The Creation of the World
Andrey Petrov
ballet in two acts
Libretto, choreography and staging: People’s Artist of the USSR and Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Valentin Elizariev
Musical director: Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Moshensky
Musical director of the new version: recipient of the Francysk Skaryna Medal Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich
Designer: People’s Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine Eugene Lysik
Lighting designer: Nina Ivankina
Conductor: Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Belarus Nikolai Koliadko, recipient of the Francysk Skaryna Medal Ivan Kostyakhin, Dmitry Matvienko
Chorus masters of the Children’s Musical Theatre Studio: Elena Sokolovskaya, Tatyana Pyshnaya
Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes with one interval
Premiere: 11 April 1976
New version premiere: 8 December 2019