Running time: 45 minutes


Schedule for Getting to Know the Opera 2022

Conductor: Mikhail Leontyev

Orchestra: Mikhailovsky Symphony Orchestra

Subscription. Backstage Story.
This is a unique subscription for children who start getting to know the world of theatre. Each meeting is a specially created production in which Baron von Kamerton, theatre genius loci, reveals backstage secrets to the young audience.

Stage Director: Arkady Gevondov
Stage Designer: Elena Yakimenko
Conductor: Mikhail Leontyev
Principal Pianist: Maria Kopyseva


Baron von Kamerton — the renowned artist Valery Kukhareshin — will introduce the opera singers to the young audience who will get to know tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and bass. The Petersburg stage director Arkady Gevondov conceived the Backstage Story showing magic transformations of the singers from one opera character to another. Little theatre-goers will know the theatre secrets hidden from regular visitors. They will eye-witness the work of visagistes and wardrobe masters who are essential for any production.

The children will love being onstage surrounded by the singers.