СONTEMPORARY OPERA THEATRE: INNOVATION OR PROVOCATION?(<i>To the problem of director's inluence</i>)
He article analyzes the problems of Opera directing in the context of modern reading of classics. Special attention is paid to the concept of innovation and its interaction with traditional Opera aesthetics. Various aspects of the Director-production concept, the principles of professional relations between the Director, conductor and singer-artist are touched upon, including in the context of actualization of Opera classics. The problems of disclosure of the Director and conductor of the author’s musical drama are relected. The process of Director’s inluence on the development of modern musical theater in the context of commercialization of the theatrical process is analyzed. Examples and analysis of various models of modern musical theater are given.