Enlisting the drama of Prokofiev and the elegance of Tchaikovsky, St. Petersburg’s new Mariinsky theater staged a gala opening on Thursday designed to silence critics of the starkly modernist building erected in the heart of Russia’s imperial capital.

The $700-million glass and limestone building, which critics have dubbed the “Mariinsky mall,” glowed in the night sky, its glass and metal walkways humming with excited voices as the select crowd of 2,000 found their seats.

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