This opera, belonging to the so-called Bolshoi Theatre ‘golden treasury’ and unfailingly popular with audiences over the last fifty years, returns to the Historic stage in unique sets by Fyodor Fyodorovsky and in a new stage version by the Israeli director Julia Pevzner, who at the Bolshoi contributed to the productions of Turandot and The Fiery Angel. The opera will be sung by the Bolshoi’s leading soloists and guest artists and conducted by Vassily Sinaisky.