Rally “For freedom of creativity” will be held today in Novosibirsk on the square in front of the opera house – Ekho Moskvy radio station

 Rally “For the freedom of creativity” will be held today in Novosibirsk on the square in front of the opera house. It is caused by the conflict around the opera “Tannhauser”. The action agreed with up to 2,500 people. “The story of” Tannhauser “- alarm the whole of society,” – said the chairman of the Novosibirsk branch of the Union of theatrical figures, director Sergey Afanasiev. Wagner opera aroused public debate following a statement by the Metropolitan of Novosibirsk and Berdsk Tikhon. He noted that in the performance inappropriately used the symbolism of the church. Prosecutor’s Office initiated administrative proceedings in connection with the “desecration of objects of religious worship” in relation to a director Timothy Kuljabina and director of the Novosibirsk State Opera Boris Mezdricha. In late March Mezdrich by the Ministry of Culture of Russia was dismissed from his post. In support of the statement and the creators of the “right to freedom of the artist’s creativity,” Russia’s leading cultural figures, among them – Alexander Kalyagin, Oleg Tabakov, Evgeny Mironov, Chulpan Hamatova, Boris Grebenshikov, Zurab Tsereteli, Galina Volchek.