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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 (Ita) |
La TraviataMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Giuseppe Verdi non arriva ai pietroburghesi |
| 4 Aug 16 / Operaclick (Ita) |
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 |
IolantaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | |
XXIV Festival Etoiles des nuits blanches : Iolanta au Théâtre Mariinsky |
| 17 Jun 16 / Opera Online |
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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Götterdämmerung: The Mariinsky Ring concludes strongly in Birmingham |
| 13 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
Siegfried: A mesmerising Siegfried from the Mariinsky 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 / Morning Star Online |
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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The Mariinsky performs an opera that’s hot off the press |
| 6 Nov 14 / Financial Times (via Google) |
The UK premiere of Shchedrin’s comedy opera |
| 6 Nov 14 / Classical-music.com |
Colourful |
| 6 Nov 14 / Telegraph |
Finely played and sung, but it’s no masterpiece |
| 6 Nov 14 / The Guardian |
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 Mussorgsky genius burst out of the orchestra and singers in all its uncompromising uniqueness |
| 5 Nov 14 / Classical Source |
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The lows have it |
| 5 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
Gergiev marshals his relatively modest forces and conjures such commitment from all concerned |
| 5 Nov 14 / Opera Britannia |
Betrothal in a MonasteryMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Mariinsky forces sparkle in Prokofiev's comedy |
| 4 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
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 |
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 (via Google) |
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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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There was something invigorating about being able to concentrate solely upon the music (London) |
| 6 Apr 12 / Music OMH |
Parsifal was paced unerringly, its moments of searing pain vividly realised (London) |
| 6 Apr 12 / Telegraph |
Magnificent trumpets and soaring clarinet solos in this gleaming and accomplished performance (London) |
| 5 Apr 12 / Evening Standard |
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 |
This was a Parsifal that worked its addictive, elusive spell (London) |
| 5 Apr 12 / Classical Source |
Russian orchestra and singers do Wagner proud in the Land of Song (Cardiff) |
| 2 Apr 12 / The Arts Desk |
Gergiev delivers a wonderfully supple handling of the score (Cardiff) |
| 2 Apr 12 / The Guardian |
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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Rimsky-Korsakov
10 Sep 2018 to 16 Apr 2019
Verdi
15 Sep 2018 to 17 May 2019
Tchaikovsky
18 Sep 2018 to 6 Apr 2019
Shchedrin
21 Sep to 21 Dec 2018
Verdi
21 Sep 2018 to 1 Feb 2019
Puccini
23 Sep 2018 to 16 Mar 2019
Verdi
25 Sep 2018 to 2 Apr 2019
Britten
26 Sep 2018 to 17 Apr 2019
Bizet
30 Sep 2018 to 20 Jan 2019
Shchedrin
30 Sep 2018 to 17 Jan 2019
Gounod
2 Oct 2018 to 18 Mar 2019
Wagner
3 Oct 2018 to 7 Feb 2019
Verdi
4 Oct 2018 to 21 Apr 2019
Berlioz
4 Oct 2018 to 11 Apr 2019
Shchedrin
5 Oct 2018 to 28 Mar 2019
Strauss, R
6 Oct to 11 Dec 2018
Verdi
9 Oct 2018 to 5 May 2019
Weinberg
10 Oct 2018 to 6 Feb 2019
Tchaikovsky
11 Oct 2018 to 11 Apr 2019
Prokofiev
12 Oct 2018 to 23 Mar 2019
Rimsky-Korsakov
14 Oct 2018 to 2 Feb 2019
Wagner
16 Oct 2018 to 26 Apr 2019
Mussorgsky
18 Oct 2018 to 19 Feb 2019
Leoncavallo
19 Oct 2018 to 9 Mar 2019
Rossini
20 Oct 2018 to 19 Jan 2019
Stravinsky
21 Oct 2018 to 5 May 2019
Verdi
21 Oct 2018 to 12 Jan 2019
Puccini
25 Oct 2018 to 29 Mar 2019
Glinka
27 Oct 2018 to 10 Apr 2019
Mozart
31 Oct 2018 to 20 Apr 2019
Puccini
4 Nov 2018 to 18 Jan 2019
Shchedrin
6 Nov 2018 to 20 Mar 2019
Mozart
9 Nov to 25 Dec 2018
Verdi
10 Nov 2018 to 30 Jan 2019
Mussorgsky
13 Nov to 18 Dec 2018
Wagner
17 Nov 2018 to 15 May 2019
Verdi
25 Nov 2018 to 23 Jan 2019
Mozart
28 Nov to 22 Dec 2018
Shchedrin
1 Dec 2018 to 13 Jan 2019
Britten
2 Dec 2018 to 24 Feb 2019
Banevich
8 Dec 2018 to 7 Jan 2019
Klinichev
13 Dec 2018
Puccini
14 Dec 2018
Borodin
15 Dec 2018 to 7 Jan 2019
Shchedrin
19 Dec 2018 to 25 Feb 2019
Rimsky-Korsakov
20 Dec 2018 to 12 Apr 2019
Tchaikovsky
24 Dec 2018
Donizetti
29 to 30 Dec 2018
Humperdinck
6 to 11 Jan 2019
Nápravník
10 Jan 2019
Shostakovich
22 Jan to 26 Mar 2019
Donizetti
25 Jan 2019
Dvorak
31 Jan to 17 May 2019
Saint-Saens
5 Feb to 14 May 2019
Rimsky-Korsakov
6 Feb 2019
Massenet
8 Feb 2019
Shostakovich
21 Feb 2019
Verdi
22 Feb 2019
Rimsky-Korsakov
24 Feb to 7 Apr 2019
Bellini
27 Feb 2019
Debussy
28 Feb to 22 May 2019
Strauss, R
1 Mar 2019
Mozart
3 Mar 2019
Tchaikovsky
7 Mar to 3 May 2019
Janacek
12 Mar 2019
Verdi
13 Mar to 18 Apr 2019
Glinka
14 Mar 2019
Rimsky-Korsakov
26 Mar 2019
Strauss, R
9 Apr 2019
Donizetti
24 Apr 2019
News & Articles
| Gergiev gets an extra opera house |
The Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, inauguarated in October 2013 on the Pacific coast, is now to be run from the Baltic coast by the Marinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. |
| 24 Aug 2015 / Slipped Disc |
| Valery Gergiev takes Mariinsky on whirlwind tour of U.S. |
Now on tour in the U.S., Gergiev and his troupe are visiting more cities than is probable in what some may see as a de facto charm offensive. |
| 23 Jan 2015 / St Petersburg Times |
| Mariinsky's Falstaff dies, aged 67 |
The Mariinsky Opera has announced the death of Victor Chernomortsev, one of its leading baritones. |
| 7 Nov 2014 / Slipped Disc |
| From Imperial legend to modern powerhouse |
Under Valery Gergiev’s leadership, the Mariinsky has emerged from the post-Soviet crisis to become a cultural icon once again. |
| 27 Aug 2014 / Russia beyond the Headlines |
| 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. |
| 16 Jul 2014 / The Moscow Times |
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