In theory, at least, finding tickets should not be a problem. “Even in Russia it is difficult to go to see the Mariinsky because of the great demand in theatre and ballet tickets,” he added. The three-act opera will have a total running time of 135 minutes and with two intervals, should go for just under three hours.Īlexander Scherbakov, the Chargé des Affaires of the Russian Federation embassy in Nicosia, said that this will be a great opportunity for the Russian community in Cyprus as well. Set in Boston in the early colonial days, the opera’s main performers are tenor Vsevolod Grivnov, baritone Vasily Gerello, soprano Irina Gordei and mezzo-soprano Larisa Diadkova. They will be joined by two Cypriots - soprano Stella Georgiou who lives in Bologna and tenor Antonis Koutroupis who recently returned from St. “The Mariinsky is synonymous with excellence and perfection.”īakunts added that this opera is a new production as it only premiered in St. “It is a leap upwards for the Paphos festival,” he added. “This will be the largest single event on the Cyprus cultural scene,” said Levon Bakunts, an official of the Kolizey Center that is representing the Mariinksy on its international tour. The premises of the Mariinsky will undergo a major renovation from September that has allowed both the theatre and the ballet company to embark on a worldwide tour that will include Munich, London and New York. The eighth annual Paphos Aphrodite Festival is being upgraded this year to include the Russian company known during the Soviet era as the Kirov that will perform what is known as “the most operatic of operas”. Petersburg will stage Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Un Ballo in Maschera” during a three-day festival in Paphos in September that will transform the harbour castle into the biggest open-air stage, as it does every year. The world-famous Mariinsky theatre company from St. Paphos company breaks even with CYP 470,000 budget