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Les HuguenotsMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Sette voci per un blockbuster |
 22 Mar 24 / L'Ape musicale |
IolantaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Irina Churilova’s magnificent characterisation enlightens Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta at the Mariinsky |
| 27 Jan 22 / Seen and Heard |
CharodeykaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Gergiev’s Mariinsky proves there is much to admire in Tchaikovsky’s The Enchantress |
| 20 Dec 21 / Seen and Heard |
The Legend of the Invisible City of KitezhMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Irina Churilova sings a magnificent Fevronia at the Mariinsky in Rimsky-Korsakov’s late opera |
| 15 Dec 21 / Seen and Heard |
Benvenuto CelliniMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Cinecittà inspires a colourful and enjoyable new Mariinsky staging of Benvenuto Cellini |
| 24 Nov 21 / Seen and Heard |
MacbethMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Ekaterina Semenchuk is the shining star in David McVicar’s revised St Petersburg Macbeth |
| 21 Nov 21 / Seen and Heard |
Semyon KotkoMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Valery Gergiev gives a terrific Mariinsky performance of Semyon Kotko Prokofiev’s neglected masterpiece |
| 30 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard |
The Fiery AngelMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Mariinsky Theatre’s The Fiery Angel shows that it is still as shocking as it was thirty years ago |
| 22 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard |
Christmas EveMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Terrific Mariinsky performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s bizarre and surreally fantastical Christmas Eve |
| 20 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard |
Die Frau ohne SchattenMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Valery Gergiev conducts a masterly Mariinsky production of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten |
| 16 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard |
TannhäuserMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Valery Gergiev opens the second night of the Mariinsky Theatre season with an impressive Tannhäuser |
| 23 Sep 21 / Seen and Heard |
The Maid of OrléansMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | 
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Magnificent Ekaterina Semenchuk opens new Mariinsky Opera season in an astounding The Maid of Orleans |
| 20 Sep 21 / Seen and Heard |
War and PeaceMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Opéra fleuve pour roman fleuve |
| 9 Apr 20 / Wanderer |
LolitaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
La banalité du mal (…et du mâle) |
| 9 Mar 20 / Wanderer |
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Lolita und der Freund des Präsidenten
Eine Opernproduktion in Sankt Petersburg sorgte kurz vor dem Ausbruch der Pandemie für Diskussionen: Ausgerechnet der Putin-Vertraute Valery Gergiev lotet darin die Grenzen der Kunstfreiheit in Russland aus.
Eine Opernproduktion in Sankt Petersburg sorgte kurz vor dem Ausbruch der Pandemie für Diskussionen: Ausgerechnet der Putin-Vertraute Valery Gergiev lotet darin die Grenzen der Kunstfreiheit in Russland aus.
SalomeMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Salomé musicalement forte et scéniquement absconse |
| 24 Feb 20 / Wanderer |
Simon BoccanegraMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Placido Domingo pour l'éternité |
| 24 Feb 20 / Wanderer |
Il TrovatoreMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Una buena dosis de Verdi |
| 8 Aug 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
The Queen of SpadesMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Una obsesión demasiado elegante |
| 5 Aug 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
TannhäuserMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
La felicidad plena |
| 17 Jul 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
The Tale of Tsar SaltanMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Para familias, turistas y románticos |
| 28 Sep 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
LohengrinMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Entre la historia y la leyenda |
| 23 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
OtelloMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Buenos mimbres, buen resultado |
| 11 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
A Midsummer Night's DreamMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
De suelo a techo |
| 3 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Don GiovanniMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Sin foso ni escena, pero los cantantes mal |
| 13 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
ToscaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Brava Tosca |
| 12 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Le nozze di FigaroMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Por qué Chaicovsqui amaba a Mozart |
| 12 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Prince IgorMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Si le gustan los montajes conceptuales, absténgase |
| 10 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Madama ButterflyMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Fría, fría |
| 6 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Il TrovatoreMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Il Trovatore de Domingo |
| 5 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
MacbethMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Un momento de felicidad |
| 4 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Boris GodunovMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
The epitome of Russianness |
| 22 Jun 17 / Bachtrack |
Adriana LecouvreurMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky |
| 20 Jun 17 / Bachtrack |
The Enchanted WandererMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
An intoxicating fusion of mystic, sacred and profane |
| 20 Jun 17 / Bachtrack |
Eugene OneginMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Viktoria Yastrebova è una bella e appassionata Tatiana |
| 7 Aug 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
La TraviataMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Giuseppe Verdi non arriva ai pietroburghesi |
| 4 Aug 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
War and PeaceMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Guerre et paix de Prokovief au XXIV Festival "Etoiles des nuits blanches" de Saint-Pétersbourg |
| 18 Jun 16 / Opera Online (French) |
IolantaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
XXIV Festival Etoiles des nuits blanches : Iolanta au Théâtre Mariinsky |
| 17 Jun 16 / Opera Online (French) |
The Maid of PskovMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Russian opera remains vital in the country of its origin |
| 28 Jul 15 / Opera Today |
Boyarina MorozovaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Shchedrin's choral opera gets an inspired performance |
| 8 Jul 15 / The Opera Critic |
FaustMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Ildar Abdrazakov is an impressive Méphistophélès in the Mariinsky's Faust |
| 7 Jul 15 / The Opera Critic |
The LefthanderMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Valery Gergiev celebrates his 60th birthday with The Lefthander |
| 7 Jul 15 / The Opera Critic |
Der Ring des NibelungenMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Das Rheingold: Mariinsky, ópera al alcance de todos |
| 10 Mar 15 / Beckmesser |
Die Walküre: Gran versión musical, irregular vocalmente |
| 10 Mar 15 / Beckmesser |
Götterdämmerung: The staging proved to be the most successful of the tetralogy |
| 14 Nov 14 / Music OMH |
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Siegfried: A mesmerising Siegfried from the Mariinsky in Birmingham |
| 13 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
Götterdämmerung: The Mariinsky Ring concludes strongly in Birmingham |
| 13 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
Siegfried: The Mariinsky Orchestra, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, was on top form |
| 12 Nov 14 / Music OMH |
Wagner’s complex, far-reaching score unfolded with a tremendous sense of inevitability |
| 11 Nov 14 / The Birmingham Post |
Die Walküre: One emerged feeling genuinely impressed |
| 9 Nov 14 / Music OMH |
Das Rheingold: it was the final segment that really stunned |
| 7 Nov 14 / Music OMH |
The Enchanted WandererMariinsky TheatreBrooklyn Academy of MusicNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Conflict unresolved |
| 21 Jan 15 / Bachtrack |
A misbehaving monk recounts his sins |
| 16 Jan 15 / New York Times |
Gergiev, Mariinsky open BAM residency in mixed fashion with meditative Shchedrin |
| 16 Jan 15 / Classical Review |
The LefthanderMariinsky TheatreBarbican Hall, LondonNo. of reviews: 7 | |
A flea-bitten satire on Anglo-Russian relations |
| 12 Nov 14 / The Star |
And yet despite all the oppression Levsha is a thing of beauty |
| 10 Nov 14 / Opera Britannia |
Once bitten, twice intrigued: Shchedrin's The Left-Hander (Levsha) |
| 8 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
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Finely played and sung, but it’s no masterpiece |
| 6 Nov 14 / The Guardian |
The UK premiere of Shchedrin’s comedy opera |
| 6 Nov 14 / Classical-music.com |
Colourful |
| 6 Nov 14 / Telegraph |
The Mariinsky performs an opera that’s hot off the press |
| 6 Nov 14 / Financial Times |
Boris GodunovMariinsky TheatreBarbican Hall, LondonNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Fine concert performance of Boris Godunov from Mariinsky Opera |
| 7 Nov 14 / Seen and Heard |
Gergiev’s conducting achieved such cleanness and balance in sound |
| 6 Nov 14 / Music OMH |
The lows have it |
| 5 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
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Gergiev marshals his relatively modest forces and conjures such commitment from all concerned |
| 5 Nov 14 / Opera Britannia |
The Mussorgsky genius burst out of the orchestra and singers in all its uncompromising uniqueness |
| 5 Nov 14 / Classical Source |
Betrothal in a MonasteryMariinsky TheatreMillennium Centre, CardiffNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Humour survives concert performance |
| 4 Nov 14 / The Guardian |
Mariinsky Opera wows Wales with satisfying performance of Betrothal In A Monastery |
| 4 Nov 14 / Wales Online |
Mariinsky forces sparkle in Prokofiev's comedy |
| 4 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
La TraviataMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Eine solide Traviata im Mariinski-Theater |
| 1 Oct 14 / Bachtrack (German) |
War and PeaceMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 2 | |
War and Peace streamed live from Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg to Cineworld Birmingham |
| 19 Jul 14 / The Birmingham Post |
Graham Vick emphasises the human drama in Prokofiev’s magnificent but daunting opera |
| 17 Jul 14 / Financial Times |
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British director takes on ‘War and Peace’ in St. Petersburg
The Mariinsky Theater finished its season with a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s “War and Peace” directed by Graham Vick.
The Mariinsky Theater finished its season with a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s “War and Peace” directed by Graham Vick.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Acrobatics enliven Russian Dream |
| 28 May 13 / Opera Britannia |
The NoseMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
The Mariinsky company is very proud of this production of Shostakovich’s The Nose, and so they should be |
| 8 May 13 / Opera Britannia |
FaustMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
The devil steals the limelight |
| 3 May 13 / St Petersburg Times |
Don QuichotteMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Tradition for simplicity's sake |
| 18 Jan 13 / St Petersburg Times |
Boris GodunovMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 2 | |
This production of “Boris Godunov” fell absolutely flat |
| 5 Jun 12 / The New Yorker |
Graham Vick’s new staging of ‘Boris Godunov’ at the Mariinsky offers a daring interpretation of the opera |
| 5 Jun 12 / St Petersburg Times |
Pelléas et MélisandeMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Estreno de Pélleas en el Mariinski |
| 4 May 12 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
The dark side of human nature |
| 18 Apr 12 / St Petersburg Times |
ParsifalMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 11 | |
The tremendous playing from the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra turned this Parsifal into quite an event (London) |
| 16 Apr 12 / Opera Britannia |
Further thoughts on the Mariinsky Opera’s Parsifal (Birmingham) |
| 9 Apr 12 / Seen and Heard |
Gergiev was unhurried in his pacing but he has a formidable grasp of this work (London) |
| 8 Apr 12 / The Observer |
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Parsifal was paced unerringly, its moments of searing pain vividly realised (London) |
| 6 Apr 12 / Telegraph |
There was something invigorating about being able to concentrate solely upon the music (London) |
| 6 Apr 12 / Music OMH |
This was a Parsifal that worked its addictive, elusive spell (London) |
| 5 Apr 12 / Classical Source |
Thirteen years On Gergiev returns with a masterful Parsifal (London) |
| 5 Apr 12 / Seen and Heard |
The intricately-layered score became the occasion for a richly theatrical event (London) |
| 5 Apr 12 / Independent |
Magnificent trumpets and soaring clarinet solos in this gleaming and accomplished performance (London) |
| 5 Apr 12 / Evening Standard |
Gergiev delivers a wonderfully supple handling of the score (Cardiff) |
| 2 Apr 12 / The Guardian |
Russian orchestra and singers do Wagner proud in the Land of Song (Cardiff) |
| 2 Apr 12 / The Arts Desk |
My Fair LadyMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | 
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‘My Fair Lady’ comes to St. Petersburg as the Mariinsky Theater’s first musical |
| 22 Feb 12 / St Petersburg Times |
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«My Fair Lady» entre au Mariinsky
Samedi soir, la somptueuse production montée au Châtelet à Noël 2010 a fait son entrée dans le temple russe de l'Opéra.
Samedi soir, la somptueuse production montée au Châtelet à Noël 2010 a fait son entrée dans le temple russe de l'Opéra.
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News & Articles
| Mariinsky Theatre presents a new Tannhäuser |
The Mariinsky Theatre has just presented a new production of the opera Tannhäuser, being the ninth opera in the theatre's Wagnerian project. |
| 22 Jun 2021 / The Opera Critic |
| Mariisnsky Theatre to live stream The Fiery Angel |
The Mariinsky Theatre will live stream a performance of Prokofiev’s opera “The Fiery Angel” on MEZZO TV on Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m. CET. |
| 23 Jan 2021 / OperaWire |
| Anna Netrebko to return to Mariinsky Theatre |
The Mariinsky Theatre has announced that Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo will perform in November and December. |
| 23 Nov 2020 / OperaWire |
| COVID-19 allegedly hits Mariinsky Theatre chorus |
According to the Rosbalt website, the infection has seriously damaged the health of several artists of the opera choir. |
| 5 Sep 2020 / OperaWire |
| Les théâtres Mariinski et Bolchoï frappés par le coronavirus |
Un média russe rapporte plusieurs cas de Covid-19 parmi les artistes du théâtre Mariinski de Saint-Pétersbourg. De plus, un membre du Bolchoï de Moscou serait lui aussi malade. |
| 12 Aug 2020 / Diapason |
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