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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 |
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 |
‘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 |