“Classics on Dvortsovaya. Hvorostovsky and other world opera stars will sing at the palace. Because of the holiday, Nevsky Prospect, embankments and bridges in the city center will be blocked
The sheet music for the show “Classics on Dvortsovaya” weighs about 25 kilograms, preparations for which are already underway on the main square of St. Petersburg. The traditional celebration of classical art in honor of City Day will take place on May 27 and, according to organizers’ forecasts, will attract over half a million spectators. This year, the works performed include well-known, but not formulaic classics. The concert starts at 21.00. Free admission.
The program is designed so as not to repeat itself (the project will be six years old) or the “protocol” of most opera concerts. Light and spectacular arias, duets (and even quartets) from operas by Rossini, Verdi, Saint-Saëns, Leoncavallo, Offenbach, Puccini and operettas by Kalman, Lehar, Lecoq, sunny Neapolitan songs and unexpected hits will be performed by outstanding opera stars of our time - for some Of these, this will be the first St. Petersburg open-air.
The owner of a unique soprano, a person of peace and simply a beauty Sonya Yoncheva I have already performed in St. Petersburg, but not in an open area. It is called the best La Traviata since Maria Callas, but its repertoire is incredibly wide: from refined baroque to jazz and even rock compositions.
St. Petersburg debut awaits the American opera diva Danielle De Niese. Having received an Emmy, the main US television award, at the age of 16 for her performance on the stage of the Los Angeles Opera, she never ceases to amaze the public with daring experiments: in parallel with conquering the world's leading opera stages, she writes soundtracks for Ridley Scott's films, tries herself in various genres of performing arts , such as hip-hop, for example.
World opera stars and good friends will open their performance in the Classics on Dvortsovaya with the temperamental duet of Don Carlos and Rodrigo from Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlos. Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Marcelo Alvarez. Dmitry needs no introduction, and about Marcelo it is enough to say that he built a career as an opera singer in three years and almost from scratch, leaving the family furniture business, to which he devoted 10 years of his life. All this time, singing was just a hobby, but at some point he realized that he would either take operatic vocals seriously, or fate would pass him by. Today Marcelo Alvarez is one of the top 5 tenors of our time.
The Russian opera representation will include tenors unique in timbre and beauty - the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Alexey Tatarintsev and Mariinsky Theater Sergey Skorokhodov, fiery soprano Veronica Dzhioeva and deep expressive mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina.
According to tradition, music on Dvortsovaya will only be played live - performed by Symphony Orchestra of the Mikhailovsky Theater conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov.
The dance line of the evening will be created by masters of Spanish flamenco - a team of world-famous dancers Ursula Lopez, and the legendary St. Petersburg dance group TODES. Both one and the other have to fit their skills into musical content that is unusual for them - they stage numbers specifically for “Classics on Dvortsovaya”.
Undoubtedly, “Classics on Dvortsovaya” should give the impression of a holistic enchanting holiday with an internally constructed dramaturgy, consonant with musical emotion and movement, says the project director Ekaterina Galanova. - But in order for the picture to come together, the viewer should not get bored for a minute! Each individual performance should turn into a mini-performance - with a plot, with the main characters, with its own dance pattern, with a certain set of images, with atmosphere and mood... This year we are installing video projection screens on the stage on which video content will be broadcast. There is one for each number. The video content was prepared by Dance Open's long-time partners - St. Petersburg and French specialists. I admit honestly, what St. Petersburg residents and guests of the city will see will be the result of a painful creative search and careful selection of artifact details from the creators of the best 3D shows in Europe, as well as in St. Petersburg and Moscow. There are 29 numbers in the concert; 3-4 sketches were created for each of them. Believe me, this is terabytes of work. In the conditions of the White Nights, we, of course, do not promise 3D video, but we guarantee unprecedented entertainment.”
Here are some interesting numbers:
More than 100 concert ball gowns will be worn by participants of the upcoming open-air. If translated into numbers, this is a kilometer of fabric, over 800 meters of flounces, 97 meters of crinoline ribbon and 72 meters of finishing braid. The gilded chandelier, which has become a symbol of the project, will be raised on May 25 in the morning. Its diameter, taking into account all the hanging structures, is almost four meters. It is assembled from 32 small chandeliers and 2,500 crystal pendants; the assembly is carried out by four people and takes almost a whole working day. The total weight of the chandelier is 620 kg. Total power consumption - 8 kW. Wiring to connect all 200 lamps takes 7 days.
The project will take place on the initiative of the Government of St. Petersburg with the support of the Culture Committee.
According to legend, exactly 315 years ago, Peter the Great stamped his foot and ordered the construction of a city in the Neva delta. Many were hostile to his idea and did not believe that it would be possible to open a window to Europe on the marshy lands near the Gulf of Finland. But the emperor proved the opposite, and for several centuries St. Petersburg has delighted millions of people from all over the world.
When is City Day celebrated?
City Day in the Northern capital is celebrated every year on May 27, but a number of events dedicated to the solemn date will take place the day before. That is, we will have two whole free days when we can walk, enjoy the sun and the approaching summer.
Where to go on holidays?
By the end of May, the trees in St. Petersburg are already green, fountains are working, and festive decorations are visible everywhere. Even just walking the streets these days is a real pleasure. But it’s better not to limit yourself to a simple promenade, because there will be so many interesting things happening around!
Retro transport parade
If suddenly on Nevsky you see buses, trolleybuses and cars from the past, don’t be surprised - this is. On May 26, a column of rare cars will begin its triumphal journey along the central streets and avenues. Keep your camera ready, or even better, come after 15:00 to Inzhenernaya Street, where there will be a stop. Everyone will be able to look into the salon and take unusual pictures.
On May 27 at 12:00 it will start from all over Russia. A bright flash mob will take place, in which singer IOWA and the dance group “Edelweiss” will take part. Also on holidays, a ship parade, a masquerade procession and a circus arts festival are planned.
Show "Singing Bridges"
When it gets dark, you can move closer to the water. On the night of May 27, the “Singing Bridges” show will be launched in St. Petersburg for the third time. It is expected that this year the crossings will be conducted to the music of Isaac Schwartz, a composer whose fame was brought to him by the melodies for the films “White Sun of the Desert,” “Star of Captivating Happiness,” and “The Brothers Karamazov.”
In honor of the Day, the city will be celebrated not with a recording, as is usually done, but with the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra.
Laying flowers to the Bronze Horseman
The holiday will be officially opened by the ceremony. Usually, the city's top officials and an honor guard participate in it, and ordinary citizens can only see the broadcast. But this year they want to open access to the Bronze Horseman to everyone, so be on Senate Square by 10:00.
Concert in the Peter and Paul Fortress
On May 27 at 12:00 a ceremonial shot will be fired from the bastion. It will symbolically open the festival, which will be held on the territory of Hare Island for the first time in recent years and will surprise the audience from the very first minutes. A costume show dedicated to the history of St. Petersburg will unfold on the stage in the form of a “Zenith plane”. He will be followed by Igor Kornelyuk and Tatyana Bulanova, and the headliners of the concert will be Irakli, the Pizza group and the disco tribe IOWA. The concert starts at 13:00, but you can come earlier - you won’t be bored.
Ice cream festival
Well, what would a holiday be without food! Come and eat ice cream on Saturday. At the festival you can try dozens of types of ice treats from different manufacturers, as well as take part in competitions, listen to music and just have a good time.
Show “Classics on Dvortsovaya”
Towards the end of the first day, the action will move to . In this beautiful open-air hall there will be a grand show for all residents and guests of St. Petersburg - “Classics on Palace Square”. The project involves stars of the Russian and world opera stage, ballet dancers, famous musicians and composers.
The concert starts at 21:00, admission is free.
Festive fireworks
The two anniversary days for St. Petersburg will end with a fireworks display. The first salvos will be fired at 23:00. An hour later, the torches of the Rostral Columns will light up.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 27 – RIA Novosti. A public concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya", a ball of nationalities, excursions, a Great Bicycle Parade and an ice cream festival await residents and guests of St. Petersburg during the celebration of the 314th anniversary of its founding.
On May 27, St. Petersburg will celebrate another date since its founding: on this day, 314 years ago, Peter I founded the fortress, which he named in honor of the Holy Apostle Peter.
Ball, cannon shot and knitted carriage
Official festive events will begin at 10.00 with the laying of flowers at the Bronze Horseman on Senate Square. Then the celebrations will continue on the Sovereign Bastion near the Memorial Sign in honor of the founding of St. Petersburg - the midday shot of the cannon of the Peter and Paul Fortress will sound.
Also on Saturday, the traditional Ball of Nationalities will take place, in which representatives of national cultural associations, societies, autonomies and communities, national youth associations and creative groups of St. Petersburg will take part. At 13.00, a festive column of representatives of multinational St. Petersburg will begin moving along Nevsky Prospect to Birzhevaya Square. Then a concert and entertainment program will begin on the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island: songs and dances, playing national musical instruments, ethnic exhibitions, master classes on national crafts and calligraphy, as well as photo shoots in ethnic style. Residents and guests will be able to get acquainted with the traditional culture of the peoples of Central and Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Baltic states, Central Russia and Siberia.
Fountains will be launched in the Summer Garden to coincide with City Day. The festive program “For you, St. Petersburg!” will also take place here. with the participation of popular artists and groups of the Northern capital.
On this day, the State Museum of Urban Sculpture organizes excursions to places associated with the activities of the city’s outstanding architects, “The Creators of St. Petersburg.” And a three-meter knitted carriage will appear on St. Isaac's Square. This gift was created by the Mitten Museum. The prototype of the fairy-tale carriage was the Great Coronation Carriage from the Hermitage collection.
The XXII Ice Cream Festival will be held on Ostrovsky Square. St. Petersburg residents and city guests will be able to try more than 50 types of their favorite delicacy. Guests of the ice cream festival will enjoy a rich concert and entertainment program with the participation of musical performers, adult and children's vocal and dance groups. According to tradition, the best Soviet and Russian cartoons will be shown throughout the day at the established "Cartoon Theater".
Classic on the palace
On Saturday evening there will be a concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya". The evening program will feature works by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, Gounod, Kalman, accompanied by the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov. They will be performed by the world-famous Dmitry Hvorostovsky, as well as world-famous performers who have not previously performed at the St. Petersburg open-air: one of the leading tenors Marcelo Alvarez, Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), and the owner of the lyric soprano Danielle De Niese. Also performing on Palace Square will be guest soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters Veronika Dzhioeva, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Alexey Tatarintsev, soloists of the Mariinsky Theater Sergei Skorokhodov and Yulia Matochkina.
This year, “Classics on Dvortsovaya” will surprise you with even greater entertainment. Spectators will be able to clearly see what is happening on stage thanks to five large screens installed on the square. “Flowers will bloom on the stage and dryads will dance, and after a few moments it will be transformed, and the artists will find themselves in the sun-drenched square of the ancient Spanish city... Numerous mirrors, erasing the horizons of virtual spaces, will create the effect of infinity of cultural and historical allusions appearing and disappearing against the backdrop of the architectural the dominant feature is the baroque façade of the Winter Palace,” the organizers note.
The program of the classical evening also includes fragments from choreographic masterpieces. The evening will be given a special, truly St. Petersburg atmosphere by the performances of the artists of the Theater "Mr. Pejot's Wandering Dolls".
Plein air and big bike parade
An open plein air “I am painting St. Petersburg” will take place in the Summer Garden on Sunday. There will be 300 easels on the central alley of the garden, where everyone can express themselves and creatively confess their love for the city. The creative process will be supervised by professional artists. As a source of inspiration, participants in the plein air will be offered reproductions of views of St. Petersburg from the collection of the Russian Museum.
Also on May 28, as part of the celebration of the Foundation Day of the Northern Capital, those who wish will be able to take part in the “Great Bicycle Parade”. It starts at 12.00 near the building of the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall and finishes in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.
AdvertisingThis year St. Petersburg celebrates the 315th anniversary of its founding. The main celebrations are planned for the weekend of May 26 and 27. According to legend, exactly 315 years ago, Peter the Great stamped his foot and ordered the construction of a city in the Neva delta. Many were hostile to his idea and did not believe that it would be possible to open a window to Europe on the marshy lands near the Gulf of Finland. But the emperor proved the opposite, and for several centuries St. Petersburg has delighted millions of people from all over the world.
For several days, St. Petersburg residents and guests of the Northern capital will be able to attend festive events in the historical center of the city, which will take place in the best theater and concert halls, on the streets, in parks and squares.
City Day of St. Petersburg 2018 May 26: event plan
Festival "Motostolitsa"
The second international festival “Motostolitsa” will be held from May 25 to 27 on Manezhnaya Square. It brings together motorcyclists of all genres, representatives of club motorcycle culture, guests of the Northern capital and ordinary citizens who are in love with motorcycles.
As part of the festival, spectators will see performances, a grand parade of retro technology and a unique attraction “Ball of Courage”. For the first time this year, the music and dance battle StreetDance and the RHCcustom-rally “Russian Sotka” engine show will be held.
Where: Manezhnaya Square
Ice cream festival
One of the central squares of the city will turn into a large sports and entertainment ice cream park. The festival will include a sports competition, a festive concert and entertainment program, in which vocal and dance groups, as well as circus performers, will take part. A special interactive program will be organized for children.
Where: Ostrovsky Square
"Classics on Dvortsovaya"
The gala concert “Classics on Dvortsovaya” has become an integral part of the City Day celebrations; the show annually surprises guests with its uniqueness. This year it will be held for the sixth time.
Famous representatives of the Russian opera school will perform on the stage near the Winter Palace. Those who come to Palace Square will be able to enjoy the grandeur of classical works, the charm of ancient Neapolitan songs and famous operettas.
Where: Palace Square
"Singing Bridges"
Half an hour before midnight, a light and music performance accompanied by a symphony orchestra will begin on Admiralteyskaya Embankment. The musicians will perform popular and beloved melodies by St. Petersburg and Leningrad composers.
Where: Admiralteyskaya Embankment, Palace Bridge, Neva Water Area
Rope walker performance
A tightrope walker will walk over the open spans of the Palace Bridge
This time, the “Singing Bridges” show program will not be limited to just the opening of the crossing. Rasul Abakarov, a famous hereditary tightrope walker, a representative of the family of Dagestan tightrope walkers, will walk on a tightrope across the raised Palace Bridge. The artist's performance will be accompanied by live classical music.
Where: Palace Bridge
Laying flowers to the Bronze Horseman
From year to year, the official part of the holiday remains unchanged. The ceremony of laying flowers at the Bronze Horseman, installed on Senate Square, will begin at 10:00. The event is attended by the city's top officials and an honor guard.
Where: Senate Square
Concert in the Peter and Paul Fortress
At 12:00 a ceremonial shot will be fired from the bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress. He will symbolically open the holiday, which will take place on the territory of Hare Island.
A costume show dedicated to the history of St. Petersburg will take place on stage. He will be followed by Igor Kornelyuk and Tatyana Bulanova, and the headliners of the concert will be Irakli, the Pizza group and the disco tribe IOWA.
Where: Peter and Paul Fortress
Great bike parade
Several thousand St. Petersburg residents and city guests will take part in the large-scale bicycle parade. At the finish line, cyclists will enjoy interactive entertainment and children's competitions.
The event will include a bicycle market and an exhibition of retro and custom bicycles. Free bicycle workshops, test drives of unusual bicycles, and outdoor games will be organized for guests.
Where: from the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the 300th Anniversary Park
Ball of Nationalities
The Ball of Nationalities annually confirms the status of St. Petersburg as the multinational capital of Russia. The festive event will begin with the Parade of Nationalities along Nevsky Prospekt. A theatrical program will unfold in the waters of the Neva with the participation of representatives of various national diasporas.
The program includes folk dancing, displays of clothing collections, arts and crafts, playing musical instruments, as well as master classes on national crafts.
Carnival procession of the circus arts festival
The Circus on Fontanka told about the route of elephants that will take to the streets on St. Petersburg’s birthday
The largest circus arts festival will take place from May 24 to 27. Circus performers from 20 countries will demonstrate their amazing performances: Russia, China, North Korea, Germany, Italy, Norway and other parts of the world.
Famous circus performers, trained animals, including the famous circus elephants, will take part in the carnival procession through the city center on May 27.
Where: Embankment of the Fontanka River near Belinsky Square - Nevsky Prospekt
Parade of drummers and brass bands
The most titled groups and orchestras of drummers, percussionists and majorette orchestras from 40 Russian regions will show their capabilities on the main street of St. Petersburg.
At the end of the show parade, a new record will be set in the category “The most massive simultaneous performance of percussion instruments in Russia.” The musicians will simultaneously play a composition that was specially written for this festive event.
In addition, at the end of the parade, participants and spectators will create a live hashtag #315SPb in a large-scale festive flash mob.
Where: Ostrovsky Square - Nevsky Prospekt
Descent of the battleship "Poltava"
A replica of the battleship Poltava will be ceremoniously launched at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Admission is by ticket, the number of spectator seats is limited, but an online broadcast will be organized on the websites of the yacht club and the historical Poltava shipyard.
The ship "Poltava" is the first battleship of the Baltic Fleet. The ship was named in honor of the victory of Russian troops in the Battle of Poltava. Poltava was built at the Admiralty shipyards and launched in June 1712. Peter I personally took part in the design and construction of the ship. Construction of a replica of the battleship Poltava began in 2013.
Where: st. Beregovaya 19A
"Leningrad Songs"
The “Leningrad Songs” concert at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall is also timed to coincide with City Day. Mikhail Boyarsky, Vasily Gerello, Methodie Buzhor, Irina Bogacheva, Svetlana Kryuchkova, VIA “Singing Guitars”, Igor Kornelyuk, Edita Piekha, Oleg Gazmanov, Alexander Rosenbaum and others will appear on stage.
Where: Oktyabrsky Concert Hall
Festive fireworks
At the end of the City Day celebrations, the sky over the historical center of St. Petersburg will be lit up with colorful fireworks. The launch site will be the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Where: Peter and Paul Fortress beach
The most significant events - the "Classics on Palace Square" concert, the "Singing Bridges" show, the ceremony at the monument to Peter I, the "Leningrad Songs" concert and the festive fireworks - will be shown live on the St. Petersburg TV channel.
City Day of St. Petersburg 2018 May 26: On City Day, elephants will walk through the center of St. Petersburg
The costume parade will begin at 12:00.
On Sunday, May 27, a circus parade will take place in St. Petersburg. Its participants, together with elephants, will walk along the central streets of St. Petersburg. This was reported by the press service of the Ciniselli Circus.
Four female elephants will take part in the parade. The costume procession starts at 12:00 from the Ciniselli Circus building on Fontanka. The column will pass along the Belinsky Bridge, the embankment of the Fontanka River, along Nevsky Prospect to Mikhailovskaya Street, and then through Arts Square will return to the circus building.
The parade will conclude the 1st International Festival of Circus Arts “On the Fontanka”. It will take place from May 24 to 27, 2018. The festival is timed to coincide with City Day and the anniversary, 140th season of the circus. Creative groups from Russia, China, North Korea, Ukraine, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and Turkmenistan will perform at the arena.
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The main events in St. Petersburg in honor of City Day will be held on May 27, 2016. For one evening in honor of City Day, Palace Square will turn into an improvised ceremonial hall. The stage will be decorated with luxurious decorations: a wide staircase with a gilded forged lattice and candelabra, as well as a magnificent colonnade.
The main attribute of the interior - a central chandelier of 200 lamps - will emphasize the beauty of the facade of the Winter Palace. The diameter of the chandelier frame is 2.5 m, the total weight is 620 kg. It consists of 32 small chandeliers, 2500 crystal pendants. It took four people to assemble the chandelier and they worked for about six hours.
On May 27, City Day in St. Petersburg at 21.00, at the gala concert “Classics on Dvortsovaya”, Russian and world opera stars will perform for the citizens and guests of the Northern capital, accompanied by the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra. The headliner of the evening will be the brilliant Anna Netrebko.
“Each performance is a mini-performance with the participation of artists and dancers. And the Hermitage in this concert will be the main character,” Ekaterina Galanova, author of the project and director of the show “Classics on Palace Square,” told Metro.
Gardeners also planted 2 million flowers for City Day in St. Petersburg, reports the Improvement Committee. This volume of planting was achieved thanks to the warm and sunny May.
Peter and Paul Fortress will be captured by the Vikings Festival “Legends of the Norwegian Vikings”
Time. May 27–29, opening at 16.40
Place. Peter-Pavel's Fortress
For all days of the festival, Peter and Paul Fortress will turn into a medieval Viking settlement. The event will be attended by more than 300 reenactors from the best military history clubs of this era from all over Russia. For the second time in a row, Vikings from Norway will come to St. Petersburg - from the Lofotr Museum, which is located on the Lofoten Islands in the north of the country. This is one of the most famous Viking museums in the world.
There will be a changing of the guard at the fortress
Divorce of the guard of honor
Time. May 28 at 11.55
Place. Naryshkin bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress
The first guard of honor ceremony of the year will take place on Saturday. From now on it will be held on Saturdays until the beginning of November. It involves the personnel of the 165th Separate Rifle Honor Guard Company and the orchestra of the headquarters of the Leningrad Military District. As part of the ceremony, there will be a parade ground, the removal of the flag of the Russian Federation and the flag of St. Petersburg and, of course, the traditional midday shot from a signal gun on the Naryshkin Bastion.
The townspeople are called for dessert
Ice cream festival
Time. May 28, 11.00–21.00
Place. Ostrovsky Square
The 21st Ice Cream Festival will delight visitors with more than 50 types of this delicacy. In addition, the Teremok home-cooking restaurant chain will bake a giant-sized pancake cake with banana and chocolate filling for St. Petersburg residents. It will weigh more than 400 kg and will be about 1.5 m in diameter.
Eight pancake bakers will create it online. Spectators will be invited to take part in a charity auction for the right to taste the first piece of pancake.
Dogs will walk along the catwalk
Dachshund parade
Time. May 28 at 12.00
Place. Garden of the Academy of Arts on Vasilyevsky Island
More than 100 dachshunds, together with their owners, will walk along a special 24-meter-long podium. The dachshunds will demonstrate amazing carnival costumes, which the owners began to sew several months ago. Viewers will see Star Wars characters, a boxer, a ballerina, and the Little Prince. The special guest is the dog Jose from the first charity animated series “Flying Animals”. The famous TV presenter Anna Fradkina will act as an expert in the costume competition.
Nevsky will be given to cyclists
Great Bike Parade and Parade of Literary Heroes
Time. May 29 at 12.00
Place. From the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg, stage on Malaya Sadovaya Street
The event is timed to coincide with the emergence of the Single Day of Bicycle Parades in Russia, which will now be celebrated throughout the country every last Sunday of May. The total length of the route in St. Petersburg will be 16 km. The bicycle parade will also take place along Nevsky Prospekt.
The parade of literary heroes will take place as part of the St. Petersburg International Book Salon. It is organized by the Juventa Theater.
