Юнона и Авось

For the Soviet era, it wasn't a rock opera but an ideological subversion. Not only did the main character find happiness in America, but he also talks to the Our Lady of Kazan! But by some miracle, "Juno and Avos" was approved. Mark Zakharov still attributes this to divine intervention, and Alexey Rybnikov to the favor of Suslov himself, who was given the opera to listen to, and he liked it. After that, it made no sense for lower-ranking officials to turn the premiere at the Lenkom Theatre into a farce on the theme of "anti-Soviet sentiment." Although, in the theater program, they wrote not "Mother of God" but "a woman with a child." The Ministry of Culture had no doubt: this show would not last longer than one season. Yet "Juno and Avos" has been on stage for 35 years now! Still alive, but already a classic! A phenomenon that largely defined both the tastes of the audience and the understanding of "what Soviet art could be like."