World Premiere of V Act Full Version by Bizet, No (2022/2023), Režisēja Yuri Alexandrov, Tatyana Karpacheva,, Diriģents Alexander Goikhman, Dusan Vilic, Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera), Saint Petersburg, Russia

The opera is an attempt by the composer to understand and comprehend the uniqueness and originality of the Eastern Slavic world, to see in the ruler Ivan the Terrible, known to the whole world for his scale of personality, inconsistency, rigidity, sometimes even cruelty, a person capable of love, devotion, and manifestation of feelings. “A positive interest in the Russian theme has always been present in the work of Western composers. We already had the experience of a unique staging of Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Peter the Great, or The Incredible Adventures of the Russian Tsar", which became the world premiere performed for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. As for Georges Bizet's opera Ivan the Terrible, I can say with confidence that society may be interested not only in magnificent music, but also in an unconventional approach to the personality of the Russian Tsar Ivan IV, a politician who experiences complex feelings and contradictions and a living loving person, ”said Yuri Alexandrov .