Mariinsky Orchestra
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The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra. The orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in Russia. In 1935 Joseph Stalin changed its name (and that of the Ballet) to the Kirov, after Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Communist Party in Leningrad, whose 1934 murder by his regime Stalin was attempting to wh…
Also known as
Kirov Orchestra
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Known For
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'The Nutcracker - Ballet in three acts with an epilogue' 2012 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg
2012 · Movie
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
2007 · Movie
Boris Godunov
1990 · Movie
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
2015 · Movie
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
2016 · Movie
The Golden Cockerel
2014 · Movie
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - Gergiev
2011 · Movie
Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of Spring
2009 · Movie
Tchaikovsky: Simphonies 4,5 & 6 - Valery Gergiev
2011 · Movie
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
2002 · Movie
Attila
2010 · Movie
Dimitri Shostakovitch - Concerto for violin and Orchestra No.2, Symphony No.7 'Leningrad'
— · Movie