Congratulations on the “The Medium” premiere!

On February 22 (2023) “The Medium” by Gian Carlo Menotti went on Helikon-opera stage.

80 years later, this opera is still becoming a discovery for the audience, directors, actors and audiophiles. But, maybe for the first time “The Medium” talks about real people’s emotions, which are hidden roundtable. Artistic director of the production Dmitry Bertman and stage-director Ilya Ilyin together with conductor Valery Kiryanov, set designer Rostislav Protasov, costume designer Nika Velegzhaninova and lighting designer Denis Enyukov have tried to go away from the mystical in the performance, to focus on the relationships and to convey the idea, that “Everything, which happens in the world, is created by people themselves”! The premiere was dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Gorokhov, who had passed away on January 14 (2023).