Helikon Opera is a Russian opera company based in

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, specializing in unconventional productions. Their main performing base is the 250 seat Mayakovsky Theater, the former ballroom in the palace of the Shakhovskoi-Glebov-Streshneva family who were patrons of the arts in 19th century Moscow. The company was founded by

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and gave its first performance, Stravinsky's '' Mavra'', on April 10, 1990.

History

Helikon Opera gives 200 performances a year, primarily in Moscow but also abroad, performing in the UK for the first time in 1997. The company's repertoire includes both mainstream works and rarely performed operas and chamber operas. In the past they have staged

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'', Hindemith's '' Hin und zurück'' and

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's '' Maddalena'' and were the first company to revive

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