NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SAINT PETERSBURG (Mariinsky Theatre, 2006)
The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Choreographer: Petipa, Marius
Orchestra: St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Ensemble: St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Ballet
Conductor: Gergiev, Valery
Soloist: Osmolkina, Yekaterina
Soloist: Tereshkina, Viktoria
Soloist: Pavlenko, Daria
Soloist: Fadeyev, Andrian
Soloist: Korsakov, Anton
Television Director: Caiozzi, Denis
Carnival of the Animals
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Choreographer: Fokine, Mikhail
Orchestra: St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Gergiev, Valery
Soloist: Lopatkina, Ulyana
Television Director: Caiozzi, Denis
Il viaggio a Reims
Composer: Rossini, Gioachino
Librettist/Text Author: Balocchi, Luigi
Orchestra: St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Gergiev, Valery
Television Director: Caiozzi, Denis
Date of Production: 31-12-2006
Venue: Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Playing Time: 01:09:55
Catalogue Number: BAC030
UPC: 3760115300309
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. This is the Mariinsky troupe in a veritable explosion of grace and virtuosity.
In addition, prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina dances Camille Saint-Saens 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.
