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24 September 2014
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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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television, The Mariinsky Theatre and RTR Russia. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide, the corporation's consumer commercial arm, has international television distribution rights outside Russia and former Soviet Union republics.




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