Reports: Putin gives Gergiev a Pacific opera house

Reports: Putin gives Gergiev a Pacific opera house

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norman lebrecht

March 27, 2015

Russian media are reporting that the Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, opened in October 2013, is to be merged with the Mariinsky Theatre. The decision is said to have been taken personally by President Vladimir Putin. The Mariinsky director, Valery Gergiev, intends to use the Primorsky as his company’s showcase in Asia and the Pacific.

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