Mariinsky Theatre - St Petersburg | 22 January 2021 |
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War and PeaceMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Opéra fleuve pour roman fleuve |
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LolitaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
La banalité du mal (…et du mâle) |
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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 |
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Simon BoccanegraMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Placido Domingo pour l'éternité |
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Il TrovatoreMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Una buena dosis de Verdi |
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The Queen of SpadesMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Una obsesión demasiado elegante |
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TannhäuserMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
La felicidad plena |
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The Tale of Tsar SaltanMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Para familias, turistas y románticos |
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LohengrinMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Entre la historia y la leyenda |
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OtelloMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Buenos mimbres, buen resultado |
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A Midsummer Night's DreamMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
De suelo a techo |
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Don GiovanniMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Sin foso ni escena, pero los cantantes mal |
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ToscaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Brava Tosca |
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Le nozze di FigaroMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Por qué Chaicovsqui amaba a Mozart |
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Prince IgorMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Si le gustan los montajes conceptuales, absténgase |
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Madama ButterflyMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Fría, fría |
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Il TrovatoreMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Il Trovatore de Domingo |
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MacbethMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Un momento de felicidad |
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Boris GodunovMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
The epitome of Russianness |
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Adriana LecouvreurMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky |
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The Enchanted WandererMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
An intoxicating fusion of mystic, sacred and profane |
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Eugene OneginMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Viktoria Yastrebova è una bella e appassionata Tatiana |
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La TraviataMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Giuseppe Verdi non arriva ai pietroburghesi |
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War and PeaceMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Guerre et paix de Prokovief au XXIV Festival "Etoiles des nuits blanches" de Saint-Pétersbourg |
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IolantaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
XXIV Festival Etoiles des nuits blanches : Iolanta au Théâtre Mariinsky |
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The Maid of PskovMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Russian opera remains vital in the country of its origin |
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Boyarina MorozovaMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Shchedrin's choral opera gets an inspired performance |
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FaustMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Ildar Abdrazakov is an impressive Méphistophélès in the Mariinsky's Faust |
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The LefthanderMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Valery Gergiev celebrates his 60th birthday with The Lefthander |
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Der Ring des NibelungenMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
Das Rheingold: Mariinsky, ópera al alcance de todos |
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Die Walküre: Gran versión musical, irregular vocalmente |
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Götterdämmerung: The staging proved to be the most successful of the tetralogy |
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Siegfried: A mesmerising Siegfried from the Mariinsky in Birmingham |
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Götterdämmerung: The Mariinsky Ring concludes strongly in Birmingham |
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Siegfried: The Mariinsky Orchestra, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, was on top form |
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Wagner’s complex, far-reaching score unfolded with a tremendous sense of inevitability |
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Die Walküre: One emerged feeling genuinely impressed |
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Das Rheingold: it was the final segment that really stunned |
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The Enchanted WandererMariinsky TheatreBrooklyn Academy of MusicNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Conflict unresolved |
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A misbehaving monk recounts his sins |
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Gergiev, Mariinsky open BAM residency in mixed fashion with meditative Shchedrin |
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The LefthanderMariinsky TheatreBarbican Hall, LondonNo. of reviews: 7 | ![]() |
A flea-bitten satire on Anglo-Russian relations |
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And yet despite all the oppression Levsha is a thing of beauty |
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Once bitten, twice intrigued: Shchedrin's The Left-Hander (Levsha) |
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Finely played and sung, but it’s no masterpiece |
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The UK premiere of Shchedrin’s comedy opera |
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Colourful |
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The Mariinsky performs an opera that’s hot off the press |
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Boris GodunovMariinsky TheatreBarbican Hall, LondonNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
Fine concert performance of Boris Godunov from Mariinsky Opera |
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Gergiev’s conducting achieved such cleanness and balance in sound |
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The lows have it |
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Gergiev marshals his relatively modest forces and conjures such commitment from all concerned |
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The Mussorgsky genius burst out of the orchestra and singers in all its uncompromising uniqueness |
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Betrothal in a MonasteryMariinsky TheatreMillennium Centre, CardiffNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Humour survives concert performance |
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Mariinsky Opera wows Wales with satisfying performance of Betrothal In A Monastery |
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Mariinsky forces sparkle in Prokofiev's comedy |
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La TraviataMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Eine solide Traviata im Mariinski-Theater |
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War and PeaceMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() ![]() |
War and Peace streamed live from Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg to Cineworld Birmingham |
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Graham Vick emphasises the human drama in Prokofiev’s magnificent but daunting opera |
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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 |
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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 |
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FaustMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
The devil steals the limelight |
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Don QuichotteMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() ![]() |
Tradition for simplicity's sake |
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Boris GodunovMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
This production of “Boris Godunov” fell absolutely flat |
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Graham Vick’s new staging of ‘Boris Godunov’ at the Mariinsky offers a daring interpretation of the opera |
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Pelléas et MélisandeMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Estreno de Pélleas en el Mariinski |
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The dark side of human nature |
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ParsifalMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 11 | ![]() |
The tremendous playing from the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra turned this Parsifal into quite an event (London) |
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Further thoughts on the Mariinsky Opera’s Parsifal (Birmingham) |
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Gergiev was unhurried in his pacing but he has a formidable grasp of this work (London) |
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Parsifal was paced unerringly, its moments of searing pain vividly realised (London) |
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There was something invigorating about being able to concentrate solely upon the music (London) |
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This was a Parsifal that worked its addictive, elusive spell (London) |
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Thirteen years On Gergiev returns with a masterful Parsifal (London) |
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The intricately-layered score became the occasion for a richly theatrical event (London) |
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Magnificent trumpets and soaring clarinet solos in this gleaming and accomplished performance (London) |
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Gergiev delivers a wonderfully supple handling of the score (Cardiff) |
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Russian orchestra and singers do Wagner proud in the Land of Song (Cardiff) |
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My Fair LadyMariinsky TheatreNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() ![]() |
‘My Fair Lady’ comes to St. Petersburg as the Mariinsky Theater’s first musical |
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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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Anna Netrebko to return to Mariinsky Theatre |
The Mariinsky Theatre has announced that Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo will perform in November and December. |
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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. |
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Les théâtres Mariinski et Bolchoï frappés par le coronavirus |
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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. |
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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. |
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