10 October 2003

OPENING OF THE 221-th SEASON ! Opera "The Golden Cockerel" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

OPENING OF THE 221-th SEASON will take place on 10 October 2003 with the  Opera "The Golden Cockerel" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

09 July 2003

! PREMIERE ! Igor Stravinsky "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rite of Spring). Scenes from pagan Russia in two parts

The Premiere of Igor Stravinsky "Le Sacre du Printemps" will take place on 9 July 2003.

05 May 2003- 05 August 2003

XI International Festival "Stars of the White Nights" (2003)

XI International Festival "Stars of the White Nights" (2003) will take place at Mariinsky theatre from 5 May 2003 to 5 August 2003. The programme will be announced later.

02 March 2003

CLOSING OF THE III INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL MARIINSKY

CLOSING OF THE III INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL MARIINSKY will take place on 2 February 2003 with the Ballet Gala peformance "In Honour of Nureyev".

I. Nederlands Dans Theater - Jiri Kylian - Bella Figura 
II. Divertissement
III. Raymonda (3^rd act): Agnes Letestu, Jean-Guillaume Bart (Opera de Paris)

21 February 2003

OPENING OF THE III INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL MARIINSKY

OPENING OF THE III INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL MARIINSKY will take place on 21 February 2003 with the ballet "La Bayadère".

Music: Ludwig Minkus
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Soloists: Diana Vishneva, Elvira Tarasova, Andrian Fadeyev
Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich