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Tristan und Isolde, Mariinsky Theater, Saint Petersburg, May 27 and 29, 2005
Saint Petersburg celebrated its 302nd birthday and the opening of its 13th Stars of the White Nights Festival this year with what could have been an historic occasion: Russia’s first performance of...
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Parsifal, Mariinsky Theater, St Petersburg, June 19, 2005
Following a disastrous new production of Tristan and Isolde which premiered here last month after the opera’s 92-year absence, one might doubt the Mariinsky’s talents in Wagner. But as last night’s...
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14th International Stars of the White Nights Festival, Mariinskii Theater, St. P
After fourteen years of complementing post-Soviet Russia’s recovery from communism, one gets the feeling that the artistic achievements of St Petersburg’s premiere arts institution are wavering....
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The Love for Three Oranges,Mariinsky Theater,St. Petersburg,June 11, 2007
Russia’s imperial capital has reached a minor milestone with its fifteenth international Stars of the White Nights Festival and it is celebrating with an unprecedented number of new productions and...
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The Gambler, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, June 21, 2007
Sergei Prokofiev’s first opera, based on Dostoevsky’s famous novella, has been given a fresh look in St. Petersburg this season. Georgian director Temur Chkheidze, who also presented the Mariinsky’s...
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Jenufa, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, June 24, 2007
The decision to keep St. Petersburg’s major operatic stage open this summer has brought a kaleidoscope of new productions, including this one of Leos Janacek’s magnum opus. Unfortunately Dmitrii...
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Tosca, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, June 26, 2007
The continuing 2007 White Nights festival has provided a stage for Australian director Paul Curran to stage his first Puccini opera. Having observed Mariinsky productions close at hand during his...
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Elektra, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, June 29, 2007
When it premiered in Russia in February 1913, Richard Strauss’s second “shock opera” drew harsh criticism for depicting a regicide during the tercentenary celebrations of the Romanov dynasty. The...
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The Queen of Spades, Mariinsky Theater visit to the Kennedy Center, December...
The opera company of St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater (the name “Kirov” is still used in the West, but now less anachronistically as “the Kirov Opera and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater”) has made...
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