EXPO-TO 2015:
Festival "THE CHILDREN’S WORLD" cultural program of St. Petersburg in Turin

On August 8 and 9, 2015, in the center of business and cultural life of Northern Italy - the city of Turin, the “THE CHILDREN’S WORLD” Festival will be held as part of the World Exhibition in Milan - EXPO-TO 2015, at which the Government of St. Petersburg will present the Russian cultural program.

It will open the Cultural Program of St. Petersburg - the Children’s Choir of the Mariinsky Theater. The performance of a highly professional youth creative team will take place on August 8, 2015 at 21-00 on the stage of one of the leading theaters in Turin - Teatro Carignano Theater. The Children’s Choir, being an independent creative workshop of the Mariinsky Theater, actively and equally participates in the intense process of the famous opera company of Russia. His repertoire includes more than thirty detailed works of opera, ballet, cantata-oratorio and vocal-symphonic genres of various styles and eras - from Giovanni Battista Pergolezi and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Richard Strauss and Alexander Smelkov. The performances of young and talented choir members earned high praise from music critics and confirmed the high right of the Mariinsky Theater Children’s Choir to be a full-fledged creative part of the Russian opera.

On the second day of the “Cultural Program of St. Petersburg in Turin” - August 9, 2015, at Piazza Carignano Square, two street performances will be shown by the St. Petersburg Theater of Carnival Culture, masks, buffoons and the grotesque “Wandering Dolls of Mr. Pejo,” which 22 years old is a regular participant in government holidays and palace celebrations. At 11-00, residents and guests of Turin will see the performance “Circus Mutabor”, through which there passes a thin story line of confrontation between cruelty and stupidity of the Trainer and the courage and kindness of the circus ministers. A little later - at 16-00 on the city square there will be funny and strange creatures in white - lanterns, solders, White Lady, Harlequin and Pilgrim will engage the audience in a mysterious and magical game of mirrors and lanterns called "Decadence".

Undoubtedly, the cultural program of St. Petersburg in the framework of the “THE CHILDREN’S WORLD” Festival will cause great public interest and once again confirm the status of our city as the cultural capital of Russia.