Gala d'ouverture du Theatre Mariinski II in St.Petersburg (cond. V.Gergiev) [HDTV 720p]

Grand gala opening of the new Mariinsky II Theatre in Saint Petersburg, broadcasted live on May 2, 2013. Includes works for orchestra, opera arias and ballet excerps by Stravinsky, Bizet, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Mussorgsky, Wagner, Gounod and Tchaikovsky, to name a few, performed by the best artists of Riussian Federation and world stars. Introductory speech by V.V. Putin.

Tracklist:
1. Introductory speech by the president
2. Overture from "Romeo and Juliet", Prokofiev
3. Scene from "Bayaderka" (La Bayadère), Minkus
4. Bach, Guno – "Ave Maria"
5. Aria "La calunnia" from "Seville Barber", Rossini
6. Fantasy on Figaro's Cavantina from "Seville Barber" (arr. for piano by Ginzburg)
7. Scene from Mussorgsky – "Boris Godunov"
8. Tchaikovsky, Neumeier – "Pavlova and Chechetti"
9. Scene from ballet "Etudes", Tchaikovsky
10. Scene "Les tringles des sistres tintaient…" from "Carmen", Bizet
11. Habanera from ballet "Carmen Suite", Bizet
12. Aria "Who can compare with my Matilda?" from "Iolanta", Tchaikovsky
13. "Death of the Swan" from "Swan Lake", Saint-Saens
14. "Hey, Ukhnem!" ("Song of the Volga Boatmen"), trad.
15. Acene from ballet "The Rite of Spring", Stravinsky
16. "Le veau d'or est toujours debout" from "Faust", Gounod
17. "Ah! a tal colpo inaspettato…" from "The Journey to Reims", Rossini
18. "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" from "Samson and Delilah", Saint-Saens
19. "Leda and the Swan", Bach, Petit
20. "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" from "Die Walkure", Wagner
21. "Jewels" "Diamonds", Tchaikovsky, Balanchine
22. "Nel di della vittoria… Or tutti sorgete" from "Macbeth", Verdi
23. Aria from "La ci darem la mano" from "Don Giovanni", Mozart
24. Final scene from "Iolanta", Tchaikovsky

Artists:
* Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Ballet & Chorus,
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
* Anna Netrebko (soprano),
Olag Borodina (mezz-soprano),
Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano),
Sergei Semishkur (tenor),
Plácido Domingo (baritone),
Alexei Markov (baritone),
Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone),
Ildar Abdrakazov (bass),
René Pape (bass),
Mikhail Petrenko (bass)
* Debis Matsuerv (piano),
Leonidas Kavakos (violin),
Yuri Bashmet (viola)
* Vasily Barkhatov (Stage Director)