February 2026 brought with it a flurry of new productions in both opera (Idomeneo, Boris Gudonov) and ballet (Khorovody to music by Rodion Schedrin, choreographed by Slava Samodurov), but one event in particular created a fury among balletomanes and Mariinsky followers worldwide. In honor of what would have been the late Vladimir Shklyarov’s birthday on …
For those in the know, and even those who aren’t, not too long ago, Mariinsky prima ballerina Viktoria Tereshkina married soloist Roman Belyakov, and the two have become a common fixture not just on city sidewalks and the Petersburg stage, but various stages around the world. Vaganova Today attended their performance of “Romeo and Juliet” …