The Maria Biesu International Festival of Opera and Ballet, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the diva, opened on September 14 with the opera “The Masquerade Ball” by G. Verdi. Its premiere took place in Chisinau in 1987. In fact, it was also premiered now – a performance restored in the original version by the Belarusian director Semyon Shtein in cooperation with the outstanding Russian-Moldavian artists Vyacheslav Okunev and Irina Press.
