Mozart and Salieri by Rimsky-Korsakov, lau 27 jan 2018, Frá (2018/2018), Leikstýrt af Vyacheslav Starodubtsev, Hljómsveitarstjóri Dmitri Jurowski, Eldar Nagiev, 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.