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Les Huguenots

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Sette voci per un blockbuster
22 Mar 24 / L'Ape musicale
Iolanta

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Irina Churilova’s magnificent characterisation enlightens Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta at the Mariinsky
27 Jan 22 / Seen and Heard
Charodeyka

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Kitezh

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Cellini

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Cinecittà inspires a colourful and enjoyable new Mariinsky staging of Benvenuto Cellini
24 Nov 21 / Seen and Heard
Macbeth

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Ekaterina Semenchuk is the shining star in David McVicar’s revised St Petersburg Macbeth
21 Nov 21 / Seen and Heard
Semyon Kotko

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Angel

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Eve

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Schatten

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Valery Gergiev conducts a masterly Mariinsky production of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten
16 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard
Tannhäuser

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Orléans

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Peace

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Opéra fleuve pour roman fleuve
9 Apr 20 / Wanderer
Lolita

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

La banalité du mal (…et du mâle)
9 Mar 20 / Wanderer
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.
Salome

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Salomé musicalement forte et scéniquement absconse
24 Feb 20 / Wanderer
Simon Boccanegra

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Placido Domingo pour l'éternité
24 Feb 20 / Wanderer
Il Trovatore

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Una buena dosis de Verdi
8 Aug 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
The Queen of Spades

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Una obsesión demasiado elegante
5 Aug 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Tannhäuser

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

La felicidad plena
17 Jul 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Para familias, turistas y románticos
28 Sep 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Lohengrin

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Entre la historia y la leyenda
23 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Otello

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Buenos mimbres, buen resultado
11 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

De suelo a techo
3 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Don Giovanni

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Sin foso ni escena, pero los cantantes mal
13 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Tosca

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Brava Tosca
12 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Le nozze di Figaro

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Por qué Chaicovsqui amaba a Mozart
12 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Prince Igor

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Si le gustan los montajes conceptuales, absténgase
10 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Madama Butterfly

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Fría, fría
6 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Il Trovatore

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Il Trovatore de Domingo
5 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Macbeth

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Un momento de felicidad
4 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Boris Godunov

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

The epitome of Russianness
22 Jun 17 / Bachtrack
Adriana Lecouvreur

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky
20 Jun 17 / Bachtrack
The Enchanted Wanderer

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

An intoxicating fusion of mystic, sacred and profane
20 Jun 17 / Bachtrack
Eugene Onegin

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Viktoria Yastrebova è una bella e appassionata Tatiana
7 Aug 16 / Operaclick (Italian)
La Traviata

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Giuseppe Verdi non arriva ai pietroburghesi
4 Aug 16 / Operaclick (Italian)
War and Peace

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Guerre et paix de Prokovief au XXIV Festival "Etoiles des nuits blanches" de Saint-Pétersbourg
18 Jun 16 / Opera Online (French)
Iolanta

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

XXIV Festival Etoiles des nuits blanches : Iolanta au Théâtre Mariinsky
17 Jun 16 / Opera Online (French)
The Maid of Pskov

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Russian opera remains vital in the country of its origin
28 Jul 15 / Opera Today
Boyarina Morozova

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Shchedrin's choral opera gets an inspired performance
8 Jul 15 / The Opera Critic
Faust

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Ildar Abdrazakov is an impressive Méphistophélès in the Mariinsky's Faust
7 Jul 15 / The Opera Critic
The Lefthander

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Valery Gergiev celebrates his 60th birthday with The Lefthander
7 Jul 15 / The Opera Critic
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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
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 Wanderer

Mariinsky Theatre


Brooklyn Academy of Music


No. 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 Lefthander

Mariinsky Theatre


Barbican Hall, London


No. 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
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 Godunov

Mariinsky Theatre


Barbican Hall, London


No. 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
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 Monastery

Mariinsky Theatre


Millennium Centre, Cardiff


No. 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 Traviata

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Eine solide Traviata im Mariinski-Theater
1 Oct 14 / Bachtrack (German)
War and Peace

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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
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.
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Acrobatics enliven Russian Dream
28 May 13 / Opera Britannia
The Nose

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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
Faust

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

The devil steals the limelight
3 May 13 / St Petersburg Times
Don Quichotte

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

Tradition for simplicity's sake
18 Jan 13 / St Petersburg Times
Boris Godunov

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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 Mélisande

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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
Parsifal

Mariinsky Theatre


No. 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
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 Lady

Mariinsky Theatre


No. of reviews: 1

‘My Fair Lady’ comes to St. Petersburg as the Mariinsky Theater’s first musical
22 Feb 12 / St Petersburg Times
«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.
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Performance schedule
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5 Sep 2023 to 10 Apr 2024
Puccini
8 Sep 2023 to 2 Apr 2024
Prokofiev
9 Sep 2023 to 13 Apr 2024
Strauss, J
9 Sep 2023 to 12 Apr 2024
Prokofiev
17 Sep 2023 to 1 Apr 2024
Rubinstein
23 Sep 2023 to 11 Apr 2024
Mozart
2 Oct 2023 to 4 Apr 2024
Rimsky-Korsakov
7 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2024
Mozart
10 Oct 2023 to 9 Apr 2024
Glinka
14 Oct 2023 to 8 Apr 2024
Rossini
21 Oct 2023 to 7 Apr 2024
Verdi
26 Oct 2023 to 14 Apr 2024
Mozart
29 Oct 2023 to 30 Mar 2024
Wagner
10 Nov 2023 to 6 Apr 2024
Stravinsky
11 Nov 2023 to 31 Mar 2024
Massenet
30 Nov 2023 to 3 Apr 2024
Wagner
19 Dec 2023 to 9 Apr 2024
Meyerbeer
29 Feb to 5 Apr 2024

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