18 May - 15 July 2007

The Mariinsky Theatre hosted the XV International Stars of the White Nights Festival.

May 2007

18, Fri 18:00 The opening of the XV International Festival STARS OF THE WHITE NIGHTS Khovanshchina national musical drama in five acts, six scenes (1960 Production) Music: Modest Musorgsky New stage version: Yuri Alexandrov (2000) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 19, Sat evening Swan Lake fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes) Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895) revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev (1950) Conductor: Boris Gruzin 20, Sun morning The Love for Three Oranges opera in a prologue and four acts Music: Sergey Prokofiev Production by Alain Maratrat (2007) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 20, Sun evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 3 Soloist: Larisa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 20, Sun 20:00 Apollo. Rubies. Le Sacre du printemps the ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky Conductor: Boris Gruzin 21, Mon evening Jenůfa opera in a three acts Music: Leoš Janáček Production by Vasily Barkhatov (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 22, Tue evening Romeo and Juliet ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes) Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky (1940) Conductor: Boris Gruzin 23, Wed evening Eugene Onegin lyric opera in three acts, seven scenes Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (2002) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 24, Thu evening Giselle fantasy ballet in two acts Music: Adolphe Adam Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 25, Fri evening Elektra opera in one act Music: Richard Strauss Production by Jonathan Kent (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 25, Fri 22:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Tchaikovsky-Gala Conductor: Valery Gergiev 26, Sat evening The Fountain of Bakhchisarai choreographic poem in four scenes with prologue and epilogue Music: Boris Asafiev Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov (1934) Conductor: Boris Gruzin 27, Sun evening Mariinsky Concert Hall St Petersburg Gala Conductor: Valery Gergiev 28, Mon evening Benvenuto Cellini (concert performance) opera in three acts Music: Hector Berlioz Conductor: Valery Gergiev 29, Tue evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Thomas Hampson Recital (baritone) Wolfram Rieger (piano) 29, Tue 22:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 6 Conductor: Valery Gergiev 30, Wed evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 9 Conductor: Valery Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! 31, Thu evening Tosca opera in three acts Music: Giacomo Puccini Production by Paul Curran (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev

June 2007

1, Fri evening La Bayadère ballet in three acts Music: Ludwig Minkus Choreography: Marius Petipa (1877) Revised choreography: Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani (1941) Conductor: Boris Gruzin 2, Sat evening Le Corsaire ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue Music: Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pavel Oldenburgsky Choreography: Pyotr Gusev (1987) Conductor: Mikhail Agrest 2, Sat 20:00 The Church on Spilled Blood Sergei Rakhmaninov – Vespers Concert of the Mariinsky Theatre Chorus Conductor: Andrei Petrenko 3, Sun evening Tosca opera in three acts Music: Giacomo Puccini Production by Paul Curran (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 4, Mon evening Don Quixote ballet in four acts (seven scenes) with a prologue Music: Ludwig Minkus Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (1902) Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov 4, Mon evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 7 Conductor: Valery Gergiev 5, Tue evening In memory of Bulat Minzhilkiev and Yevgeniya Tselovalnik Prince Igor opera in three acts with a prologue (1954 Production) Music: Alexander Borodin Revival Stage Director: Irkin Gabitov (2001) 6, Wed morning Final Graduation Performance of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov 6, Wed evening Jewels ballet in three parts Music: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine (1967) Conductor: Mikhail Agrest 7, Thu morning Final Graduation Performance of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet 7, Thu evening Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L´albergo del giglio d´oro dramma giocoso in one act Music: Gioachino Rossini Production by Alain Maratrat (2005) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 8, Fri evening Romeo and Juliet ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes) Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky (1940) Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov 8, Fri 22:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall As part of the cultural programme of the XI St Petersburg International Economic Forum Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 2 Soloists: Olga Kondina (soprano), Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo-soprano) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 9, Sat morning Final Graduation Performance of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov 9, Sat 22:00 Swan Lake fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes) Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895) revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev (1950) 10, Sun 20:00 Tosca opera in three acts Music: Giacomo Puccini Production by Paul Curran (2007) 11, Mon evening The Love for Three Oranges opera in a prologue and four acts Music: Sergey Prokofiev Production by Alain Maratrat (2007) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 12, Tue evening The Sleeping Beauty ballet-féerie in three acts with a prologue and apotheosis Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa (1890) Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov 13, Wed evening I pagliacci opera in two acts with a prologue Music: Ruggero Leoncavallo Production by Isabelle Partiot-Pieri (2006) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 15, Fri evening Eugene Onegin lyric opera in three acts, seven scenes Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (2002) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 16, Sat evening Madama Butterfly japanese tragedy in three acts Music by Giacomo Puccini Production by Mariusz Treliński (2005) Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson 17, Sun 16:00 The Nutcracker ballet in two acts Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Set, costume and production design: Mihail Chemiakin Choreography: Kirill Simonov (2001) Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 17, Sun 17:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall In honor of the 125-th Anniversary of Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky – Symphony in 3 movements Jean Sibelius – Violin concerto Igor Stravinsky – Petrouchka London Symphony Orchestra Soloist: Vadim Repin Conductor: Valery Gergiev 17, Sun 20:00 The Nutcracker ballet in two acts Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Set, costume and production design: Mihail Chemiakin Choreography: Kirill Simonov (2001) Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 17, Sun 21:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 1;  Excerpts from russian operas with Rene Pape Conductor: Valery Gergiev 18, Mon evening Giselle fantasy ballet in two acts Music: Adolphe Adam Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 19, Tue evening Don Carlo opera in four acts Music: Giuseppe Verdi Production by Yuri Alexandrov (1999) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 20, Wed 21:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 8 Conductor: Valery Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! 21, Thu evening The Gambler opera in four acts Music: Sergey Prokofiev Production by Temur Chkheidze (2007) with Vladimir Galuzin in the title role Conductor: Valery Gergiev 22, Fri 18:00 The Love for Three Oranges opera in a prologue and four acts Music: Sergey Prokofiev Production by Alain Maratrat (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 22, Fri 22:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall New Stars of the White Nights Gala 23, Sat 13:00 Swan Lake fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes) Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895) revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev (1950) Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 23, Sat 14:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du printemps Soloist: Nikolaj Znaider Conductor: Valery Gergiev 23, Sat evening Swan Lake fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes) Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895) revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev (1950) Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 24, Sun 17:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Claude Debussy – Prélude à l´après-midi d´un faune Béla Bartók – Violin Concerto N 2 Sergey Prokofiev – Symphony No 5 Soloist: Tibor Kovac Conductor: Valery Gergiev 24, Sun 20:00 Jenůfa opera in a three acts Music: Leoš Janáček Production by Vasily Barkhatov (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 25, Mon evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Esa-Pekka Salonen – Helix Igor Stravinsky – Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra; Concerto for Piano and Winds; Firebird Soloist: Alexander Toradze Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen 25, Mon evening Forsythe at the Mariinsky 25, Mon evening Vyborg Mazepa opera in three acts, six scenes Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 26, Tue evening Tosca opera in three acts Music: Giacomo Puccini Production by Paul Curran (2007) with Maria Guleghina in the title role Conductor: Valery Gergiev 27, Wed evening Swan Lake fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes) Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895) revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev (1950) Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov 27, Wed evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Arnold Schoenberg – Violin Concerto Gustav Mahler – Symphony No 5 Soloist: Nikolaj Znaider Conductor: Valery Gergiev 28, Thu evening Don Quixote ballet in four acts (seven scenes) with a prologue Music: Ludwig Minkus Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (1902) Conductor: Mikhail Agrest 28, Thu evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms Jean Sibelius – Symphony No 5 Conductor: Paavo Jarvi 29, Fri evening Elektra opera in one act Music: Richard Strauss Production by Jonathan Kent (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 30, Sat evening Le Reveil de Flore. Wie der Alte Leiermann... Etudes ballets in one act Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov

July 2007

1, Sun 16:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Franz Schubert. Zdislaw Wysocki. René Staar. Béla Bartók. Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble Wiener Collage 1, Sun evening Turandot lyric drama in three acts and five scenes Music: Giacomo Puccini Production by Charles Roubaud (2002) 2, Mon evening The Legend of Love ballet in three acts Music: Arif Melikov Choreography: Yury Grigorovich (1961) Conductor: Vag Papyan 2, Mon evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Vasily Gerello Gala (baritone) 3, Tue evening Le Corsaire ballet in three acts with a prologue and epilogue Music: Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pavel Oldenburgsky Choreography: Pyotr Gusev (1987) Conductor: Mikhail Agrest 3, Tue evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Richard Wagner – Wesendonck Lieder; Vorspiel und Liebestod Frantz Schubert – "Great" C major Symphony Bamberger Symphoniker Soloist: Waltraud Meyer (mezzo-soprano) Conductor: Jonathan Nott 4, Wed evening Don Quixote ballet in four acts (seven scenes) with a prologue Music: Ludwig Minkus Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (1902) Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov 5, Thu evening Madama Butterfly japanese tragedy in three acts Music by Giacomo Puccini Production by Mariusz Treliński (2005) Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov 6, Fri evening The Gambler opera in four acts Music: Sergey Prokofiev Production by Temur Chkheidze (2007) ! PREMIERE ! 6, Fri 20:00 Mariinsky Concert Hall Benvenuto Cellini opera in three acts Music: Hector Berlioz Production by Vasily Barkhatov (2007) Conductor: Valery Gergiev 7, Sat evening Ivangorod Mazepa opera in three acts, six scenes Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Conductor: Valery Gergiev ! PREMIERE ! 7, Sat evening The Four Temperaments. La Valse. Aria Suspended (Premiere) ballets Conductor: Mikhail Agrest 8, Sun evening La bohème opera in four acts Music: Giacomo Puccini Production by Ian Judge (2001) with Anna Netrebko in the title role Conductor: Valery Gergiev 9, Mon evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Wagner Gala Excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen Conductor: Valery Gergiev 9, Mon evening Romeo and Juliet ballet in three acts (thirteen scenes) Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky (1940) Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 10, Tue evening Cinderella ballet in three acts Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky (2002) Conductor: Mikhail Agrest ! PREMIERE ! 10, Tue evening Mariinsky Concert Hall Russian Premiere Enchanted Wanderer concert venue opera Music: Rodion Shchedrin Conductor: Valery Gergiev 11, Wed evening Eugene Onegin lyric opera in three acts, seven scenes Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (2002) Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 12, Thu evening Swan Lake fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes) Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (1895) revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev (1950) Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 13, Fri evening Madama Butterfly japanese tragedy in three acts Music by Giacomo Puccini Production by Mariusz Treliński (2005) Conductor: Pavel Bubelnikov 14, Sat evening Jewels ballet in three parts Music: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine (1967) Conductor: Alexander Polyanichko 15, Sun evening The closing of the XV International Festival ´Stars of the White Nights´ Chopiniana. Schéhérazade. The Firebird the ballets of Michel Fokine