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Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents

Th e Mariinsky Ballet & OrchestraGavriel Heine, Conductor

Company:

Viktoria Tereshkina, Anastasia Matvienko, Oxana Skorik, Nadezhda Batoeva, Ekaterina Chebykina, Kristina Shapran, Ekaterina Ivannikova, Sofi a Ivanova-Soblikova,

Yuliana Chereshkevich, Renata Shakirova, Diana Smirnova, Elena Bazhenova

Vladimir Shklyarov, Timur Askerov, Andrei Yermakov, Konstantin Zverev, Yury Smekalov, Filipp Stepin, Islom Baimuradov, Alexey Popov, Andrey Soloviev,

Vitaly Amelishko, Soslan Kulaev, Andrey Yakovlev

Elena Androsova, Elizaveta Antonova, Olga Belik, Alisa Boyarko, Viktoria Brileva, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Ksenia Dubrovina, Margarita Frolova, Tamara Gimadieva,

Olga Gromova, Svetlana Ivanova, Yulia Kobzar, Lubov Kozharskaya, Alisa Krasovskaya, Ekaterina Krasyuk, Maria Lebedeva, Anastasia Mikheikina, Olga Minina,

Ksenia Ostreikovskaya, Anastasiya Sogrina, Alexandra Somova, Ksenia Tagunova, Marina Teterina, Yana Tikhonova, Anna Tolmacheva, Irina Tolchilschikova, Alisa Petrenko, Anastasia Petushkova, Irina Prokofi eva, Alisa Rusina, Svetlana Russkikh, Yana Yaschenko,

Daria Ustyuzhanina, Anastasia Zaklinskaya, Darina Zarubskaya

Alexey Atamanov, Andrey Arseniev, Yaroslav Baibordin, Alexander Beloborodov, Vadim Belyaev, Roman Belyakov, Oleg Demchenko, Nail Enikeev, Artemiy Ibryanov,

Evgeniy Konovalov, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexey Kuzmin, Kirill Leontiev, Viktor Litvinenko, Daniil Lopatin, Nikita Lyaschenko, Fuad Mamedov, Anatoly Marchenko, Fedor Murashov, Alexey Nedviga, Maxim Petrov, Dmitry Pukhachov, Dmitry Sharapov, Vasily Tkachenko,

Denis Zainetdinov, Boris Zhurilov,

U.S.A. Tour Management:Ardani Artists Management, Inc.

130 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019

With lead underwriting support from: William J. Gillespie

State Academic Mariinsky � eatreSt. Petersburg, Russia

Artistic & General Director, Valery GergievActing Ballet Director, Yury Fateev

Global partners of the Mariinsky Th eatre

About the Program

RAYMONDABALLET IN THREE ACTS

Music by Alexander GlazunovLibretto by Lidia Pashkova & Marius Petipabased on a medieval legendChoreography by Marius PetipaRevised version by Konstantin Sergeyevwith choreographic fragments by Fyodor LopukhovSet design by Simon VirsaladzeCostumes after Simon Virsaladze, revived by Elena ZaitsevaCoaches: Gabriela Komleva, Galina Kekisheva, Nina Ukhova, Natalia Spitsyna, Viktor Baranov, Igor Petrov, Dmitry Korneyev

Stage Manager: Denis Firsov

World premiere: January 7, 1898, Mariinsky Theatre Premiere of Konstantin Sergeyev’s version: April 30 1948, Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad

Performance running time: 3 hours 15 minutesThe performance has two intervals

SYNOPSISACT I It is Raymonda’s birthday and the seneschal is planning the celebrations. Some troubadours are practicing swordplay; others are playing violas and lutes. The maids of honor, attracted by the music, dance with the pages. A trumpet sounds and the seneschal announces the arrival of a messenger from Jean de Brienne, Raymonda’s fiancé, who has been away at the wars. Raymonda’s mother, the Countess, calls her daughter, who receives the letter and gifts from de Brienne, among them a tapestry portrait of himself. Raymonda reads the letter and tells her mother that de Brienne is to arrive the next day. The seneschal enters and announces the arrival of Abderakhman, a Saracen chief. The Countess and Raymonda are surprised by the unexpected visit, but nevertheless welcome the chief and his retinue. Abderakhman admires Raymonda and attempts to lure her with rich gifts. The Countess, out of courtesy, invites Abderakhman to the birthday festival, and he eagerly accepts, having decided to abduct Raymonda. More guests arrive and there is general dancing. As the day draws

to a close, the guests take their leave. At last Raymonda is alone except for her maids of honor, two friends and two troubadours. She reclines and plays the lute while her friends dance. She then hands the instrument to one of her companions and herself dances a solo. Fatigued, she rests and gradually falls asleep. Raymonda dreams that her lover descends from his portrait and leads her into the garden where they dance a pas de deux. But this vision is dispelled, and in de Brienne’s place Raymonda finds the sinister Saracen, who renews his advances. Raymonda swoons. With the coming of dawn, the maids and pages come in search of their mistress, whom they carry to the castle.

ACT II At the celebration in the courtyard of the castle, the Countess and Raymonda are seated on a dais attended by pages and ladies-in-waiting. Raymonda anxiously awaits de Brienne’s arrival, but Abderakhman approaches her passionately and insists that she dance with him. She accepts and the Saracen then commands his retinue to entertain Raymonda with dancing—a Saracen dance and the Spanish Panaderos follow. Moors and Spaniards join in a dance that becomes fierce in its intensity. At its height, the Saracen attempts to abduct Raymonda. At this point, de Brienne arrives, accompanied by his old father. Raymonda rushes to de Brienne’s arms. He and his entourage threaten Abderakhman and his retinue, but the King intervenes and proposes single combat for the rivals. The ensuing duel is violent and Abderakhman falls dead.

ACT III A celebration is being held at de Brienne’s castle to celebrate his marriage to Raymonda. The celebrations begin with a number of character dances which are followed by a grand pas honore in which Raymonda dances a variation and de Brienne a final solo before the lovers are united forever.

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Casting

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 7:30 P.M.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 7:30 P.M.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2 P.M.

Raymonda: Viktoria TereshkinaCountess Sibilla: Elena BazhenovaRené de Brienne, a Hungarian knight: Soslan KulaevJean de Brienne, his son: Vladimir ShklyarovAbderakhman, Saracen chief: Konstantin ZverevAli, his retainer: Islom BaimuradovRaymonda’s Friends: Clémence: Kristina Shapran Henrietta: Renata ShakirovaTroubadours: Béranger: Filipp Stepin Bernard: Andrey SolovievSeneschal: Andrey YakovlevDream (variations, Act I): Diana Smirnova

Second variations: Ekaterina IvannikovaSaracen dance (Act II): Alisa Petrenko, Oleg DemchenkoPanaderos, Spanish dance (Act II): Anastasia Petushkova, Alexey KuzminMazurka (Act III): Ksenia Dubrovina, Dmitry PukhachovHungarian dance (Act III): Olga Belik, Boris ZhurilovVariation: Nadezhda BatoevaGrand Pas (Act III): Anastasia Mikheikina, Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Lavrinenko, Svetlana Russkikh, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexey NedvigaGrand Pas (Act III): Viktoria Brileva, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Elizaveta Antonova, Andrey Soloviev, Alexander Beloborodov, Roman Belyakov, Fuad MamedovMale variation: Konstantin Ivkin, Fuad Mamedov, Vasily Tkachenko, Alexey Popov

Raymonda: Oxana SkorikCountess Sibilla: Elena BazhenovaRené de Brienne, a Hungarian knight: Soslan KulaevJean de Brienne, his son: Andrei YermakovAbderakhman, Saracen chief: Yury SmekalovAli, his retainer: Islom BaimuradovRaymonda’s Friends: Clémence: Ekaterina Chebykina Henrietta: Nadezhda BatoevaTroubadours: Béranger: Alexey Popov Bernard: Vitaly AmelishkoSeneschal: Andrey YakovlevDream (variations, Act I): Yuliana Chereshkevich

Second variations: Sofia SkoblikovaSaracen dance (Act II): Alexandra Somova, Fedor MurashovPanaderos, Spanish dance (Act II): Maria Lebedeva, Alexey KuzminMazurka (Act III): Ksenia Dubrovina, Dmitry PukhachovHungarian dance (Act III): Olga Belik, Boris ZhurilovVariation: Renata ShakirovaGrand Pas (Act III): Anastasia Mikheikina, Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Lavrinenko, Svetlana Russkikh, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexey NedvigaGrand Pas (Act III): Viktoria Brileva, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Elizaveta Antonova, Andrey Soloviev, Alexander Beloborodov, Roman Belyakov, Fuad MamedovMale variation: Konstantin Ivkin, Andrey Soloviev, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin

Raymonda: Viktoria TereshkinaCountess Sibilla: Elena BazhenovaRené de Brienne, a Hungarian knight: Soslan KulaevJean de Brienne, his son: Timur AskerovAbderakhman, Saracen chief: Konstantin ZverevAli, his retainer: Islom BaimuradovRaymonda’s Friends: Clémence: Kristina Shapran Henrietta: Renata ShakirovaTroubadours: Béranger: Filipp Stepin Bernard: Andrey SolovievSeneschal: Andrey YakovlevDream (variations, Act I): Diana Smirnova

Second variations: Ekaterina IvannikovaSaracen dance (Act II): Alisa Petrenko, Oleg DemchenkoPanaderos, Spanish dance (Act II): Anastasia Petushkova, Alexey KuzminMazurka (Act III): Ksenia Dubrovina, Dmitry PukhachovHungarian dance (Act III): Olga Belik, Boris ZhurilovVariation: Nadezhda BatoevaGrand Pas (Act III): Anastasia Mikheikina, Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Lavrinenko, Svetlana Russkikh, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexey NedvigaGrand Pas (Act III): Viktoria Brileva, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Elizaveta Antonova, Andrey Soloviev, Alexander Beloborodov, Roman Belyakov, Fuad MamedovMale variation: Konstantin Ivkin, Fuad Mamedov, Vasily Tkachenko, Alexey Popov

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 7:30 P.M.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1 P.M.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 6:30 P.M.

Raymonda: Oxana SkorikCountess Sibilla: Elena BazhenovaRené de Brienne, a Hungarian knight: Soslan KulaevJean de Brienne, his son: Andrei YermakovAbderakhman, Saracen chief: Yury SmekalovAli, his retainer: Islom BaimuradovRaymonda’s Friends: Clémence: Ekaterina Chebykina Henrietta: Nadezhda BatoevaTroubadours: Béranger: Alexey Popov Bernard: Vitaly AmelishkoSeneschal: Andrey YakovlevDream (variations, Act I): Yuliana Chereshkevich

Second variations: Sofia SkoblikovaSaracen dance (Act II): Alexandra Somova, Fedor MurashovPanaderos, Spanish dance (Act II): Maria Lebedeva, Alexey KuzminMazurka (Act III): Ksenia Dubrovina, Dmitry PukhachovHungarian dance (Act III): Olga Belik, Boris ZhurilovVariation: Renata ShakirovaGrand Pas (Act III): Anastasia Mikheikina Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Lavrinenko, Svetlana Russkikh, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexey NedvigaGrand Pas (Act III): Viktoria Brileva, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Elizaveta Antonova, Andrey Soloviev, Alexander Beloborodov, Roman Belyakov, Fuad MamedovMale variation: Konstantin Ivkin, Andrey Soloviev, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin

Raymonda: Anastasia MatvienkoCountess Sibilla: Elena BazhenovaRené de Brienne, a Hungarian knight: Soslan KulaevJean de Brienne, his son: Timur AskerovAbderakhman, Saracen chief: Yury SmekalovAli, his retainer: Islom BaimuradovRaymonda’s Friends: Clémence: Kristina Shapran Henrietta: Renata ShakirovaTroubadours: Béranger: Filipp Stepin Bernard: Andrey SolovievSeneschal: Andrey YakovlevDream (variations, Act I): Diana Smirnova

Second variations: Ekaterina IvannikovaSaracen dance (Act II): Alisa Petrenko, Oleg DemchenkoPanaderos, Spanish dance (Act II): Anastasia Petushkova, Alexey KuzminMazurka (Act III): Ksenia Dubrovina, Dmitry PukhachovHungarian dance (Act III): Olga Belik, Boris ZhurilovVariation: Nadezhda BatoevaGrand Pas (Act III): Anastasia Mikheikina Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Lavrinenko, Svetlana Russkikh, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexey NedvigaGrand Pas (Act III): Viktoria Brileva, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Elizaveta Antonova, Andrey Soloviev, Alexander Beloborodov, Roman Belyakov, Fuad MamedovMale variation: Konstantin Ivkin, Fuad Mamedov, Vasily Tkachenko, Alexey Popov

Raymonda: Viktoria TereshkinaCountess Sibilla: Elena BazhenovaRené de Brienne, a Hungarian knight: Soslan KulaevJean de Brienne, his son: Vladimir ShklyarovAbderakhman, Saracen chief: Konstantin ZverevAli, his retainer: Islom BaimuradovRaymonda’s Friends: Clémence: Ekaterina Chebykina Henrietta: Nadezhda BatoevaTroubadours: Béranger: Alexey Popov Bernard: Vitaly AmelishkoSeneschal: Andrey YakovlevDream (variations, Act I): Yuliana Chereshkevich

Second variations: Sofia SkoblikovaSaracen dance (Act II): Alexandra Somova, Fedor MurashovPanaderos, Spanish dance (Act II): Maria Lebedeva, Alexey KuzminMazurka (Act III): Ksenia Dubrovina, Dmitry PukhachovHungarian dance (Act III): Olga Belik, Boris ZhurilovVariation: Renata ShakirovaGrand Pas (Act III): Anastasia Mikheikina Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Lavrinenko, Svetlana Russkikh, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin, Konstantin Ivkin, Alexey NedvigaGrand Pas (Act III): Viktoria Brileva, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Elizaveta Antonova, Andrey Soloviev, Alexander Beloborodov, Roman Belyakov, Fuad MamedovMale variation: Konstantin Ivkin, Andrey Soloviev, Vasily Tkachenko, Filipp Stepin

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THE MARIINSKY BALLET

The Mariinsky Ballet is closely linked with the entire history of the development of Russian choreographic art which began more than two and a half centuries ago. An important role in the establishment and evolution of Russian ballet was played by foreign dance masters. At the end of the 18th century, Franz Hilverding, Gasparo Angiolini, Giuseppe Canziani and Charles le Picq were all working in St Petersburg. As far back as the 1790s, however, the first Russian ballet teacher, Ivan Valberkh, came to the fore. The main sphere of his activities was in a small mime ballet company. He sought to make his productions rich in subject matter and to create recognisable, lifelike images. Ballet divertissements reflecting his response to the events of the Napoleonic War occupied a special place in his work. The history of St. Petersburg ballet in the 19th century was associated with the activities of Charles Didelot, Jules Perrot, and Arthur Saint-Léon. In 1869, the position of principal ballet master was entrusted to Marius Petipa, who markedly raised the professional standards of the company. The peak accomplishments of this famous choreographer were ballets staged in the period of his collaboration with the composers Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Alexander Glazunov—The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Raymonda. The talents of many generations of ballerinas have been revealed in these works—from Yekaterina Vyazem, Marina Semenova and Galina Ulanova to younger dancers who are just starting their careers at the Mariinsky Theatre. At the turn of the 19th century, the Mariinsky Ballet produced such great dancers as Anna Pavlova, Mathilde Kschessinska, Tamara Karsavina, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Olga Spesivtseva, Vaslav Nijinsky and Nikolai and Sergei Legat. Many of them brought glory to Russian ballet during the legendary Saisons russes in Paris which brought the pioneering works of Mikhail Fokine to Europe. The first years following the Russian Revolution ushered in difficult times for the Mariinsky Theatre. Almost all its leading artists abandoned the company. Nevertheless, the classical repertoire was retained during this period. In 1922 when Fyodor Lopukhov, a

daring innovator and a brilliant connoisseur of the past, became head of the company, its repertoire was enriched with new productions, in particular ballets dealing with contemporary life. Galina Ulanova, Alexei Yermolayev, Marina Semenova and Vakhtang Chabukiani all danced at the Mariinsky Theatre during that period. Ballet in the 1930s was largely influenced by dramatic theatre, and this was reflected in such productions as Rostislav Zakharov’s The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, Vakhtang Chabukiani’s The Heart of the Hills and Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. The 1960s saw Spartacus and Choreographic Miniatures by Leonid Yakobson being staged, as well as productions of The Stone Flower and The Legend of Love by Yuri Grigorovich and The Coast of Hope and The Leningrad Symphony by Igor Belsky—ballets which revived the traditions of symphonic dances. The success of these productions would obviously have been impossible without superb performers. During the period of the 1950s – 1970s, the company’s dancers included Irina Kolpakova, Natalia Makarova, Alla Osipenko, Irina Gensler, Alla Sizova, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Valery Panov and Yuri Soloviev. La Sylphide and Napoli by August Bournonville appeared in the repertoire towards the end of the 1970s, as did fragments of old choreography by Perrot, Saint-Léon and Coralli. Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart came to work with the company for some time. The present-day repertoire of the Mariinsky Ballet includes, along with Petipa’s legacy—Swan Lake, Raymonda, Le Corsaire, La Bayadére and The Sleeping Beauty—ballets staged by Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, Frederic Ashton, William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky, Angelin Preljocaj and Wayne McGregor. Since 2001 the Mariinsky Theatre has hosted the annual International Ballet Festival Mariinsky, its participants the greatest soloists from leading ballet companies from all over the globe.

THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA

The Mariinsky Orchestra is one of the oldest musical ensembles in Russia. It can trace its history back to the early 18th century and the development of the Court Instrumental Kapella. In the 19th century, an extremely important role in the emergence of the Mariinsky Orchestra was played by Eduard Napravnik, who directed it for over half a century. The excellence of the orchestra was recognised on numerous occasions by the world-class musicians who conducted it, among them Berlioz, Wagner, von Bülow, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Nikisch and Rachmaninoff. In Soviet times, the ensemble’s illustrious traditions were continued by conductors such as Vladimir Dranishnikov, Ariy Pazovsky, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Konstantin Simeonov and Yuri Temirkanov. The orchestra has had the honour of being the first to perform many operas and ballets by Tchaikovsky, operas by Glinka, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov and ballets by Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Asafiev. Since 1988, the orchestra has been directed by Valery Gergiev, a musician of the highest order and an outstanding figure in the music world. Maestro Gergiev’s arrival at the helm ushered in a new era of rapid expansion of the orchestra’s repertoire, which today includes every symphony by Beethoven, Mahler, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, requiems by Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms and Tishchenko and various works by composers such as Stravinsky, Messiaen, Dutilleux, Henze, Shchedrin, Gubaidulina, Kancheli and Karetnikov. The orchestra performs programs of symphony music at prestigious concert venues throughout the world.

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About the Artistic DirectorValery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev has been artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre since 1996. Following his tenure as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for nearly a decade, he will open his first season with the Munich Philharmonic in September 2015. He is also principal conductor of the World Orchestra for Peace. Valery Gergiev is the founder of many festivals not only in St. Petersburg, such as the “Stars of the White Nights” festival, the ballet festival “Mariinsky,” the “Mariinsky Piano Festival,” the “Moscow Easter Festival,” the Mikkeli Festival (Finland) and the Gergiev Festival (the Netherlands), to name just a few. Under his direction the Mariinsky Theatre’s opera and ballet repertoires have become richer and more diverse, now including a broad range of works from 18th to 20th century classics as well as music by contemporary composers. Thanks to Gergiev’s initiative and driving force, 2006 saw the opening of the Concert Hall, which with its unique stage as well as orchestra pit provides numerous possibilities for orchestra and staged performances. Renowned for its excellent acoustics, the Concert Hall has become the main venue for the recordings of the Mariinsky Label, founded by Valery Gergiev in 2009. To date, the label has released more than 25 recordings that received lavish praise from press and public alike, and winning many awards. The new stage of the Mariinsky Theatre (also referred to as Mariinsky II) was inaugurated in May 2013. Since then, more than 100 performances, concerts, lectures are presented monthly on the three stages and four chamber music halls of the Mariinsky complex. Maestro Gergiev has put great efforts into enhancing music education, not only by increasing music programs for young audiences, but also furthering young people’s

active participation; one example is the creation of the Children’s Chorus of Russia, founded in 2014. Valery Gergiev conducts at leading opera houses and with orchestras all over the world. His numerous awards and prizes include prestigious government decorations from Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Poland. He is co-chairman of the Organizational Committee of the International Tchaikovsky Competition and chairman of the All-Russian Choral Society.

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Yury Fateev Acting Director of the Mariinsky Ballet. Honoured Artist of Russia (2010). Born in Leningrad. Fateev graduated from the Leningrad Academic Vaganova Choreography School in 1982 and joined the Kirov (Mariinsky) Ballet the same year. His repertoire included the ballets Giselle, La Bayadère, Paquita, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Creation of the World, Le Carnaval, La Fille mal gardée, Knight in the Tiger’s Skin and Coppélia, among others. In 1996 he became a coach with the Mariinsky Ballet, and in this post he worked on Mariinsky Theatre premiere performances of ballets by George Balanchine, Roland Petit, John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon and José Antonio. He has been a guest coach with the Royal Ballet in London and Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre as well as teaching for the Swedish Royal Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet (USA) and the Danish Royal Ballet, where he staged a production of highlights from the ballet Le Corsaire. He was involved in the Kings of Dance project in Russia and the USA as well as the project Stiefel and Stars in the USA, where he staged highlights from classical ballets. Since 2008 he has been acting head of the Mariinsky Ballet.

Gavriel Heine Gavriel Heine is currently a resident conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia and music director of Northern Lights Festival Opera in Minnesota. Born in America and educated in Moscow and St. Petersburg, he was one of Ilya Musin’s last pupils at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and follows a long line of conductors who were deeply influenced by the legendary pedagogue. In 2007, Valery Gergiev invited Heine to make his debut at the Mariinsky Theatre, resulting in his appointment to the conducting roster. He is equally at home in symphonic, operatic and ballet repertoire, and has since led over 300 performances at the Mariinsky, where his repertoire includes the ballets The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylvia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Firebird, Rite of Spring, Apollo, La Spectre de la Rose, The Swan, Paquita, Jewels, Bambi/In the Jungle, Chopiniana, Scheherazade and Cinderella. He conducted on the most recent Mariinsky Ballet tour to the USA, leading performances of Swan Lake with the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra (BAM, New York) and Rite of Spring/ Spectre/The Swan/Paquita with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra (Kennedy Center, Washington DC). Heine conducted Apollo/A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the 2014 Mariinsky Ballet tour to London (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), led the Mariinsky Orchestra in concert at the Gergiev Festival in Mikkeli, Finland, and made his Bolshoi Theatre debut conducting the Mariinsky’s production of Bluebeard’s Castle during the Golden Mask festival in Moscow—all to great critical acclaim. As a guest conductor, Heine has appeared with the Sinfonieorchester Basel, La Verdi Orchestra of Milan, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra

of New Russia (Moscow), the State Academic Cappella Orchestra (St. Petersburg), Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Samara Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikkeli Chamber Orchestra (Finland), and has led rehearsals with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Heine is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory (cello performance), and studied conducting with Ilya Musin and Leonid Korchmar at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He has a master’s degree in conducting from Indiana University, Bloomington. He has taken part in master classes with Michael Morgan, Carl St.Clair and Colin Metters, including a televised masterclass with Valery Gergiev and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra at De Doelen in Rotterdam. He was chosen by the League of American Orchestras as one of six rising conductors to lead the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra at the 2013 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview in Jacksonville, FL. Upcoming events this season include conducting both the opening and closing performances of the XXIII Stars of the White Nights Festival at the Mariinsky Theatre (Swan Lake and Nutcracker, respectively) and leading a new production of The Merry Widow in July 2015 with Northern Lights Festival Opera.

About the Acting Director and Conductor

Gavriel HeineYury Fateev

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About the ArtistsTimur Askerov Recipient of the Spirit of Dance prize in the category “Rising Star” (2012), prize winner at the XII International Ballet Dancers’ and Choreographers’ Competition in Moscow (1st prize, 2013). Born in Baku (Azerbaijan). Graduated from the Baku School of Dance in 2008. The same year he joined the Azerbaijan State Academic Mirza Fatali Akhundov Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2009–2011 he worked at the National Academic Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine. Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2011. His repertoire includes Giselle (Count Albrecht), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried), La Bayadère (Solor), Don Quixote (Basilio), The Nutcracker (The Nutcracker Prince), The Legend of Love (Ferkhad) by Yuri Grigorovich, Alberto Alonso’s Carmen-Suite (Josè), George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) and Jewels (Diamonds), Marguerite and Armand (Armand) by Frederick Ashton. In April 2015 at the Bolshoi Theatre he performed the role of Ferkhad in the ballet The Legend of Love with choreography by Yuri Grigorovich.

Andrei Yermakov Born in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2005. His repertoire includes roles in such ballets as Le Corsaire (Conrad, Ali), La Bayadère (Solor), Giselle (Count Albrecht), Raymonda (Jean de Brienne), Swan Lake (von Rothbart), Don Quixote (Basilio), Michel Fokin’s ballet The Firebird (Ivan Tsarevich), Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Rostislav Zakharov’s The

Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav), Leonid Yakobson’s Shurale (Ali-Batyr) and Spartacus (Spartacus), Yuri Grigorovich’s The Legend of Love (Ferkhad), Alberto Alonso’s Carmen Suite (José, Torero), George Balanchine’s Serenade, Jewels (Emeralds, Diamonds), La Valse, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Alexei Ratmansky’s Anna Karenina (Count Vronsky) and Concerto DSCH, Wayne McGregor’s Infra. In April 2015 at the Bolshoi Theatre he performed the role of Ferkhad in the ballet The Legend of Love with choreography by Yuri Grigorovich.

Filipp Stepin Born in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2005 and joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company the same year; soloist since 2009. His repertoire includes a vast range of roles in classical ballets: Don Quixote (Basilio), Le Corsaire (Ali, Lankedem), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Dèsirè), La Sylphide (James), Giselle (Count Albrecht, Classical Duet), La Bayadère (Idol) and Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), William Forsythe’s Steptext and In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, ballets of Michel Fokine, Leonid Yakobson, George Balanchine, Frederic Ashton, Alexei Ratmansky, Benjamin Millepied and Wayne McGregor.

Konstantin Zverev Prize winner at the International Ballet Competition in Seoul in 2009. Joined the Mariinsky Ballet in 2005 after graduating from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. His repertoire includes roles in such ballets as Giselle (Count Albrecht, Hans), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, von Rothbart), Don Quixote (Basilio and Espada), Raymonda (Abderakhman), Le Réveil de Flore (Apollo), George Balanchine’s ballets Theme and Variations, Jewels (Diamonds, Emeralds), La Valse and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon, Pas de deux from Act II), Leonid Yakobson’s Shurale (Shurale), Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, Paris), Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Anna Karenina (Count Vronsky), Cinderella (the Prince) and Concerto DSCH, Alberto Alonso’s Carmen-Suite (José, Torero), In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated by William Forsythe and the ballets by Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander and Angelin Preljocaj.

Kristina Shapran Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2011 and was engaged as a soloist at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre. Her repertoire there included Giselle (Giselle), Don Quixote (Queen of the Dryads), La Bayadère (Nikia), La Sylphide (Sylph) and Coppelia (Swanilda) by Roland Petit. In 2014 was a Prima ballerina of the Mikhailovsky theatre, where her repertoire included Giselle (Giselle), La Bayadère (Nikia), Le Corsaire (Medora) and some ballets by Nacho Duato. Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2014. Her repertoire includes Giselle (Giselle), Le Corsaire (Medora), The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy), George

Timur Askerov

Andrei Yermakov

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Balanchine’s Apollo (Terpsichore) and Jewels (Diamonds), The Legend of Love (Shyrin) by Yuri Grigorovich, Angelin Preljocaj’s Le Parc, Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella (Cinderella) and Adagio Hammerklavier by Hans van Manen.

Viktoria Tereshkina Honoured Artist of Russia (2008). Prize winner at the Perm International Ballet Competition (2006). Recipient of the Spirit of Dance prize from Ballet magazine (2006) and the Golden Sofit, St. Petersburg’s theatre prize (2006). Recipient of the DANCE OPEN International ballet prize in the category “Miss Virtuosa” (2010). Born in Krasnoyarsk. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2001 and joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company where she is now a Prima ballerina. Her repertoire includes principal roles in all classical ballets that are performed at the Mariinsky Theatre: Giselle (Giselle), La Bayadère (Nikia), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile), Raymonda (Raymonda), The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora), Le Corsaire (Medora), Don Quixote (Kitri)) as well as ballets by Michel Fokine, Yuri Grigorovich, Harald Lander, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Frederic Ashton, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky, Angelin Preljocaj and Wayne McGregor. She was the first performer of the roles of the Queen of the Sea (Ondine with choreography by Pierre Lacotte, 2006) and the Tsar Maiden (The Little Humpbacked Horse with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, 2009). In 2014 she made her debut with ABT as Nikia in the ballet La Bayadère.

Anastasia Matvienko Prize winner at the Serge Lifar International Competition (Kiev, 2002) and the International Ballet and Choreography Competition (Moscow, 2005). Recipient of a prize and the press jury award at the International Ballet Competition in Varna (2004). Recipient of the DANCE OPEN International Ballet Prize (2011). Born in Sevastopol (Ukraine). Graduated from the Kiev State School of Dance. Soloist with the National Opera of Ukraine from 2001. Since 2007 to 2009 was a Prima ballerina with the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2009 where she performs both classical and contemporary repertoires. Her repertoire includes Giselle (Giselle), La Bayadère (Nikia, Gamzatti), The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile), Raymonda (Raymonda), Don Quixote (Kitri), Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana, George Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Scotch Symphony, Serenade, Apollo (Terpsichore), Jewels (Rubies) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta), Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets The Little Humpbacked Horse (Tsar Maiden), Cinderella (Cinderella), as well as the ballets by Jerome Robbins, Benjamin Millepied and Wayne McGregor.

Vladimir Shklyarov Prize winner at the Vaganova-Prix International Competition (St. Petersburg, 2002) and the International Ballet and Choreography Competition (Moscow, 2009). Recipient of prizes including the Spirit of Dance (2008), the Leonid Massine International Prize (Positano, 2008), the Zegna – Mariinsky New Talent Award (London, 2008) and DANCE OPEN international ballet prize in the category “Mr Vituoso” (2014). Born in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2003. Principal dancer since 2011. Performs lead roles in all of the theatre’s classical ballet repertoire (La Sylphide (James), Giselle (Count Albrecht), Le Corsaire (Ali), La Bayadère (Solor), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried), Raymonda (Jean de Brienne), Don Quixote (Basilio)) as well as ballets by George Balanchine, Harald Lander, Frederic Ashton, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor and Alexei Ratmansky. He was the first performer of the role Zéphyr (reconstruction of Marius Petipa’s ballet Le Réveil de Flore, 2007) and Harlequin (reconstruction of Michel Fokine’s ballet Le Carnaval, 2008). In 2012 at the Bolshoi Theatre he performed the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake. In 2014 he made his debut with ABT as Solor in the ballet La Bayadère, in 2015 at ABT he performed the role of Count Albrecht in Giselle.

Viktoria Tereshkina

Anastasia Matvienko Vladimir Shklyarov

Spartacus (Etruscans) and Shurale (Fiery Witch), George Balanchine’s Jewels (Rubies), Apollo (Polyhymnia) and Symphony in C (I. Allegro vivo, III. Allegro vivace), Alexei Ratmanskiy’s ballets Cinderella (Cinderella), Anna Karenina (Kitty) and Concerto DSCH, William Forsythe’s ballet In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated and Infra by Wayne McGregor.

Yuri Smekalov Prize winner at the XI International Ballet Dancers’ and Choreographers’ Competition, “Choreography” category (1st prize, Moscow, 2009). Recipient of St. Petersburg’s theatre prize the Golden Sofit in the category “Best Male Role in Ballet” for the lead role in Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet Le Parc (2011). Prize winner at the VII International Competition of Choreographers and Ballet Masters under the patronage of the International Dance Council CID-UNESCO in the category “Ballet Video” (1st prize, Novosibirsk, 2012). Born in Nizhny Tagil. In 1998 he graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. From 1998–2009 he was a soloist with the Boris Eifman St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre. Yuri Smekalov was invited to join the Mariinsky Theatre in 2009. At the Mariinsky Theatre his repertoire includes Don Quixote (Espada), Giselle (Hans), Swan Lake (von Rothbart), Raymonda (Abderakhman), Leonid Yakobson’s ballets Shurale (Ali-Batyr) and Spartacus (Spartacus, Harmodius) and lead roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Michel Fokine, Frederic Ashton, Angelin Preljocaj and Alexey Ratmansky.

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Oxana Skorik Recipient of Léonide Massine International Prize For the Art of Dance (Positano, Italy, 2014), the Spirit of Dance prize in the category “Rising Star” (2012), prize winner at the XII International Ballet Dancers’ and Choreographers’ Competition in Moscow (2nd prize, 2013). Born in Kharkov (Ukraine). Graduated from the Perm School of Dance in 2007. Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company the same year. Her repertoire includes La Sylphide (Sylph), Giselle (Giselle), La Bayadère (Nikia), The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile), Le Corsaire (Medora), Raymonda (Raymonda), Don Quixote (Kitri, Queen of the Dryads), The Nutcracker (Masha), Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana, George Balanchine’s ballets Serenade, Symphony in C, Jewels (Diamonds, Rubies), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Piano Concerto No 2, Ballet Imperial, Alexei Ratmansky’s Anna Karenina (Anna) as well as The Legend of Love (Mekhmeneh-Bahnu) by Yuri Grigorovich and Infra by Wayne McGregor.

Nadezhda Batoeva Recipient of the Hope of Russia prize (2008). Born in Neryungri. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2009. Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company the same year. Her repertoire includes Don Quixote (Kitri), Le Corsaire (Gulnare), The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine, the White Cat), Giselle (Classical Duet), Swan Lake (Friends of the Prince), La Bayadère (“Manu” dance, Indian Dance, Trio of Shades), Michel Fokin’s ballets Schéhérazade (Zobeide), Chopiniana and Le Carnaval (Columbine), Leonid Jakobson’s

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FIRST VIOLINS

Lyudmila Tchaikovskaya Stanislav IzmailovTatiana GarkushXenia YevtoshenkoAlexander ShirokovBoris VasilievAnna VinogradskayaLiana ZingarenkoMichael SchaffarczykYana YukhmanovaElizaveta Goldenberg

SECOND VIOLINS

Zumrad IlievaNina PirogovaAlexander BulovDmitry NeklyudovElena ShirokovaOlga SayenkoTatiana Lazarova

VIOLAS

Vladimir LitvinovYevgeny BarsovViktor ZakharovAndrei PetushkovOlga KlyuevaDmitry StarikovAlexei Titov

CELLOS

Alexander PonomarenkoDaniil BryskinKirill YevtushenkoNatalia BaikovaDmitry KirillovTatiana Kozhevnikova

DOUBLE BASSES

Vladimir ShostakDmitry PopovAlexander BelokonSergei Trafimovich

FLUTES

Denis LupachevEkaterina RostovskayaAglaya Schuplyakova

OBOES

Pavel KundyanokPavel TerentievViktor Ukhalin

CLARINETS

Vadim BondarenkoVasily ZhuchenkoVitaly Komissarov

BASSOONS

Arseny MakarovMiroslav Romanchak

FRENCH HORNS

Igor ProkofievAlexei PozinAlexei TsesNikita Vzyatishev

TRUMPETS

Gennady NikonovVasily KanAlexei Nikoforov

TROMBONES

Andrei SmirnovFedor ArkhipovVladimir Polevin

TUBA

Yevgeny Borodavko

PERCUSSIONS

Arseny ShuplyakovAlexander NovikovYury AlekseevNikolay KhotinDaniil Ivanov

HARP

Elena Klass

CARPENTER

Alexander Pyshkin

BALLET MASTERSRedzhep AbdyevNina Ukhova Gabriella Komleva BALLET TEACHERSLyubov Kunakova Igor PetrovElvira TarasovaElena EvteevaVictor BaranovElena VorontsovaDmitriy KorneevMargarita Kullik

ASSISTANTS TO BALLET DIRECTORSergey Proskuryakov STAGE MANAGERDenis Firsov

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERElena Serapina FEMALE CORPS DE BALLET COORDINATORNadezhda Demakova MALE CORPS DE BALLET COORDINATORSoslan Kulaev

PIANISTSAlexandra ZhilinaElena Sinitsyna MASSEURSZoya KharlanovaIgor Maximov

Mariinsky Orchestra

The Mariinsky Ballet Administration and StaffYury Fateev, Acting Director of the Ballet

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Mariinsky Production Team:Production Manager: Dmitry Baskakov

Carpenters: Vitaly Obukhov, Eduard Pinchuk, Vladimir Egorov, Nikolay Malyavin, Vladimir Smirnov

Lighting Supervisor: Alexander Naumov

Electricians: Vladimir Zamaraev, Ivan Bodrov

Props: Semen Asaturian, Nikolay Voluzhev

Mechanic: Alexey Golynchik

Women’s Wardrobe: Tatiana Sukhodolets, Natalia Chubachina, Yulia Belyaeva

Men’s Wardrobe: Elena Petrova, Nadezhda Vasileva, Anna Moskvina, Daria Iakovleva

Women’s Make-up: Elena Kipirina, Tatiana Mezentseva

Men’s Make-up: Natalia Borisova, Vladimir Mikhaylov

Staff for Ardani Artists Management:Sergei Danilian, President & CEO

Gaia Danilian, Vice-President

Andrey Gonyaev, Tour Manager

Michael Vool, Production Manager

Alexander Shargorodsky, Assistant to Production

Laura Aswad, Legal Services

Beth Shvarts, Accountant

Travel, Cargo: Road Rebel, MOSCO, OOCL, Clark Transfers

Music instruments provided by LA Percussions

Staff