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Finzi Pasca’s Aida premiered at Mariinsky
One of the most beloved operas by the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, the classical “Aida”, has undergone a new director’s interpretation.
The Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg has premiered the new production of the opera directed by Swiss Daniele Finzi Pasca.
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Russian ballet tour de force
Since Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Russian dancers have been praised worldwide for their tours, pirouettes and fouettйs. Now one of the country’s leading companies, the Mariinsky Ballet, has won acclaim as the most “Outstanding Company” in the UK.
January, 26Gergiev takes Shostakovich tribute to Munich
St. Petersburg Theater’s opera singers and Symphony Orchestra have joined forces with the Munich Philharmonic to pay tribute to the great Russian composer of the 20th century, Dmitry Shostakovich.
November, 01Dancing dialogue
Her dance is architecture in space. The leading light of Russian ballet, Diana Vishneva, has showed off her flight of fancy during the world premiere of her one-act performance at the Mariinsky Theater.
October, 23Hats off to winners of Tchaikovsky Prize
Three prize-winners of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition – South Korean soprano Sun Young Seo, Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov – have given a performance with the London Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Valery Gergiev at London's Barbican Hall.
September, 27New president inaugurated
Believe it or not, a legendary Russian conductor has become president. Maestro Valery Gergiev did not even have to forsake music for politics to become the new Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival.
September, 02Ballet beauties behind the scenes
They are flexible as yoga gurus, as versatile as stage actors, as exquisite as catwalk models…
August, 04Russia's Swan Lake travels to London
The big-league Russian theater label, The Mariinsky Company, is making a historic return to London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in a tour that marks fifty years since the first tour to the British capital.
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