From the very moment of its foundation, St. Petersburg was preserved, created and inspired by the muses and geniuses of classical art. And it is completely natural that today, like hundreds of years ago, in the diversity of the most diverse genres and trends of St. Petersburg culture, the classics play a leading role.

Large-scale open-air classical art events, held on Palace Square in honor of City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg, over the course of several years have turned into a vibrant cultural brand that attracts the attention of not only St. Petersburg residents, but also Russian and foreign tourists.

The audience of the show “Classics on Dvortsovaya” is growing every year, and it is expected that on May 27 a public concert of the world opera and choreographic art will once again attract over half a million viewers in rotation.

The program of the show, which has not been repeated once in five years, promises to be unique this time too: soloists of the leading opera stages of the world - La Scala, Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Paris and Vienna Opera, including representatives of the national opera school, will perform exquisite classical works, ancient Neapolitan songs, and fragments from famous operettas. It is especially valuable that it will not be banal, but, nevertheless, popular, light, effective and a classic that has long been loved by everyone. Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Lehar, Kalman - the works of these and other geniuses of classical art will be accompanied by Symphony Orchestra Mikhailovsky Theater under the direction of Mikhail Tatarnikov, as well as one of the best youth choirs in the city. The unchanging principle of “Classics on Dvortsovaya” is only live music and live sound.

Only stars are announced as performers. Happy Birthday to St. Petersburg National artist Russia, the unsurpassed Dmitry Hvorostovsky - immortals music hits performed by the world opera headliner will once again be performed in the concert space of Palace Square. Together with him, world-famous performers who have not previously performed at St. Petersburg open-air will appear on stage: one of the leading tenors of our time, Argentinean Marcelo Alvarez; singer, in demand at the most prestigious opera stages, inimitable soprano and face of popular global brands Sonya Yoncheva; exquisite beauty, lyric soprano, American Danielle De Niese. This evening the golden voices of the Russian opera school will also be heard: the fiery and bright opera diva, guest soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters Veronika Dzhioeva; soloist Bolshoi Theater Russia, tenor Alexey Tatarintsev, unique in technique and beauty of sound; soloists Mariinsky Theater- melodic, expressive tenor Sergei Skorokhodov and deep, regal mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina.

The show's director and director of DANCE OPEN, Ekaterina Galanova, emphasized that this year “Classics on Dvortsovaya” will surprise with even greater entertainment. The director's idea, successfully implemented all these years, of turning each performance into a mini-performance - with luxurious costumes, full-fledged drama and artistic atmosphere - will be enhanced thanks to bright scenographic solutions.

Columns and other elements of stage structures will be covered with LED screens, which, thanks to video content unique to each act, will turn into living scenery. Flowers will bloom on the stage and dryads will dance, and after a few moments it will be transformed, and the artists will find themselves on the sun-drenched square of the ancient spanish city... Numerous mirrors, erasing the horizons of virtual spaces, will create the effect of infinity of cultural and historical allusions appearing and disappearing against the background architectural dominant- Baroque facade of the Winter Palace.

What is happening on stage will be clearly visible thanks to five large LED video screens installed on Palace Square.

In general, over 200 will be used to create visual art effects in the square and on the stage. square meters video projection surface.

As a gift to connoisseurs of the Dance Open ballet brand, the program of the classical evening includes fragments from choreographic masterpieces performed by top-level artists.

A special, truly St. Petersburg atmosphere, transporting the imagination to the era of festive assemblies, will be given to the evening by performances by artists from the Theater of Mister Pejot's Wandering Dolls.

The dance part of the show will be graced by artists of the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater named after Leonid Yakobson, flamenco masters of the dance company Ursula Lopez and the TODES show ballet. It is curious that in order to participate in the “Classics on Dvortsovaya”, the dancers of this unique troupe embarked on a real creative experiment: the highest plastic and acrobatic skills, which have long been a TODES brand feature, will be included in new, unusual musical content for the troupe.

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

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

For several days, St. Petersburg residents and guests Northern capital will be able to visit holiday events in the historical center of the city, which will take place in the best theater and concert halls, on the streets, in parks and squares.

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

Festival "Motostolitsa"

The second international festival “Motostolitsa” will be held from May 25 to 27 on Manezhnaya Square. It brings together motorcyclists of all genres, representatives of club motorcycle culture, guests of the Northern capital and ordinary citizens who are in love with motorcycles.

As part of the festival, spectators will see performances, a grand parade of retro technology and a unique attraction “Ball of Courage”. For the first time this year, the music and dance battle StreetDance and the RHCcustom-rally “Russian Sotka” engine show will be held.

Where: Manezhnaya Square

Ice cream festival

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

Where: Ostrovsky Square

"Classics on Dvortsovaya"

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

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

Where: Palace Square

"Singing Bridges"

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

Where: Admiralteyskaya Embankment, Palace Bridge, Neva Water Area

Rope walker performance

A tightrope walker will walk over the open spans of the Palace Bridge

This time, the “Singing Bridges” show program will not be limited to just the opening of the crossing. Rasul Abakarov, a famous hereditary tightrope walker, a representative of the family of Dagestan tightrope walkers, will walk on a tightrope across the raised Palace Bridge. The artist's performance will be accompanied by live classical music.

Where: Palace Bridge

Laying flowers on To the Bronze Horseman

From year to year, the official part of the holiday remains unchanged. Ceremony of laying flowers at the Bronze Horseman installed on Senate Square, will start at 10:00. The event is attended by the city's top officials and an honor guard.

Where: Senate Square

Concert in Peter and Paul Fortress

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

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

Where: Peter and Paul Fortress

Great bike parade

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

The event will include a bicycle market and an exhibition of retro and custom bicycles. Free bicycle workshops, test drives of unusual bicycles, and outdoor games will be organized for guests.

Where: from the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the 300th Anniversary Park

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 Prospekt. A theatrical program will unfold in the waters of the Neva with the participation of representatives of various national diasporas.

In a programme folk dances, display of collections of clothing, arts and crafts, playing musical instruments, as well as master classes on national crafts.

Festival carnival procession 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 circus arts festival will take place from May 24 to 27. 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 through the city center on May 27.

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

Parade of drummers and brass bands

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

At the end of the show parade, a new record will be set in the category “The most massive simultaneous game on percussion instruments in Russia". The musicians will simultaneously play a composition that was specially written for this festive event.

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

Where: Ostrovsky Square - Nevsky Prospekt

Descent battleship"Poltava"

A replica of the battleship Poltava will be ceremoniously launched at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Admission is by ticket, the number of spectator seats is limited, but an online broadcast will be organized on the websites of the yacht club and the historical Poltava shipyard.

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

Where: st. Beregovaya 19A

"Leningrad Songs"

The “Leningrad Songs” concert at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall is also timed to coincide with City Day. Mikhail Boyarsky, Vasily Gerello, Methodie Buzhor, Irina Bogacheva, Svetlana Kryuchkova, VIA “Singing Guitars”, Igor Kornelyuk, Edita Piekha, Oleg Gazmanov, Alexander Rosenbaum and others will appear on stage.

Where: Oktyabrsky Concert Hall

Festive fireworks

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

Where: Peter and Paul Fortress beach

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

City Day of St. Petersburg 2018 May 26: On City Day, elephants will walk through the center of St. Petersburg

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

The parade will end with I International festival circus art "On the Fontanka". It will take place from May 24 to 27, 2018. The festival is timed to coincide with City Day and the anniversary, 140th season of the circus. Creative groups from Russia, China, North Korea, Ukraine, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and Turkmenistan will perform at the arena.

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

On May 27, St. Petersburg will celebrate another date since its founding: on this day, 314 years ago, Peter I founded 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 Sovereign Bastion near 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 communities, national youth associations and creative groups of St. Petersburg will take part. At 13.00, a festive column of representatives of multinational St. Petersburg will begin moving along Nevsky Prospect 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 on national crafts and calligraphy, as well as photo shoots in ethnic style. Residents and guests will be able to get acquainted with traditional culture peoples of Central and Central Asia, Caucasus, Baltic States, Central Russia and Siberia.

Fountains will be launched in the Summer Garden to coincide with City Day. The festive program “For you, St. Petersburg!” will also take place here. 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 city’s outstanding architects, “The Creators of St. Petersburg.” And a three-meter knitted carriage will appear on St. Isaac's Square. This gift was created by the Mitten Museum. The prototype of the fairy-tale carriage was the Great Coronation Carriage from the Hermitage collection.

The XXII Ice Cream Festival will be held on Ostrovsky Square. St. Petersburg residents and city guests will be able to try more than 50 types of their favorite delicacy. Guests of the ice cream festival will enjoy a rich concert and entertainment program with the participation of musical performers, adult and children's vocal and dance groups. According to tradition, the best Soviet and Russian cartoons will be shown throughout the day at the established "Cartoon Theater".

Classic on the palace

On Saturday evening there will be a concert "Classics on Dvortsovaya". The evening program will feature 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), and the owner of the lyric soprano Danielle De Niese. Also performing on Palace Square will be guest soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters Veronika Dzhioeva, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Alexey Tatarintsev, soloists of the Mariinsky Theater Sergei Skorokhodov and Yulia Matochkina.

This year, “Classics on Dvortsovaya” will surprise you with even greater entertainment. Spectators will be able to clearly see what is happening on stage thanks to five large screens installed on the square. “Flowers will bloom on the stage and dryads will dance, and after a few moments it will be transformed, and the artists will find themselves in the sun-drenched square of the ancient Spanish city... Numerous mirrors, erasing the horizons of virtual spaces, will create the effect of infinity of cultural and historical allusions appearing and disappearing against the backdrop of the architectural the dominant feature is the baroque façade of the Winter Palace,” the organizers note.

The program of the classical evening also includes fragments from choreographic masterpieces. The evening will be given a special, truly St. Petersburg atmosphere by the performances of the artists of the Theater "Mr. Pejot's Wandering Dolls".

Plein air and big bike parade

An open plein air “I am painting St. Petersburg” will take place in the Summer Garden on Sunday. There will be 300 easels on the central alley of the garden, where everyone can express themselves and creatively confess their love for the city. Creative process will be curated by professional artists. As a source of inspiration, participants in 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 Foundation Day of the Northern Capital, those who wish will be able to take part in the “Great Bicycle Parade”. It starts at 12.00 near the building of the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall and finishes in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.

A circus parade with elephants on Nevsky Prospekt, a tightrope walker passing between the spans of the Palace Bridge, a concert of opera singers near the Hermitage, a bicycle parade and fireworks - "Paper" collected the main information about the celebration of City Day in St. Petersburg.

On Saturday, opera singers will perform at the Hermitage, and a tightrope walker will walk between the spans of the Palace Bridge

At one o'clock in the morning there will be a concert at Admiralteyskaya classical music. The program includes a performance by the Russian Horn Chapel and cellist Vadim Kaminsky. The concert is free.

From 11:00 to 14:00 there will be a parade of retro transport and motorcycles. The column will travel from Europe Square to Manezhnaya. A map of the movement of equipment can be viewed on the website.

From 21:00 to 23:00 the concert “Classics on Dvortsovaya” will take place. French singer Roberto Alagna, Mariinsky Theater soloist Alexey Markov, the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra, Academic theater ballet named after Leonid Yakobson and ballet Todes. Free admission.

The Singing Bridges show will begin at 11:30 p.m. A stage will be installed near the Palace Bridge where the Music Hall Theater orchestra will play Russian classics. At midnight the bridge will be raised and tightrope walker Rasul Abakarov will walk over it.

On Sunday, elephants will walk along Nevsky Prospect, and a concert will be held at the Peter and Paul Fortress

A big bike parade starts at 11:00 on May 27. The column will travel from the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the 300th Anniversary Park.

At 11:45 a citywide celebration will begin on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress. IOWA, Tatyana Bulanova, Igor Kornelyuk and Irakli will perform there. A costume show based on the history of the city will be staged on the stage near the shore of the Kronverk Strait.

At 12:00 a circus parade with elephants will begin. The animals will walk along Nevsky Prospekt, Belinsky Square and perform circus tricks on Malaya Sadovaya Street.

From 12:30 to 14:00, a parade of drummers will take place from Ostrovsky Square along Nevsky Prospekt.

At 21:00 the group “Alice” will perform on Manezhnaya Square.

The metro will operate all night, and the Palace Bridge will be raised earlier than usual

On the night of May 27, the metro will operate all night. Because of the “Singing Bridges”, on the night of May 27, the Palace Bridge will be raised from 0:00 to 0:40, and then according to the schedule: from 1:10 to 2:50 and from 3:10 to 4:55.

There will be fireworks in the evening

Because of the holiday, Nevsky Prospekt, embankments and bridges in the city center will be closed

From 22:30 on May 26 to 1:00 on May 27, traffic on the Palace Bridge will be closed due to the “Singing Bridges”. In addition, from 13:00 on May 26 to 2:00 on May 27, the far right lane on Admiralteyskaya Embankment opposite building 2 will be closed.

From 10:00 to 17:30 on May 26, from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 18:00 to 20:00 on May 27, due to the “Ball of Nationalities”, Exchange Square will be closed in the direction of movement from the Palace Bridge towards Birzhevoy Bridge . In addition, on May 27, from 12:00 to 18:00, traffic on Birzhevaya Square will cease, and from 12:00 to 12:40 on Nevsky Prospect from Ostrovsky Square to Admiralteysky Prospekt, Dvortsovy Proezd, and Dvortsovy Bridge.

On May 27, from 13:00 to 16:00, due to the parade of drummers, traffic along Nevsky Prospect from Ostrovsky Square to the Griboyedov Canal embankment will be closed. From 20:00 on May 26 to 22:00 on May 27, the western passage of Ostrovsky Square from Nevsky Prospect to Krylov Lane will also be blocked. From 9:00 to 16:00 on May 27, traffic on Ostrovsky Square will be stopped.

From 11:00 to 13:00, due to the Great Bicycle Parade, traffic on Nevsky Prospekt will be gradually blocked. Universitetskaya embankment and further along the movement of the column.

Due to the circus parade on May 27, from 11:30 to 12:10, traffic on the square and the Belinsky Bridge will be closed; from 12:00 to 12:35 - along the even side of the Fontanka River embankment from Belinsky Street to Nevsky; from 12:35 to 13:00 - along Nevsky from Fontanka to Sadovaya; from 13:00 to 13:25 - along Sadovaya from Nevsky to Inzhenernaya; from 13:20 to 13:40 - along Inzhenernaya from Sadovaya to Belinsky Square and along the square itself.

From 8:00 to 00:00 on May 26, due to the “Classics on Dvortsovaya” concert, traffic will be blocked on Millionnaya Street from Palace Square to Moshkov Lane, Pevchesky Proezd, the embankment of the Moika River from Pevchesky Proezd to Nevsky Prospekt.

The main events in St. Petersburg in honor of City Day will be held on May 27, 2016. For one evening in honor of City Day, Palace Square will turn into an improvised ceremonial hall. The stage will be decorated with luxurious decorations: a wide staircase with a gilded forged lattice and candelabra, as well as a magnificent colonnade.

The main attribute of the interior - a central chandelier of 200 lamps - will emphasize the beauty of the facade of the Winter Palace. The diameter of the chandelier frame is 2.5 m, the total weight is 620 kg. It consists of 32 small chandeliers, 2500 crystal pendants. It took four people to assemble the chandelier and they worked for about six hours.

On May 27, City Day in St. Petersburg at 21.00, at the gala concert “Classics on Dvortsovaya”, Russian and world opera stars will perform for the citizens and guests of the Northern capital, accompanied by the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra. The headliner of the evening will be the brilliant Anna Netrebko.

“Each performance is a mini-performance with the participation of artists and dancers. And the Hermitage in this concert will be the main character,” Ekaterina Galanova, author of the project and director of the show “Classics on Palace Square,” told Metro.

Gardeners also planted 2 million flowers for City Day in St. Petersburg, reports the Improvement Committee. This volume of planting was achieved thanks to the warm and sunny May.

Peter and Paul Fortress will be captured by the Vikings Festival “Legends of the Norwegian Vikings”
Time. May 27–29, opening at 16.40
Place. Peter-Pavel's Fortress
For all days of the festival, Peter and Paul Fortress will turn into a medieval Viking settlement. The event will be attended by more than 300 reenactors from the best military history clubs of this era from all over Russia. For the second time in a row, Vikings from Norway will come to St. Petersburg - from the Lofotr Museum, which is located on the Lofoten Islands in the north of the country. This is one of the most famous Viking museums in the world.

There will be a changing of the guard at the fortress
Divorce of the guard of honor
Time. May 28 at 11.55
Place. Naryshkin bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress
The first guard of honor ceremony of the year will take place on Saturday. From now on it will be held on Saturdays until the beginning of November. It involves the personnel of the 165th Separate Rifle Honor Guard Company and the orchestra of the headquarters of the Leningrad Military District. As part of the ceremony there will be a parade ground and the removal of the flag Russian Federation and the flag of St. Petersburg and, of course, the traditional midday shot from a signal gun on the Naryshkin Bastion.

The townspeople are called for dessert
Ice cream festival
Time. May 28, 11.00–21.00
Place. Ostrovsky Square
The 21st Ice Cream Festival will delight visitors with more than 50 types of this delicacy. In addition, the Teremok home-cooking restaurant chain will bake a giant-sized pancake cake with banana and chocolate filling for St. Petersburg residents. It will weigh more than 400 kg and will be about 1.5 m in diameter.
Eight pancake bakers will create it online. Spectators will be invited to take part in a charity auction for the right to taste the first piece of pancake.

Dogs will walk along the catwalk
Dachshund parade
Time. May 28 at 12.00
Place. Garden of the Academy of Arts on Vasilyevsky Island
More than 100 dachshunds, together with their owners, will walk along a special 24-meter-long podium. The dachshunds will demonstrate amazing carnival costumes, which the owners began to sew several months ago. Viewers will see the heroes " Star Wars", boxer, ballerina, The Little Prince. The special guest is the dog Jose from the first charity animated series “Flying Animals”. The expert in the costume competition will be famous TV presenter Anna Fradkina.

Nevsky will be given to cyclists
Great Bike Parade literary heroes
Time. May 29 at 12.00
Place. From the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg, stage on Malaya Sadovaya Street
The event is timed to coincide with the emergence of the Single Day of Bicycle Parades in Russia, which will now be celebrated throughout the country every last Sunday of May. The total length of the route in St. Petersburg will be 16 km. The bicycle parade will also take place along Nevsky Prospekt.
The parade of literary heroes will take place as part of the St. Petersburg International Book Salon. It is organized by the Juventa Theater.