CLASSICAL PROGRAM
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
Glinka Cappella
Tchaikovsky; Cappella Symphony Orchestra
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"The Nutcracker," Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theater
"Madame Butterfly," Puccini
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Sviridov Festival -- Sviridov's "Poem in Memory of Sergei Yesenin,"
State Symphony Orchestra St Petersburg
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
6 pm, "Virtuosi 2000" festival; Paris national conservatoire
students & the special school of the St Petersburg conservatoire
Glinka Cappella
Bach, Britten, Shostakovich; Mravinsky Children's School Choir
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, "Les Silphides," Levenschold
7 pm, "The Tsar's Bride," Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky Theater
"The Legend of Love," Melikov
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
6 pm, "Ognivo," Kogan
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Noon, Concert Ensemble "Viva, Percussion"
7 pm, Grieg, Shostakovich, Nilsson; Conductor T Daussgard (Denmark)
THURSDAY, MARCH 28
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Violin evening with Irina Bochkova
Glinka Cappella
Vocal evening with with N Kopylova and folk instrument orchestra
Mariinsky Theater
"Catherine Izmailova," Shostakovich
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, "The Tale of the Priest and His Foolish Deacon, Baldo,"
Shostakovich
7 pm, "Petrushka" & "The Little Wedding," Stravinsky
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Grieg, Schumann, Nilsson; Conductor T Daussgard (Denmark)
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, Smolny Cathedral Choir & Academy Symphony State
Orchestra; Vivaldi
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
Glinka Cappella
Violin evening, Mozart, Schubert, Ravel, Prokofiev; M Gantvarg
(violin)
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"The Tale of the Tsar Sultan," Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky Theater
"The Legend of Love," Melikov
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
6 pm, "Eugene Onegin," Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich Philharmonia
"Hymn to the Wonderful City," Children's Festival
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Noon, "Hymn to the Wonderful City," Festival
7 pm, Chamber music evening, "St Petersburg" string quartet
Glinka Cappella
"Virtuosi 2000" international youth festival, Closing Night:
Tchaikovsky Youth Orchestra; Bach Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, "Giselle," Adam
7 pm, "The Nutcracker," Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theater
"Sadko," Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
6 pm, "The Wolf and The Seven Little Goats," Koval
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Youth Palace Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, Russian Spiritual evening, Tchesnokov, Grechaninov,
Rachmaninov; Smolny Cathedral chamber choir
SUNDAY, MARCH 31
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Noon, "Hymn to the Wonderful City"
7 pm, Opening of the Rimsky-Korsakov International Vocalists
Competition
Glinka Cappella
Noon, "Hymn to the Wonderful City," festival; Grand choir
concert
5 pm, Closing concert of the 2nd International Andreyev competition
for young folk performers
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, "The Wizard of Oz," Lebedev
Mariinsky Theater
11:30 am, "Love for Three Oranges," Prokofiev
7 pm, "Don Quixote," Minkus
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
6 pm, "The Marriage of Figaro," Mozart
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Weber, Venyavsky, Ravel, Respighi
Smolny Cathedral
Noon, "Choral Classics of the 18th-19th centuries," Smolny
Cathedral chamber choir; Dubyansky, Berezovsky, Bortnyansky, Alyabiyev, Kyui,
Glinka, Balakirev
MONDAY, APRIL 1
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Second International Competition for Young Opera Singers
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"La Traviata," Verdi
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Beethoven, Brahms; Philharmonia Academy Symphony Orchestra
TUESDAY, APRIL 2
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Second International Competition for Young Opera Singers
Mariinsky Theater
"Othello," concert performance
Shostakovich Philharmonia
75th anniversary of the Philharmonia Piano Evening; Bach, Chopin
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Second International Competition for Young Opera Singers
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"La Boheme," Puccini
Mariinsky Theater
"Giselle," Adam
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Organ Music; Bach, Reger
THURSDAY, APRIL 4
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Second International Competition for Young Opera Singers
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"The White Knight," Milhaud
Mariinsky Theater
"Fiery Angel"
Shostakovich Philharmonia
Violin evening; S Stadler (violin) and P Donahue (piano; Great
Britain)
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Second International Competition for Young Opera Singers
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"The Tale of the Tsar Saltan," Rimsky-Korsakov
Mariinsky Theater
"The legend of Love," Melikov
Shostakovich Philharmonia
75th anniversary piano evening with P Donahue (Great Britain)
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, "The Secret Way" -- Tibetan duet "Zikr"
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Vocal evening, Rimsky-Korsakov; with solosists from the Mariinsky
Theater
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"Romeo and Juliet," Prokofiev
Mariinsky Theater
"La Traviata," Verdi
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
6 pm, "Faust," Gounod
Shostakovich Philharmonia
60th anniversary evening for Y Falik
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
4 pm, Lecture-Concert, "Poets of Romantic Piano," lecturer Y Popova
7 pm, Cello evening, N Gutzman plays Bach
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, "The Emperor's New Clothes," Khrennikov
7 pm, "Les Silphides," Levenschold
Mariinsky Theater
11:30 am, "Ruslan and Lyudmilla," Glinka
7 pm, "Swan Lake," Tchaikovsky
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
"Russian Season of '96" -- "Sleeping Beauty," Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich Philharmonia
75th anniversary of the Philharmonia celebratory evening; Barber,
Liszt, Strauss
Smolny Cathedral
Noon, Noon Chants, Spiritual music from Russian composers performed by
the Smolny Cathedral Chamber Choir
MONDAY, APRIL 8
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
"Prince Igor," Borodin
Mariinsky Theater
Final concert by the prize-winners of the Second International
Rimsky-Korsakov young opera performers competition
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