Ballet dancers of the Mariinsky Theater in the scene "The Kingdom of Shadows" from Ludwig Minkus's ballet La Bayadere, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461578
Viewers at the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461577
Pianist Denis Matsuyev, left, and opera singer Ildar Abdrazakov, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461576
Pianist Denis Matsuyev performs a fantasy for the piano based on Figaro's Cavatina from Gioachino Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville", at the gala concert marking the opening of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's new stage in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461575
Pianist Denis Matsuyev, center, performs a fantasy for the piano based on Figaro's Cavatina from Gioachino Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville", at the gala concert marking the opening of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's new stage in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461574
The Coronation scene from Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461573
The Coronation scene from Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461572
Sergei Semishkur in the Coronation scene from Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461571
Ballet dancers Ulyana Lopatkina and Viktor Baranov, rigth, perform choreographic miniature "Pavlova and Cecchetti" by composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461570
Ballet dancers Ulyana Lopatkina and Viktor Baranov perform choreographic miniature "Pavlova and Cecchetti" by composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461569
Ballet dancers Ulyana Lopatkina and Viktor Baranov, rigth, perform choreographic miniature "Pavlova and Cecchetti" by composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461568
Singer Yekaterina Semenchuk, center, and students of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, during a scene change at the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461567
Diana Vishneva, center, performs the habanera from the ballet Carmen Suite, by composers Georges Bizet and Rodion Schedrin, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461566
Diana Vishneva performs the habanera from the ballet Carmen Suite, by composers Georges Bizet and Rodion Schedrin, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461565
Diana Vishneva performs the habanera from the ballet Carmen Suite, by composers Georges Bizet and Rodion Schedrin, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461564
Ballet dancer Yekaterina Kondaurova in choreographic miniature "The Swan", composed by Camille Saint-Saens, and Yuri Bashmet, conductor of the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461563
Ballet dancer Yekaterina Kondaurova performs choreographic miniature "The Swan", composed by Camille Saint-Saens, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461562
Ballet dancer Yekaterina Kondaurova in choreographic miniature "The Swan", composed by Camille Saint-Saens, and Yuri Bashmet, conductor of the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461561
Opera singer Mikhail Petrenko, foreground, performs a Russian folk song at the gala concert marking the opening of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater's new stage in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461560
A scene from Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461559
German opera singer Rene Pape, foreground, performs the Mephisto's aria from Charles Gounod's opera Faust, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461558
A scene from Gioachino Rossini's opera The Journey to Reims, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461557
A scene from Gioachino Rossini's opera The Journey to Reims, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461556
Singer Yekaterina Semenchuk performs the Delilah's aria from Camille Saint-Saens's opera Samson and Delilah, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461555
Ballet dancers Alexander Sergeyev and Olga Yesina perform choreographic miniature "Leda and the Swan", composed by J. S. Bach, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461554
Ballet dancers Alexander Sergeyev and Olga Yesina perform choreographic miniature "Leda and the Swan", composed by J. S. Bach, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461553
Ballet dancers Alexander Sergeyev and Olga Yesina perform choreographic miniature "Leda and the Swan", composed by J. S. Bach, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461552
Singer Placido Domingo performs the Siegmund's aria from Richard Wagner's opera The Valkyrie, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461551
Singer Placido Domingo performs the Siegmund's aria from Richard Wagner's opera The Valkyrie, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461550
Singer Anna Netrebko performs the Lady Macbeth's cavatina from opera Lady Macbeth, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461549
Singer Anna Netrebko performs the Lady Macbeth's cavatina from opera Lady Macbeth, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461548
Singer Anna Netrebko performs the Lady Macbeth's cavatina from opera Lady Macbeth, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461547
Singer Anna Netrebko, center, performs the part of Donna Anna from opera Don Giovanni, during the gala concert dedicated to the opening of the new stage at the State Academic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.01.05.2013#1461546
