Mariinsky Theatre Opera Gala
Part of “2016: The year of Russia in Greece”
Arias, duets and symphonic fragments from operas by inter alia Mikhail Glinka, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi
Saint Petersberg’s historic Mariinsky Theatre has been one of the world’s most prominent lyric theatres since its foundation. A selection of its finest performers will be singing extracts from famous operas under the direction of one of the Theatre’s regular conductors, the American maestro, Gavriel Heine, confirming once again the power and sensibility of Russian voices.
