The opera “Siberia” by Italian composer Umberto Giordano was played by Moscow’s “Helicon Opera” Music Theatre on a stage at the Heydar Aliyev Center, November 3.

Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva attended the show.

The show was directed by People’s Artist of Russia Dmitri Bertman, the artistic director of Moscow’s “Helicon-Opera” Music Theatre.

Two-act “Siberia” opera was produced on the basis of Lev Tolstoy’s novel “Resurrection”.

The show’s premiere took place on December 19, 1903 at La Scala Theatre, Milan.