"Helikon Opera" is the historical legacy

Moscow Theatre "Helikon-Opera" on Friday, 1 April for the first time present Alexander Borodin's opera "Prince Igor" in the author's version on stage Svetlanov Hall of the House of Music. "The work we have been for a long period of preparation and was dreaming to go to the premiere of our new scene, but is due to the reconstruction of the prisoners moved up to this point - said the artistic director of" Helikon-Opera "Dmitry Bertman, a performance - . Therefore, April 1st is a unique product represents all genres. drama, comedy, tragedy, will be performed in the scene Svetlanov Hall of the House of Music in Concert "in October last year, authorities in Moscow have partial restoration and renovation of the building "Helikon-Opera" in suspended-estate Glebovs Streshneva Shakhovskoy-in conjunction with the historic character of protest. In response, the world opera stars have written an open letter to the Moscow government to rebuild and continue Bertman said himself, he was ready to leave the country if he can not work at home. In March, the project of reconstruction of the theater has not been approved. By Bertman, "Prince Igor" is among the five most popular operas of Russian classics of the fact that "the image of Russian history, our mentality, given our problems." However, starting with the premiere in 1890, the sounds changed opera by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov. The author of "Prince Igor" No one has ever heard. "The original, as it turned out, it is preserved in the Museum of Musical Culture by Glinka name. This is where we discovered a lot of things changed the course of events of the new heroes, new choirs. Reconstructed original order paintings Opera and private rooms , some of which in the author-version of the Sound is unusual - in fact, at the hearing, issue of Rimsky-Korsakov, existing for 120 years "- said Bertman. The current version of the author - a joint project of "Helikon-Opera" and the Museum of Musical Culture named after Glinka. The premiere will be held at the House of Music Subscription "Fashionable Opera." Be The title role of Prince Igor and Yaroslavna perform Alexander Kiselev and Elena Mikhailenko. In his closing remarks Dmitry Bertman made a declaration of willingness to long-term collaboration with the museum, "Glinka Musical Culture", to create the new musical heritage. So after the reconstruction of the theater "Helikon Opera" will be delivered on Nikitskaya sensationally found in the archives of the museum, a little known and obtained by the efforts of the staff of the museum, the works of the great Russian composer.