This Friday, the Russian government appointed the teacher as director of the Bolshoi Theater Valery Guergiev, sympathizer of President Vladimir Putin, determined to also mobilize the world of culture in its confrontation with the West.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin “signed the decision on the appointment of Valery Gerguiev to the position of general director of the Bolshoi Theater for a duration of five years”indicated the government on Telegram.
numerous orchestras Westerners boycotted the 70-year-old teacher last year and traditional supporter of President Putin, for not having denounced the Russian offensive against Ukraine that began in February 2022.
Valeri Guerguiev, who has also been director of the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg since 1996, the city where Vladimir Putin started in politics in the early 1990s, he will now direct the two main stages in the country.
Putin suggested in March 2022 to merge the management of the two prestigious theaters, as was customary before the 1917 revolution.