06.05.03
Russian
concert screened around globe
Set
to reach a potential global audience of hundreds of millions, the
City of St Petersburg 300th Anniversary Gala is in negotiation with
more than 30 broadcasters including NHK in Japan, CBC in Canada,
ZDF in Germany, YLE in Finland, SVT in Sweden and NPS in Holland
to broadcast the event.
Recorded
in High Definition, the show will air in the UK on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO on 31
May 8.00pm, with live output from St Petersburg available to broadcasters
around the world for transmission during the celebratory weekend.
An edited version will also be distributed.
As
the city of St Petersburg celebrates the tercentenary of its founding
by Peter the Great in 1703, Valery Gergiev conducts an opera and
ballet spectacular from the historic Mariinsky Theatre, with opera
superstars Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Olga Borodina and great artists from the Kirov Opera and Ballet
companies.
The
production will chart the city's rich history and culture, both
in its set design and repertoire and will include great moments
from Russian opera and ballet by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Mussorgsky
and Prokofiev.
More
than forty world leaders and heads of state have been invited to
attend the evening, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Opus
Arte co-produced the event with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Television, The Mariinsky Theatre
and RTR Russia. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Worldwide, the corporation's consumer commercial
arm, has international television distribution rights outside Russia
and former Soviet Union republics.
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