Having expelled Tannhäuser, the Novosibirsk diocese staged its opera at the state theater

Having achieved the exclusion of "Tannhäuser" from the repertoire and consecrated theater building, the Novosibirsk diocese staged at the Novosibirsk Opera and ballet his opera on the gospel story. The Metropolitan hopes that it will replace the "occult" ballet The Nutcracker.  

January 11, 2017 in Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater hosted the premiere of the opera "Christmas" commissioned by the local diocese.

The opera was staged gospel story, directors consulted in the diocese. Composer - Iraida Salnikova, wife of one of the Novosibirsk priests.

Attended the premiere Metropolitan Tikhon of Novosibirsk and Berdsk suggests that the new opera may become a replacement for the Nutcracker traditionally shown on holidays: “Because that the Nutcracker is he, it is believed that the werewolf prince, such an occult staging, therefore, if we talk about our traditions, we would like The holiday reflected the essence of the Nativity of Christ .

"This is not the first creative spiritual and educational project of the diocese , - notes "Interfax-religion". - Yes, on the stage of the aforementioned theater, performances of the works "Intercessor Russian land", dedicated to St. Sergius of Radonezh, and "Saint Vladimir - the Baptist of Rus'", dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of death of the Holy Prince Vladimir .

On January 12, the theater's press service announced that The Nutcracker was not plan to withdraw from the repertoire: “It was about the ballet The Nutcracker in general, how about the idea. Therefore, one should not talk about changing the repertoire policy in this regard .

Remember, in 2015 the diocese opposed the staging of the opera "Tannhäuser" in the Novosibirsk theater opera and ballet. As a result, in relation to the director and director of the theater, there were administrative cases were initiated on insulting religious feelings (closed for absence of corpus delicti), the director was dismissed, and the setting excluded from the repertoire. In 2016, the metropolitan consecrated the theater building.

Sources

• Naumtseva A. Metropolitan Tikhon called the ballet "The Nutcracker" an occult production // NGS.News. 2017. January 11.
• An opera commissioned by the diocese was staged in Novosibirsk // Interfax-religion. 2017. January 12.
• The Novosibirsk theater does not plan to abandon the "Nutcracker" after the statements of the Metropolitan // There.