Mozart and Salieri by Rimsky-Korsakov, Fri 11 Mar 2022, From (2021/2022), Directed by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev, Conductor Eldar Nagiev, Dmitri Jurowski, NOVAT, Novosibirsk, Russia

Each of Pushkin’s “Little Tragedies” explores one of human vices. Following Pushkin’s plot N. Rimsky-Korsakov displays the grievous one of them- Envy in his opera “Mozart and Salieri”. A craftsman is deeply envious of a genuine talent. Although there are no trustworthy evidences of Salieri being responsible for Mozart’s death, A.S. Pushkin stigmatized him as poisoner for good. What is more important: meticulous work or a stroke of genius; is a genius man capable of villainy – ageless questions that disturbed both the poet and the composer.