Premiered on April 22, 2004.
Sung in Russian.
Presented with one interval.
Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes.
Supported by OAO Severstal.
Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev
based on Valery Bryusov’s novel of the same name
Music Director: Alexander Vedernikov
Stage Director: Francesca Zambello
Set Designer: George Tsypin
Light Designer: Rick Fisher
Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
Choreographer: Tatiana
Baganova
![]() A scene from Act I. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Oxana Krovitskaya as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() A scene from Act I. Maxim Merkulov as Madiel. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() A scene from Act I. Maxim Merkulov as Madiel. Oxana Krovitskaya as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Victor Mityushkin as Ruprecht. Tatiana Smirnova as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Yevgenia Segenyuk as the Fortune-teller. Tatiana Smirnova as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Valery Alexeyev as Ruprecht. Oxana Krovitskaya as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Victor Mityushkin as Ruprecht. Leonid Vilensky as Jacob Glock. Tatiana Smirnova as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Victor Mityushkin as Ruprecht. Roman Muravitsky as Agrippa of Nettesheim. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Tatiana Smirnova as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Valery Alexeyev as Ruprecht. Oxana Krovitskaya as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() Valery Alexeyev as Ruprecht. Oxana Krovitskaya as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() A scene from Act II. Vyacheslav Voynarovsky as Mephistopheles. Alexander Naumenko as Johann Faust. Leonid Zimnenko as the Inn-keeper. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() The Final Scene. Larisa Kostyuk as Mother Superior. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() The Final Scene. Oxana Krovitskaya as Renata. Photo by Damir Yusupov. | ![]() The Final Scene. Vadim Lynkovsky as the Inquisitor. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |



















