Hvorostovsky and other world opera stars will sing at the Palace. Hvorostovsky and other world opera stars will sing on the Palace Metro will run all night, and the Palace Bridge will be opened earlier than usual

There were not so many people in St. Petersburg even at the matches of the football world championship.

According to official data, the concert of "Leningrad" at the football arena "St. Petersburg" was attended by 65110 people. So many stadium concerts in Russia have never been collected.

Previously, the top 5 was:
Metallica, "Luzhniki", July 18, 2007. 62,000 people.
U2, "Luzhniki", August 25, 2010. 60,000 people.
imagine Dragons, Luzhniki, August 29, 2018. 55,000 people.
"Leningrad", "Otkrytie Arena", July 13, 2017. 47,000 people.
Red hot chili peppers, "Luzhniki", July 22, 2012. About 40,000 - 50,000 people (data vary).

We did not include in the rating the concert of Michael Jackson, which he gave at Luzhniki on September 15, 1993, because now it is difficult to estimate how many people were there in reality. For example, "Kommersant" (issue of September 17, 1993) writes: "80 thousand spectators were waiting in the open air for the appearance of an idol." Novye Izvestia gives completely different data - that 30 thousand tickets were not sold, that the stadium was practically empty due to the terrible weather, but in the end about 60 thousand people nevertheless gathered. Also on the network you can find information that 50 thousand tickets were sold to Jackson's concert.

At the opening ceremonies of the FIFA World Cup and the 2014 Olympics in Luzhniki (78,011 spectators) and Fisht (40,000 spectators), respectively, artists also performed, but they should not be taken into account - these are sports events. Even in Luzhniki, rallies and concerts were held - for example, on November 4, 2017. It was reported that 130 thousand people came to the rally-concert then. But this should be regarded as a political rather than a musical event.

If we take into account non-stadium concerts, then, for example, the rock festival "Invasion" in 2001 was attended by over 100 thousand people. The DDT concert on Palace Square in 1993 was attended by 120 thousand people. True, the entrance to it was free.

The most attended concert in Russia took place on September 6, 1997, when the 850th anniversary of Moscow was celebrated. Jean-Michel Zhar threw a show on Sparrow Hills, which was watched by all of Moscow. Wikipedia lists an astounding 3.5 million people! It may be an exaggeration, but witnesses say: there were an incredibly large number of people.

There were also great concerts during the Soviet era. Not just big - grandiose!

On September 28, 1991, the legendary concert "Monsters of Rock in Moscow" gathered a gigantic audience. Information varies: somewhere they write about 400 thousand, somewhere (for example, in the English-language "Wikipedia") - about one and a half million people. The groups performed cult - Pantera, Metallica, AC / DC.

On August 12 and 13, 1989, the Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at Luzhniki. For two days it was visited by 180 thousand people. Very powerful rock stars arrived - Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Scorpions, Cinderella.

On June 24, 1990, a concert of the Kino group took place at Luzhniki. It was attended by about 70 thousand people. That is, this is the most visited solo concert in the history of our country. For "Kino" he was the last - on August 15, 1990, Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident.

This weekend, on May 26 and 27, 2018, the city on the Neva is celebrating its 315th birthday. Many events dedicated to the City Day in the northern capital are traditional - an ice cream festival, a ball of nationalities and a classical music concert on Palace Square. In 2018, the authorities have planned new events, no less bright and solemn.

So, in honor of the City Day celebration in St. Petersburg in 2018, a large-scale bicycle parade will be held, which will block the city center on the morning of May 27. Circus performers will also pass through the center on May 27 - the procession of theater-goers, accompanied by live elephants, promises to be especially large-scale.

No less bright events await the townspeople and guests in the coming hours - a classical music concert with the participation of invited opera stars will take place on the Palace Square, and the Singing Fountains show starts at night - the light and music action will end with a passage between the doors of the divorced Palace Bridge of a real professional, and even hereditary tightrope walker.

Classics at Dvortsovaya 2018 - what will be presented to the public, who will perform

The concert, which starts at 21.00, promises to amaze with the number of professionals taking the stage, with bright decorations, excellent sound quality and mesmerizing ballet performance.

The action will last two hours - until 23.00, respectively.

The tradition of holding concerts in the open air exists in many cities of the world and in Russia in particular. In St. Petersburg, the show is always different from others, because the city is congratulated on its birthday not just by stars, but by world stars of classical singing, the site reports. Both connoisseurs and simple yawns, who want to understand and feel the full power of the event, try to join the action.

At one time it was here, in the concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya", for many years in a row one could hear the world-famous Russian performer Dmitry Hvorostovsky. The last time he sang here was last year, in May 2017, and in November he was seen off on his last journey, because the singer was terminally ill. Anna Netrebko, a friend of the harsh days of Hvorostovsky and also a star of national and world opera, is also a regular at Classics on Palace Square, but this year the concert will be held without her.

Despite the absence of major headliners, the concert program will once again surprise fans of classical art with the versatility of the repertoire and the charismatic performance of masterpieces by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Bizet, Verdi, Gounod, Strauss and other great composers.

The stars of the evening will be a brilliant duet of the stars of the world opera stage.

He is an outstanding tenor of our time, a daring experimenter and the owner of a truly Sicilian character. Music lovers all over the world pronounce his name on a par with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti.

She is the Polish "queen of improvisation" with a talent for dramatic actress, the owner of an inimitable light soprano and simply a favorite of the audience all over the world.

Together they Roberto Alagna and Alexandra Kurzhak, a bright creative and married couple, and "Classics on Dvortsovaya" is their debut open-air in Russia.

This evening, Petersburgers and guests of the city will be able to enjoy another great soprano: the winner of the BBC Singer of the World Award Valentina Nafornitsa will take part in the open-air on Dvortsovaya for the second time. In 2015, the square applauded Valentina's brilliant duet with Dmitry Hvorostovsky.

Performers whose skills and talent are demanded by the most prestigious opera stages in the world will become a real gem of the "Classics" - 2018 program. The golden voices of the Russian opera school will congratulate Petersburg on its 315th anniversary: Venera Gimadieva, Alexey Markov, Oksana Volkova, Pavel Kolgatin, Alexey Tikhomirov Alexander Trofimov.

The dancing part of the show will be decorated by the soloists of the Bolshoi and Mikhailovsky Theaters, ballet by Alla Dukhova "TODES", ballet dancers of the Leonid Yakobson Theater. Premiere performance of the dance and sports club " DUET", the reigning world champion in Latin American dances, will spice up the "Classics" program with unrestrained expression and bewitching synchronicity of performance.

It should be noted that "Classics on Palace Square" began its history five years ago, in 2013, and has become a good tradition of celebrating the City Day in St. Petersburg.

The concert will also be available on the Kultura TV channel and online.

Blocking traffic in St. Petersburg on May 26

The concert, which will last for about two hours, will undoubtedly be a great culmination of the first day of the city's anniversary celebration. At the same time, some inconveniences for the townspeople are still awaiting - the classics will block the center of St. Petersburg for motorists, because a myriad of people usually gather for a free concert.

By the way, this year "Classic" is also the decoration of the end of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum - a large-scale event with the participation of professionals from all over the world.

Motorists should be aware that the city center will be closed to traffic and plan their route due to traffic restrictions.

• Millionnaya Street from Palace Square to Moshkov Lane;
• Singing passage;
• embankment of the Moika River from Pevcheskiy Proezd to Nevsky Prospekt.

By the way, sudden traffic jams in St. Petersburg have been observed for several days, since May 24 - residents are sure that traffic blockages are associated with the passage of motorcade of forum participants.

This year St. Petersburg celebrates the 315th anniversary of its foundation. The main celebrations are scheduled for the weekend of May 26 and 27. According to legend, exactly 315 years ago, Peter the Great stamped his foot and ordered to build a city in the Neva delta. Many took his idea with hostility and did not believe that it would be possible to open a window to Europe on the swampy lands near the Gulf of Finland. But the emperor proved the opposite, and for several centuries Petersburg has been admiring millions of people from all over the world.

For several days, Petersburgers and guests of the Northern capital will be able to attend festive events in the historical center of the city, which will be held in the best theater and concert halls, on the streets, in parks and squares.

St. Petersburg City Day 2018 May 26: plan of events

Festival "Motostolitsa"

The second international festival "Motostolitsa" will take place from 25 to 27 May at Manezhnaya Square. It unites motorcyclists of all directions, representatives of the motorcycle club culture, guests of the Northern capital and ordinary townspeople who are in love with motorcycles.

Within the framework of the festival, spectators will see performances of a grandiose parade of retro technology and a unique attraction "Ball of Courage". For the first time this year, the StreetDance music and dance battle and the RHCustom-rally “Russian Sotka” motor show will be held.

Where: Manezhnaya Square

Ice cream festival

One of the central squares of the city will turn into a large sports and entertainment ice cream park. Within the framework of the festival, there will be a sports day, a festive concert and entertainment program, in which vocal and dance groups, as well as circus artists will take part. A special interactive program will be organized for children.

Where: Ostrovsky Square

"Classics at Dvortsovaya"

The gala concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya" has become an integral part of the City Day celebrations; the show surprises guests with its uniqueness every year. This year it will be held for the sixth time.

Famous representatives of the Russian opera school will perform on the stage at the Winter Palace. Those who come to Palace Square will be able to enjoy the grandeur of classical works, the charm of old Neapolitan songs and famous operettas.

Where: Palace Square

"Singing bridges"

Half an hour before midnight, a light and music performance will begin on the Admiralteyskaya embankment, accompanied by a symphony orchestra. The musicians will perform popular and beloved melodies of St. Petersburg and Leningrad composers.

Where: Admiralteyskaya embankment, Palace bridge, Neva water area

Performance by a tightrope walker

The tightrope walker will pass over the divorced spans of the Palace Bridge

This time the "Singing Bridges" show will not be limited only to the breeding of the ferry. Rasul Abakarov, a famous hereditary tightrope walker, a representative of the Dagestan tightrope walker clan, will walk the tightrope across the raised Palace Bridge. The artist's performance will be accompanied by live classical music.

Where: Palace Bridge

Laying flowers at the Bronze Horseman

From year to year, the official part of the holiday remains unchanged. The flower-laying ceremony at the Bronze Horseman, installed on Senate Square, will begin at 10:00. The event is attended by the first persons of the city and the guard of honor.

Where: Senate Square

Concert at the Peter and Paul Fortress

At 12:00 a solemn shot will be fired from the bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress. It will symbolically open the holiday, which will take place on the territory of the Hare Island.

A costume show dedicated to the history of St. Petersburg will unfold on the stage. He will be followed by Igor Kornelyuk and Tatiana Bulanova, and the headliners of the concert will be Irakli, the Pizza group and the IOWA disco tribe.

Where: Peter and Paul Fortress

Big bike parade

Several thousand Petersburgers and guests of the city will take part in a large-scale bicycle parade. At the finish line, cyclists will enjoy interactive entertainment and children's competitions.

As part of the action, a bicycle market, an exhibition of retro and custom bicycles will be held. Free bike workshops, test drive of unusual bicycles, as well as outdoor games will be organized for guests.

Where: from the Big Concert Hall "Oktyabrsky" to the Park of the 300th anniversary

Ball of Nationalities

The Ball of Nationalities annually confirms the status of St. Petersburg as the multinational capital of Russia. The festive event will begin with the Parade of Nationalities along Nevsky Prospect. A theatrical program with the participation of representatives of various national diasporas will unfold in the water area of ​​the Neva.

The program includes folk dances, a show of clothing collections, arts and crafts, playing musical instruments, as well as master classes on national crafts.

Carnival procession of the festival of circus art

The Circus on Fontanka told about the route of elephants that will take to the streets on St. Petersburg's birthday

The largest festival of circus art will take place from 24 to 27 May. Circus performers from 20 countries will demonstrate their amazing performances: Russia, China, North Korea, Germany, Italy, Norway and other parts of the world.

Famous circus performers, trained animals, including the famous circus elephants, will take part in the carnival procession in the city center on May 27.

Where: Embankment of the Fontanka River near Belinsky Square - Nevsky Prospect

Drummers and Brass Bands Parade

The most titled collectives and orchestras of drummers, percussionists and majorette orchestras from 40 Russian regions will show their capabilities on the main street of St. Petersburg.

In the final of the show parade, a new record will be set in the category "The most massive simultaneous playing of percussion instruments in Russia." The musicians will simultaneously play a composition that they have specially written for this festive event.

In addition, at the end of the parade, participants and spectators will build a live hashtag # 315SPb in a large-scale festive flashmob.

Where: Ostrovsky Square - Nevsky Prospect

Descent of the battleship "Poltava"

A replica of the battleship "Poltava" will be solemnly launched at the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg. Entrance is by tickets, the number of spectator seats is limited, but an online broadcast will be organized on the sites of the yacht club and the historic Poltava shipyard.

The ship "Poltava" is the first battleship of the Baltic Fleet. The ship was named in honor of the victory of the Russian troops in the Battle of Poltava. "Poltava" was built at the Admiralty shipyards, launched in June 1712. Peter I personally took part in the design and construction of the ship. The construction of a replica of the battleship "Poltava" began in 2013.

Where: st. Beregovaya 19A

"Leningrad Songs"

The concert "Leningrad Songs" in the Big Concert Hall "Oktyabrsky" is also timed to coincide with the City Day. Mikhail Boyarsky, Vasily Gerello, Metodie Bujor, Irina Bogacheva, Svetlana Kryuchkova, VIA Singing Guitars, Igor Kornelyuk, Edita Piekha, Oleg Gazmanov, Alexander Rosenbaum and others will take the stage.

Where: Big Concert Hall "Oktyabrsky"

Festive fireworks

At the end of the City Day celebration, colorful fireworks will illuminate the sky over the historical center of St. Petersburg. The launch site will be the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Where: the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress

The most significant events - the concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya", the show "Singing Bridges", the solemn ceremony at the monument to Peter I, the concert "Leningrad Songs" and the festive fireworks - the TV channel "St. Petersburg" will broadcast live.

St. Petersburg City Day 2018 May 26: Elephants will pass through the center of St. Petersburg on City Day

The fancy-dress procession will start at 12:00.

On Sunday, May 27, a circus parade will take place in St. Petersburg. Its participants, together with elephants, will walk along the central streets of St. Petersburg. This was reported by the press service of the Ciniselli circus.

Four elephants will take part in the parade. The fancy-dress procession starts at 12:00 from the building of the Ciniselli Circus on the Fontanka. The column will pass over the Belinsky Bridge, the Fontanka River embankment, along Nevsky Prospect to Mikhailovskaya Street, and then through the Arts Square will return to the circus building.

The parade will conclude with the 1st International Festival of Circus Art "On the Fontanka". It will take place from 24 to 27 May 2018. The festival is timed to the City Day and the 140th anniversary of the circus. Creative teams from Russia, China, North Korea, Ukraine, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Turkmenistan will perform at the arena.

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Notes for the show "Classics on Dvortsovaya" weigh about 25 kilograms, preparations for which are already underway on the main square of St. Petersburg. The traditional festival of classical art in honor of the City Day will take place on May 27 and, according to the organizers' forecasts, will bring together over half a million spectators. This year, among the works performed, there are well-known, but not stereotyped classics. The concert starts at 21.00. Free admission.

The program is designed so as not to repeat either itself (the project will be six years old) or the "protocol" of most opera concerts. Light and effective arias, duets (and even quartets) from operas by Rossini, Verdi, Saint-Saens, Leoncavallo, Offenbach, Puccini and operettas by Kalman, Lehar, Lecoq, sunny Neapolitan songs and unexpected hits will be performed by prominent opera stars of our time - for some of these, it will be the first St. Petersburg open-air.

The owner of a unique soprano, a man of the world and just a beauty Sonya Yoncheva has already performed in St. Petersburg, but not in an open area. It is called the best Traviata since the time of Maria Callas, but its repertoire is incredibly wide: from refined baroque to jazz and even rock compositions.

Petersburg debut awaits American opera diva Danielle De Niz... Having received an Emmy, the main US television award, for her performance on the stage of the Los Angeles Opera at the age of 16, she never ceases to amaze the audience with daring experiments: in parallel with the conquest of the world's leading opera venues, she writes soundtracks for Ridley Scott films, tries herself in various genres of performing arts such as hip hop for example.

With the temperamental duet of Don Carlos and Rodrigo from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos, world opera stars and good friends will open their performance in Classics on Dvortsovaya Street Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Marcelo Alvarez. Dmitry needs no introduction, and about Marcelo it is enough to say that he built his career as an opera singer in three years and almost from scratch, leaving the family furniture business, to which he devoted 10 years of his life. All this time, singing was only a hobby, but at some point he realized that he would either take opera vocals seriously, or fate would pass by. Today Marcelo Alvarez is one of the top 5 tenors of our time.

The Russian opera house will include tenors unique in timbre and beauty - the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Alexey Tatarintsev and the Mariinsky Theater Sergey Skorokhodov, fiery soprano Veronica Dzhioeva and deep expressive mezzo-soprano Julia Matochkina.

Traditionally, the music on Dvortsovaya Street will only sound live - performed by Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov.

The dance line of the evening will be created by masters of Spanish flamenco - a team of world famous dancers Ursula Lopez, and the legendary St. Petersburg dance group TODES... Both the one and the other will have to inscribe their skills in musical content that is unusual for them - they stage numbers especially for "Classics on Dvortsovaya".

Undoubtedly, "Classics on Dvortsovaya" should give the impression of a holistic enchanting holiday with an internal built drama, consonant with musical emotion and movement, - says the director of the project Yekaterina Galanova. - But in order for the picture to take shape, the viewer should not get bored even for a minute! Each individual number should turn into a mini-performance - with a plot, with the main characters, with its own dance pattern, with a certain set of images, with an atmosphere and mood ... This year we are installing video projection screens on the stage, on which video content will be broadcast. For each number - its own. The video content was prepared by long-standing partners of the Dance Open - St. Petersburg and French specialists. To be honest, what St. Petersburg residents and guests of the city will see will be the result of a painful creative search and careful selection of artifact details from the creators of the best 3D shows in Europe, as well as in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In total, there are 29 numbers in the concert, for each of them 3-4 variants of sketches were created. Believe me, these are terabytes of labor. Of course, we do not promise 3D video in the conditions of the White Nights, but we guarantee an unprecedented spectacle ”.

Here are some interesting numbers:

More than 100 concert ball gowns will be replaced by the participants of the upcoming open-air. If translated into the language of numbers, then this is a kilometer of fabric, over 800 meters of shuttlecocks, 97 meters of crinoline tape and 72 meters of finishing tape. The gilded chandelier, which has become the symbol of the project, will be raised on May 25 in the morning. Its diameter, taking into account all suspended structures, is almost four meters. It is assembled from 32 small chandeliers and 2,500 crystal pendants, is assembled by four people and takes almost a full working day. The total weight of the chandelier is 620 kg. The total power consumption is 8 kW. It takes 7 days to wire all 200 lamps.

The project will take place at the initiative of the Government of St. Petersburg with the support of the Committee for Culture.

S.-PETERSBURG, May 27 - RIA Novosti. A public concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya", a ball of nationalities, excursions, the Great Bicycle Parade and an ice cream festival await residents and guests of St. Petersburg during the celebration of the 314th anniversary of its foundation.

St. Petersburg on May 27 will celebrate another date from the day of its foundation: on this day 314 years ago, Peter I laid the foundation of the fortress, which he named in honor of the Holy Apostle Peter.

Ball, cannon shot and knitted carriage

Official festive events will begin at 10.00 with the laying of flowers at the Bronze Horseman on Senate Square. Then the celebrations will continue on the Tsar's Bastion at the Memorial Sign in honor of the founding of St. Petersburg - the midday shot of the cannon of the Peter and Paul Fortress will sound.

Also on Saturday, the traditional Ball of Nationalities will take place, in which representatives of national-cultural associations, societies, autonomies and compatriots, national youth associations and creative teams of St. Petersburg will take part. At 13.00 a festive column of representatives of multinational St. Petersburg will start moving along Nevsky Prospekt to Birzhevaya Square. Then, a concert and entertainment program will begin on the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island: songs and dances, playing national musical instruments, ethnic exhibitions, master classes in national crafts and calligraphy, as well as photo sessions in ethnic style. Residents and guests will be able to get acquainted with the traditional culture of the peoples of Central and Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Baltic states, Central Russia and Siberia.

In the Summer Garden, fountains will be launched, timed to coincide with the City Day. There will also be a festive program "For You, Petersburg!" with the participation of popular artists and groups of the Northern capital.

On this day, the State Museum of Urban Sculpture organizes excursions to places associated with the activities of the outstanding architects of the city "The Creators of St. Petersburg". And a three-meter knitted carriage will appear on St. Isaac's Square. Such a gift was created by the Mittens Museum. The prototype of the fabulous carriage was the Great Coronation Carriage from the Hermitage collection.

The XXII Ice Cream Festival will take place on Ostrovsky Square. Petersburgers and guests of the city will be able to taste more than 50 kinds of their favorite delicacy. Guests of the ice cream festival will enjoy a rich concert and entertainment program with the participation of music performers, adult and children's vocal and dance groups. Traditionally, the best Soviet and Russian cartoons will be shown throughout the day at the established "Mult-Theater".

Classics on Palace Square

The concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya" will take place on Saturday evening. The program of the evening will include works by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, Gounod, Kalman, accompanied by the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov. They will be performed by the world-famous Dmitry Hvorostovsky, as well as world-famous performers who have not previously performed at the St. Petersburg open-air: one of the leading tenors Marcelo Alvarez, Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), the owner of the lyric soprano Danielle De Niz. Also on Palace Square will perform guest soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters Veronika Dzhioeva, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Alexei Tatarintsev, soloists of the Mariinsky Theater - Sergei Skorokhodov and Yulia Matochkina.

This year, "Classics on Dvortsovaya" will surprise you with even more entertainment. The audience will be able to clearly see what is happening on the stage thanks to five large-sized screens installed in the square. "Flowers will bloom on the stage and dryads will dance, and in a few moments it will be transformed, and the artists will find themselves in the sun-drenched square of an ancient Spanish city ... the dominant feature is the Baroque façade of the Winter Palace, "the organizers note.

The program of the classical evening also includes excerpts from choreographic masterpieces. A special, truly Petersburg atmosphere will be given to the evening by the performances of the artists of the "Mister Pejo's Wandering Dolls" Theater.

Plein air and big bike parade

An open-air plein air "I paint Petersburg" will take place in the Summer Garden on Sunday. 300 easels will appear on the central alley of the garden, where everyone can express themselves and creatively confess their love for the city. The creative process will be supervised by professional artists. As a source of inspiration, the participants of the plein air will be offered reproductions of views of St. Petersburg from the collection of the Russian Museum.

Also, on May 28, as part of the celebration of the Founding Day of the Northern Capital, those who wish will be able to take part in the "Big Bicycle Parade". It starts at 12.00 at the Oktyabrsky Big Concert Hall and finishes in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.