On 19, 22 and 29 December the Mariinsky Theatre will present the first premiere of its 242^nd season – a new production of Richard Wagner’s enchanting opera Tristan und Isolde. Directors Konstantin Balakin and Alexei Stepanyuk, together with designer Elena Vershinina, will bring this ode to all-consuming love to life on the stage of the Concert Hall

On 10 and 11 December the Mariinsky Theatre will present two performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades in Yuri Temirkanov’s legendary production on the Historic Stage. This marks the return of the production to the theatre after an absence of almost ten years, coinciding with the 86^th birthday of the eminent conductor and director

Due to popular demand, the Bolshoi Theatre will present additional performances of The Queen of Spades – a large-scale collaboration between Russia’s two leading opera houses

Audiences can anticipate operatic masterpieces performed by exceptional soloists under the baton of Valery Gergiev, complemented by nationwide live broadcasts of the performances

On 2 November a significant agreement was signed between Mikhail Kotyukov, the Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai (Krasnoyarsk Region), and Valery Gergiev, the esteemed General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia and Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre. This partnership aims to bolster the development of musical and theatrical arts within Russia, with a particular focus on Krasnoyarsk