Case “Tannhauser” continues to collect conflicting opinions – Century – Daily Newspaper
Posted08/03/201523:52.Edited09.03.201500:40
CentralDistrictCourtofNovosibirskonMarch10tocontinuetheproceedingsonthecomplainttothecreatorsoftheNovosibirskmetropolitanperformanceof”Tannhauser”.Forseveraldays,whichwerethefirstmeeting,thecompanyfinallysplitinassessmentsofwhatishappening.
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RepresentativesoftheStateDumacommitteeforpublicassociationsandreligiousorganizationscontinuetoinsistontheinvolvementofdirectorTimothyKuljabinatocriminalprosecutionforinsultingthefeelingsofbelieversbecauseofWagner’s”Tannhäuser”,whichwasstagedinNovosibirsk.AccordingtorepresentativesoftheDumaCommitteepreferableindicativeattractapersontocriminalliability,andtogivesuchacasetheopportunitytogetwidepublicityinthestatethantoallowotherstopracticetheseworksofart.RecallthelegislationoftheRussianFederationforsuchoffensespunishableuptothreeyearsinprison.
TheinvestigationagainstthedirectoroftheNovosibirsksparkedprotestsamongRussianculturalfigures.Manyofthemappealedtotheauthoritiestoopenlettersandpetitionsinsupportoftheplayandfilmdirector.Oneofthem-theheadofChekhovMoscowArtTheaterOlegTabakov.Famousactoranddirectorinhisopenletterpointedoutthathehadnotseentheplay,however,asthosewhocomplainedabouthimtotheprosecutor’soffice.Butthefactofacriminalcaseconcerningaworkofart,nomatterhowcontroversialandambiguousitmaybe,cannotbutcausehimanxiety.
AmongtheotherstardefendersTannhauser-ChuplanHamatovaandBorisGrebenshikov.
Earlier,theOrthodoxactivistsstagedarallyinfrontoftheOperaandBalletTheatreinNovosibirsk,whichhostedthescandalouspremiereof”Tannhauser”.Theprotestersdemandedtheclosingstatement,aswellastheresignationofallofficialsresponsibleforcultureinthearea.TheaterdirectorBorisMezdrichcalledNovosibirskdiocesetonegotiateandresolvetheexistingconflict”inapeacefulway,”andstressedthatneitherthedirectornoranymemberofthetheaterhadnointenttooffendanyoneofhiscreativework.Thedirectoralsoadmittedthatthestatementtoacertainextentpossibletoadjust,butitwillmeantheintroductionofreligiouscensorship.
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