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The Mariinsky’s Fountain of Bakchisarai fails to inspire.

A powerful rendition of The Greatest love Story of all times...' For never was a story of more woe,Than this of Juliet and her Romeo' 

For all their classical roots and tradition, the Mariinsky Ballet opened their week at the Metropolitan Opera House with an innovative performance of Anna Karenina. Artistic director Maestro Valery Gergiev blended a number of unique elements to bring Leo Tolstoy’s epic to life, including his own conducting of Rodion Shchedrin’s modern score.First, consider the Mariinsky Ballet’s long history.