Description: Premiere of this production: April 25, 2007Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s play of the same nameSung in Russian.Presented with three interval (with Sokurov explaining the process of work on the play…

In the XIth century Kievan Rus' reached its zenith under the reign of Yaroslav. He established enduring ties with many of the ruling European dynasties, strengthened the borders of Rus' and tried to free it from the influence of the Byzantine Empire. Since 988 the church of Rus' had been autonomous, apart from the righ…