At the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, melodies will sound that bring back to life the frames of Soviet cinema on screen. An evening at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall transforms beloved frames of Soviet cinema into a large-scale live performance with an orchestra, actors, and a big screen. The music of Isaac Dunayevsky, excerpts from works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, and other composers are heard alongside quotes from letters, archival materials, and series about the cinema of the last century. The audience finds themselves inside a story about the birth of film comedies, the change of eras, and how one actress managed to become a symbol of her time. On stage, Olesya Sudzilovskaya and Pavel Ivanov perform, while the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ksenia Zharko, brings together music from films, concert numbers, and subtle psychological accents. The live performance of the artists coexists with film chronicles: fragments of famous films, close-ups, smiles, and filming studios appear on the screen. At the same time, orchestral episodes, jazz numbers, and vocal scenes sound, so that each episode is born at the intersection of theater, academic music, and cinema. Find other events in St. Petersburg on KudaGo.