The Mariinsky Theatre officially opened the doors to Mariinsky II, its new state-of-the-art opera house in St Petersburg on May 2. The company, led by artistic and general director Valery Gergiev, ...

John Fraser on the drama behind Canadian architect Jack Diamond’s St. Petersburg masterpiece Watching the Toronto architect Jack Diamond deal with the final details of his remarkable new opera ...

desire to show that Russia no longer lags behind the West. Mariinsky II is a world away from the original Mariinsky Theatre, which was sumptuously decorated in gold and red. Built in 1860, the pastel ...

It has been variously described as a sleek piece of modernism or an ugly shopping center, but whatever Russians think of the exterior of St Petersburg's new Mariinsky Theatre, some of them may have ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the world of international opera, Russian houses do better than others in maintaining an edge in native ...

The new stage of the Mariinsky Theater opened in St. Petersburg on Thursday with a gala concert, RIA Novosti reports. The star-studded opening was conducted Valery Gergiev, the worldwide renowned ...

Under Valery Gergiev’s leadership, the Mariinsky has emerged from the post-Soviet crisis to become a cultural icon once again. They face off across St. Petersburg’s Kryukov Canal, the twin peaks of ...

The concentration of plain-clothed policemen as we approached Theatre Square in St Petersburg was an indication that something was afoot. On the roof, an army sniper peered through binoculars, rifle ...

Designed by Jack Diamond of the Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, the new 851,575-square-foot, seven-story building expands the institution’s campus in the historic heart of the city: the ...