New Year’s Eve at the Mariinsky (2006)
New Year’s Eve at the Mariinsky (2006)
A truly remarkable New Year’s Eve in St Petersburg’s fabled Mariinsky Theatre, with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky (ex-Kirov) Ballet. It was at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg that the ballet The Sleeping Beauty premiered in 1890, with a score by Tchaikovsky and choreography by Marius Petipa. This New Year’s Eve programme revolves around Act III, in which Princess Aurora is brought out of her long sleep by the prince of her dreams and marries him. In addition, prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina dances Camille Saint-Saëns’ famous Dying Swan, first performed by Anna Pavlova. In conclusion the soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre’s Young Singers’ Academy perform the finale of Rossini’s Journey to Rheims in a joyous celebration of the coming of the New Year.

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Cast

Ulyana Lopatkina Ulyana Lopatkina As: The Swan
Yekaterina Osmolkina Yekaterina Osmolkina As: Princess Aurora
Viktoria Tereshkina Viktoria Tereshkina As: Diamond Fairy
Daria Pavlenko Daria Pavlenko As: Princess Florine
Andrian Fadeyev Andrian Fadeyev As: Prince Desiré
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A truly remarkable New Year’s Eve in St Petersburg’s fabled Mariinsky Theatre, with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky (ex-Kirov) Ballet. It was at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg that the ballet The Sleeping Beauty premiered in 1890, with a score by Tchaikovsky and choreography by Marius Petipa. This New Year’s Eve programme revolves around Act III, in which Princess Aurora is brought out of her long sleep by the prince of her dreams and marries him. In addition, prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina dances Camille Saint-Saëns’ famous Dying Swan, first performed by Anna Pavlova. In conclusion the soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre’s Young Singers’ Academy perform the finale of Rossini’s Journey to Rheims in a joyous celebration of the coming of the New Year.


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Genres: Music

Language: Français, Pусский

Release Date: 31 December 2006

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Runtime: 70m

Company Credits

Company: Mariinsky Theatre, ARTE

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Cast

Ulyana Lopatkina

Ulyana Lopatkina

The Swan

Yekaterina Osmolkina

Yekaterina Osmolkina

Princess Aurora

Viktoria Tereshkina

Viktoria Tereshkina

Diamond Fairy

Daria Pavlenko

Daria Pavlenko

Princess Florine

Andrian Fadeyev

Andrian Fadeyev

Prince Desiré

Anton Korsakov

Anton Korsakov

The Bluebird

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Original Music Composer

Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns

Original Music Composer

Gioacchino Rossini

Gioacchino Rossini

Original Music Composer

Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev

Conductor

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Other Crew

Marius Petipa

Marius Petipa

Choreographer

Michel Fokine

Michel Fokine

Choreographer

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