Mariinsky Orchestra
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The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra. The orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in Russia.
In 1935 Joseph Stalin changed its name (and that of the Ballet) to the Kirov, after Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Communist Party in Leningrad, whose 1934 murder by his regime Stalin was attempting to whitewash.[1] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the name was changed back to the Mariinsky in 1992.
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The current artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre is the conductor Valery Gergiev and the principal guest conductor is Nikolaj Znaider. Under Gergiev, the Mariinsky Orchestra has become one of the leading symphony orchestras in Russia.
Known for
Boris Godunov
January 1, 1990
Ruslan and Lyudmila
January 1, 1996
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'The Nutcracker - Ballet in three acts with an epilogue' 2012 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg
December 3, 2012
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
December 13, 2007
Sadko
January 1, 1994
The Golden Cockerel
December 25, 2014
Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of Spring
January 1, 2009
The Nutcracker
March 31, 1994
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
May 25, 2016
Attila
October 30, 2010
Dimitri Shostakovitch - Concerto for violin and Orchestra No.2, Symphony No.7 'Leningrad'
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
May 5, 2002
Acting16
- 2016Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
- 2015The Mariinsky II Opening Gala as Orchestra
- 2014The Golden Cockerel
- 2012Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'The Nutcracker - Ballet in three acts with an epilogue' 2012 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg as Orchestra
- 2011Tchaikovsky: Simphonies 4,5 & 6 - Valery Gergiev as Orchestra
- 2011Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - Gergiev
- 2010Attila
- 2009Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of Spring
- 2007Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
- 2002Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades