Libretto, choreography and staging: Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation Igor Kolb

Musical director: People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan Artem Makarov

Designer: Olga Melnik-Malakhova

Lighting designer: Evgenii Lisitsyn

Computer graphics and video: Viktoria Zlotnikova

Arranger of the ballet version of Carmen to the music by Georges Bizet: laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Oleg Khodosko

Сhief chorus master (Carmen to the music by Georges Bizet): People’s Artist of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Nina Lomanovich

Conductors: Yuri Karavaev, Vitali Hryshchanka

Premiere: 11, 12 and 13 April 2025

The interweaving of three phenomena, without which life is unthinkable: the physical beginning, the mental and… the inevitable end. They are like milestones on the path of human existence, they form an inextricable chain: from the beginning till the end... These three titles appeared to emphasize this trinity, this deep interconnection. They do not just designate certain stages of life, but become peculiar symbols of these beginnings.

Bolero acts as a metaphor for physiology.

Danse macabre acts as a dialogue with the inevitable.

Carmen embodies a spiritual impulse: love, being the most vivid emotion, turns into a tragedy.

And the three deaths in the finale are not accidental…

Body, soul, death...’