According to him, the theatre was badly damaged by the raging virus.
– the Budget of the Mariinsky theatre is 3 billion rubles from the sale of tickets a year, touring overseas, for 1 billion rubles a year. Five thousand people, we are faced with the incredible force of a blow to the “health” of the theater, – said Valery Gergiev, speaking through the online forum “#KULTURNOM – the New reality”.
however, Valery Gergiev noted that there is in all this the positive side: and the artists, and he himself had a huge amount of time to the maximum is used to work on a new program. It’s anticipated that more than 20 operas.
– Never none of the leading actors of the Maryinsky theater did not have three months of free time in my 30 years of management of the theatre. Usually we teach three months one main role, and now for three months we teach three or four roles, it’s a big job. I conduct operas, which were never conducted, he stressed.
Recall, the Mariinsky theatre, like most cultural institutions in the country, closed to visitors since mid-March. However, broadcast productions have moved online (to the website mariinsky.tv also performances you can watch in the social media theatre) and it is highly successful: in the seven weeks since the beginning of online shows concerts and performances looked more than 50.5 million viewers. During this time, was shown 65 broadcasting repertoire from classics to unique live projects. Most of them conducted by Valery Gergiev.
