I just found the website of St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater, formerly called the Kirov, where the amazing and slightly creepy Valery Gergiev is artistic director. The Mariinsky is also the host of the famous Stars of the White Nights Festival of Music, which runs from May through July, this year celebrating 225 years of the Mariinsky. Here are just some highlights of this year's Festival:
May 12 (obviously already happened): Olga Borodina in concert
June 12 and 14: Great ballerinas of the Mariinsky ballet gala
June 17: Les Noces. Le Sacre du printemps. The Firebird
June 24: Bryn Terfel in concert
June 29: Dmitri Hvorostovksy in concert
July 12: Marking 225 Years of the Mariinsky Theatre La forza del destino
July 17: pianist Olga Kern
July 23 and 24: World premiere The Brothers Karamazov
As well as performances of Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, Tristan und Isolde, Tosca, Don Giovanni, Carmen, The Love for Three Oranges, and all four operas of Wagner's Ring.
Seventy-nine days of pure bliss. The very thought of The Brothers Karamazov as an opera makes me want to scream with giddy excitement.
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