya
    Dancer: Yekaterina Kondaurova
    Dancer: Andrei Yermakov
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Svetlana Ivanova
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Dancer: Dmitry Pykhachov
    Classical Ballet     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    30 May 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 Alexandrinsky Imperial Ballet Theatre (established 1756)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra "Congress"
    Classical Ballet     		  
    30 May 2011
    Monday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars 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
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Tenor: Andrei Popov
    Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    30 May 2011
    Monday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Passions to Romanticism". The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor - Nikolai Alexeev. Soloist - Miroslav Kultyshev. Tchaikovsky. Skryabin.
    Composer: Alexander Skryabin
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Piano: Miroslav Kultyshev
    Conductor: Nikolai Alexeev
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    30 May 2011
    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 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 ! PREMIERE ! Giacomo Puccini "La Boheme" (opera in four acts)
    Set Designer: Bernard Arnould
    Musical Director: Peter Feranec
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Opera     		  
    31 May 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    31 May 2011
    Tuesday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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 May 2011
    Tuesday
    19:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 "Concerts in Tailcoats and Jeans". The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Vsevolod Polonsky. Soloists - Igor Uryash, Yulianna Avdeeva . Kilar. Chopin. Artemyev. Nyman.
    Composer: Frederic Chopin
    Piano: Igor Uryash
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor: Vsevolod Polonsky
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    31 May 2011
    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     		  
    01 June 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" (ballet in two acts)
    Designer: Andrei Voitenko
    Choreography: Leonid Yakobson
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: The Saint-Petersburg State Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Yekaterina Osmolkina
    Dancer: Maxim Zyuzin
    Dancer: Alexandra Iosifidi
    Classical Ballet     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    01 June 2011
    Wednesday
    19:30
    evening    		 Mikhailovsky Classical Ballet and Opera Theatre (established 1833)
    		 "Laurencia" (ballet in two acts)
    Lighting Designer: Mikhail Mekler
    Production: Mikhail Messerer
    Revival Designer: Oleg Molchanov
    Costume Designer: Vadim Ryndin
    Choreography: Vakhtang Chabukiani
    Musical Director: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Revival Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
    Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mikhailovsky Ballet
    Opera company: Mikhailovsky Opera
    Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov
    Dancer: Marat Shemiunov
    Dancer: Mikhail Venshchikov
    Dancer: Denis Morozov
    Dancer: Ekaterina Borchenko
    Classical Ballet     		  
    01 June 2011
    Wednesday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Stars of the Stars Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) and Igor Tchetuev (piano)
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Bass: Ferruccio Furlanetto
    Piano: Igor Tchetuev
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Concert     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    01 June 2011
    Wednesday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 VI International Festival "Musical Collection". To the 90th anniversary of the Philharmonia. Piano Recital. Ignat Solzhenitsyn. Beethoven.
    Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Soloist: Ignat Solzhenitsyn
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    01 June 2011
    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     		  
    02 June 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    		 Georges Bizet "Carmen" (opera in four acts)
    Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Principal Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
    Choreography: Galina Kaloshina
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Set Designer: Igor Grinevich
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Lighting Designer: Kamil Kutyev
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Mashkova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
    Tenor: Maxim Aksenov
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Opera     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    02 June 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Alexandrinsky Imperial Ballet Theatre (established 1756)
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Ballet in 3 Acts)
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra "Congress"
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 June 2011
    Thursday
    19:30
    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
    Tenor: Dmitry Golovnin
    Baritone: Nikolay Kopylov
    Soprano: Marina Tregubovich
    Bass: Mikhail Kazantsev
    Bass: Yury Monchak
    Mezzo soprano: Marina Pinchuk
    Conductor: Valentin Bogdanov
    Opera     		  
    02 June 2011
    Thursday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    02 June 2011
    Thursday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 VI International Festival "Musical Collection" To the 90th anniversary of the Philharmonia. Early Music Academy. Artistic director and soloist - Tatyana Grindenko. Mozart.
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Concert     		 VI International Classical Music Festival «Musical Collection» 2011 
    02 June 2011
    Thursday
    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     		  
    03 June 2011
    Friday
    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: Mikhail Agrest
    Dancer: Irina Golub
    Dancer: Sofia Gumerova
    Dancer: Philipp Stepin
    Dancer: Elena Yevseyeva
    Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
    Dancer: Soslan Kulaev
    Dancer: Yulia Stepanova
    Classical Ballet     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    03 June 2011
    Friday
    19:30
    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
    Dancer: Anton Ploom
    Conductor: Valentin Bogdanov
    Dancer: Alexey Kuznetsov
    Classical Ballet     		  
    03 June 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    		 Conducted by Maestro Temirkanov Kancheli. Brahms
    Composer: Giya Kancheli
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Yuri Temirkanov
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
    Concert     		 "The Stars of the White Nights 2010" International Ballet and Opera Festival 2010 
    03 June 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Russian Classical Ballet Palace theatre
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Classical Ballet in 3 acts
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Lev Ivanov
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Vasily Geltzer
    Libretto: Vladimir Begichev
    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
    Classical Ballet     		  
    03 June 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet
    		 Peter Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (Fantasy ballet in three acts and four scenes) Tickets available only at BalletAndOpera.com
    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     		  
    03 June 2011
    Friday
    20:00
    evening    		 Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall (established 1802)
    		 Stars of the Stars St.Petersburg Choir Festival. Orf. Carmina Burana Mariinsky Theatre Chorus. The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Andrei Petrenko. Anastasia Kalagina soprano, Stanislav Leontev tenor, Vladimir Samsonov baritone.
    Composer: Carl Orff
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Choir: Mariinsky Theatre Chorus
    Tenor: Stanislav Leontiev
    Orchestra: The St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
    Baritone: Vladimir Samsonov
    Concert     		  
    03 June 2011
    Friday
    19:00
    evening    		 St. Petersburg Small Philharmonic "Engelgardt" Hall (established 1828)
    		 Piano Duet. "From March to Waltz and Back..." "Petro-Duet" Dmitry Petrov, Anastasia Rogaleva. Schubert. Liszt. Saint-Saens Glinka. Glinka. Sibelius. Sviridov. Rogalev. Strauss.
    Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
    Composer: Ferencz Liszt
    Composer: Franz Schubert
    Composer: Georgy Sviridov
    Composer: Jean Sibelius
    Composer: Maurice Ravel
    Composer: Mikhail Glinka
    Piano: Anastasia Rogaleva
    Piano: Dmitry Petrov
    Concert     		  
    03 June 2011
    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
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