Music: People’s Artist of the Republic of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Dmitry Smolsky Libretto: laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Uladzimir Karatkevich Musical director: Honoured Artist of Ukraine Viktor Ploskina Director: recipient of the Francysk Skaryna Medal Mikhail Pandzhavidze Designer: recipient of the Francysk Skaryna Medal, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Kostiuchenko Costumes: Eleonora Grigoruk Chorus master: People's Artist of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Nina Lomanovich Lighting designer: Sergey Shevchenko Computer graphics: Elena Akhremenko, Pavel Suvorov Conductor: Aleg Lessoun, recipient of the Francysk Skaryna Medal Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes with one interval Sung in Belarusian with Russian and English surtitles Premiere: 9 September 2012
