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X Festival "Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) at the Mariinsky" X Festival "Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) at the Mariinsky" (24 February 2014 - 02 March 2014)
At the Mariinsky Theatre and at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall
Artistic Director of the Festival - Valery Gergiev

The festival presents the greatest operas and ballets based on Russian fairytales at the Mariinsky Theatre, masterpieces of Russian symphony music and vocal programmes at the Concert Hall. The festival strives to revive the traditions of the secular Maslenitsa celebrations with vivid and colourful performances, balls and concerts that are open to all.

Russia’s most ancient and beloved festival of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) was celebrated on a grand scale in the pre-Revolutionary capital. The merriments of Maslenitsa visited every home and every family. The aristocracy, government officials, the intelligentsia and city residents at large were all involved. In Tsaritsino Park and at the Admiralty there were public celebrations throughout Maslenitsa week, palaces and townhouses hosted dances and masked balls and theatre playbills dazzled with the titles of the finest productions.
Several years ago the Mariinsky Theatre returned to the wonderful tradition of Maslenitsa celebrations. The festival programme invariably includes the finest productions, among them works based on fairytales as well as vocal and instrumental programmes. Continuing the tradition of open-to-all performances, which were run by the Imperial Theatres during Maslenitsa, the Mariinsky Theatre will be running a series of charity concerts.
Reviving the primordially Russian tradition of Maslenitsa student balls, the Mariinsky Theatre and the St Petersburg University have, for several years now, been inviting students to take part in bidding farewell to winter.
The programme of the university ball includes public entertainment, dancing, music (featuring Mariinsky Theatre performers), pancakes and fireworks.
Last season the festival’s motto was Igor Stravinsky. Audiences had the opportunity to see a broad ranging retrospective of the composer’s music.
Valery Gergiev said that “Maslenitsa itself in Russia is a phenomenon, I believe, that is dear to us all on some subconscious level. We didn’t see with our own eyes the stunning festivities of the early 20th century, when the young Stravinsky was probably enchanted by the atmosphere of Maslenitsa. It is not by chance that one can sense – in so many of his works – the biting frost, the snow, the merriment, probably very tasty food and a good time had by all. And he was able to convey this very well in his wonderful music.” Maslenitsa at the Mariinsky is also a festival of stars. Regular participating performers include the acclaimed pianists Denis Matsuev and Alexei Volodin and the renowned violinists Sergey Khachatryan and Vadim Repin.
The Maslenitsa music festival, which brings together folkloric traditions and the “society glamour” of the Imperial theatre, will be taking place this season at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Concert Hall for the seventh time.

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    Schedule for all theatres (all stages) in St. Petersburg, Russia for 24 February 2014 - 02 March 2014
    <<< 01 - 23 February 201403 - 31 March 2014 >>>
    DATE THEATRE (STAGE) PERFORMANCE NAME TYPE
    24 February 2014
    Monday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Opening of the Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) festival . 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 Sinkevich
    Baritone: Alexander Gergalov
    Tenor: Yevgeny Akimov
    Bass: Sergei Alexashkin
    Bass: Gennady Bezzubenkov
    Mezzo soprano: Yekaterina Krapivina
    Tenor: Andrei Zorin
    Mezzo soprano: Varvara Solovyova
    Tenor: Vitaly Dudkin
    Tenor: Oleg Videman

    Opera 
    ! PREMIERE !
    24 February 2014
    Monday
    19:30

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
    Opening of the Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) festival ! PREMIERE ! Evening of one-act ballets: "Sacre". "Infra".
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Sasha Waltz
    Lighting Designer: Thilo Reuther
    Choreography: Wayne McGregor
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

    Classical Ballet 
    24 February 2014
    Monday
    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: Daniil Shtoda
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Soprano: Olga Pudova
    Bass: Yuri Vorobiev
    Conductor: Zaurbek Gugkaev

    Opera 
    25 February 2014
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
    Stars of the Stars Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov "The Snow Maiden" (springtime tale in a prologue and four acts)
    Set Designer: Alexander Orlov
    Stage Director: Anna Matison
    Lighting Designer: Denis Solntsev
    Costume Designer: Irina Cherednikova
    Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Radu Poklitaru
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Tenor: Yevgeny Akimov
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Soprano: Anastasia Kalagina
    Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
    Soprano: Gelena Gaskarova
    Mezzo soprano: Yekaterina Sergeyeva
    Mezzo soprano: Yelizaveta Zakharova

    Opera 
    25 February 2014
    Tuesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Percussion for Maslenitsa. Performed by artists of the Mariinsky Orchestra
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    26 February 2014
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars 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) Conducted by Maestro Gergiev. Stars of the Stars
    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
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Mezzo soprano: Nadezhda Vassilieva
    Mezzo soprano: Yelizaveta Zakharova
    Soprano: Maria Bayankina
    Soprano: Tatiana Kravtsova

    Opera 
    26 February 2014
    Wednesday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
    Peter Tchaikovsky "Sleeping Beauty" (ballet-fierie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis)
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Dancer: Nadezhda Gonchar
    Dancer: Daria Vasnetsova
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Dancer: Islom Baimuradov
    Dancer: Maria Shirinkina
    Dancer: Alexei Timofeyev
    Dancer: Timur Askerov

    Classical Ballet 
    26 February 2014
    Wednesday
    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
    Soprano: Lyudmila Dudinova
    Soprano: Larisa Yudina
    Tenor: Alexander Timchenko
    Bass-baritone: Andrei Serov
    Soprano: Eleonora Vindau
    Conductor: Zaurbek Gugkaev
    Baritone: Andrei Bondarenko

    Opera 
    27 February 2014
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Stars of the Stars 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) Conducted by Maestro Gergiev. Stars of the Stars
    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
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Tenor: Dmitry Voropaev
    Mezzo soprano: Nadezhda Vassilieva
    Mezzo soprano: Yelizaveta Zakharova
    Soprano: Maria Bayankina
    Soprano: Tatiana Kravtsova

    Opera 
    27 February 2014
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
    Stars of the Stars Peter Tchaikovsky "Sleeping Beauty" (ballet-fierie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis)
    Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky
    Choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev
    Choreography: Marius Petipa
    Libretto: Marius Petipa
    Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Dancer: Yevgeny Ivanchenko
    Dancer: Alina Somova
    Dancer: Igor Kolb
    Conductor: Gavriel Heine
    Dancer: Yulia Stepanova

    Classical Ballet 
    27 February 2014
    Thursday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Percussion for Maslenitsa. Peter Sadlo and friends
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Percussion: Peter Sadlo
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    28 February 2014
    Friday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
    Evening of one-act ballets: Le Sacre du printemps. Petrouchka. Les Noces
    Composer: Igor Stravinsky
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Dancer: Daria Pavlenko
    Dancer: Vladimir Ponomarev
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Elena Bazhenova

    Classical Ballet 
    28 February 2014
    Friday
    14:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
    Percussion for Maslenitsa
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    28 February 2014
    Friday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Selected arias
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    01 March 2014
    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))
    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
    Dancer: Yevgeny Ivanchenko
    Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina
    Conductor: Alexei Repnikov
    Dancer: Philipp Stepin
    Dancer: Yuri Smekalov
    Dancer: Vladislav Shumakov

    Classical Ballet 
    01 March 2014
    Saturday
    18:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
    Stars of the Stars Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Richard Wagner "Siegfried (second day of the tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen")
    Stage Director: Alexander Zeldin
    Set Designer: George Tsypin
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Mezzo soprano: Olga Savova
    Tenor: Vasily Gorshkov
    Soprano: Olga Sergeyeva
    Tenor: Leonid Zakhozhaev
    Bass: Pavel Shmulevich

    Opera 
    01 March 2014
    Saturday
    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

    Concert 
    01 March 2014
    Saturday
    15:00

    afternoon
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Percussion for Maslenitsa. Percussion de foire duet of percussion instruments
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    01 March 2014
    Saturday
    20:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Percussion for Maslenitsa. Works by Georgy Sviridov
    Composer: Georgy Sviridov
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

    Concert 
    02 March 2014
    Sunday
    18:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
    Stars of the Stars Conducted by Maestro Gergiev Richard Wagner "Gotterdammerung" (third day of the tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen")
    Stage Director: Alexander Zeldin
    Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
    Set Designer: George Tsypin
    Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
    Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
    Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
    Conductor: Maestro Valery Gergiev
    Baritone: Nikolai Putilin
    Bass: Alexei Tanovitski
    Tenor: Viktor Lutsyuk
    Mezzo soprano: Olga Savova
    Bass-baritone: Edward Tsanga
    Soprano: Larisa Gogolevskaya
    Soprano: Yekaterina Shimanovich

    Opera 
    02 March 2014
    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

    Concert 
    02 March 2014
    Sunday
    19:00

    evening
    World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
    Percussion for Maslenitsa. Chizhik Jazz Quartet
    Composer: Georges Bizet
    Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Soloist: Alexei Chizhik
    Quartet: The Chizhik Jazz Quartet
    Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
    Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
    Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera

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