Director General of the Golden Mask theater award Maria Revyakina explained why the award for directing the opera was not awarded this year. According to her, this is due to the decision of director Klaus Guth to refuse the award if he was awarded one.
“Yesterday at half past eleven in the evening, a letter came to the directorate of the Bolshoi Theater stating that, in the event of an award, it cannot receive an award in the current situation,” the general director of the award said.
A more detailed explanation was published in the official telegram channel of the press service of the award. The report says that the organizers learned about the decision of the director of the opera “Salome” at the Bolshoi Theater Klaus Gut after the end of the voting.
“According to the regulations on the award and the Festival, the results of the jury’s voting cannot be changed, but it is also impossible not to take into account the decision of Klaus Guth,” the press service explained, adding that this was the reason that the award in the nomination “The best work of a director in an opera “was not awarded.
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