Valery Gergiev to Become General Director of Bolshoi Theatre
Valery Gergiev is set to become the General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre. According to Opera Magazine, the Russian conductor will replace Vladimir Urin and will remain head of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Gergiev will be the first leader of both major Russian theaters for the first time since Tsarist times. The news comes a year after Putin {…}