Russian director Sergei Novikov’s background surprised Sweden.
Sergei Novikov spoke at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum last summer. AOP
In the spring of 2020, the Royal Swedish Opera captured the Russian Sergei Novikov As a director of the Jolanta Opera.
It was not known in the opera that Novikov is the head of the Kremlin’s Public Projects Council, meaning he will serve as president of Russia. Vladimir Putin in a high position in the administration.
In the past, Novikov has worked in the domestic policy department. Novikov’s position in Putin’s regime is no secret, and much information about his work in the Kremlin can be found on the Internet under Novikov’s name. The Kremlin itself is concerned informed.
The director of the opera Birgitta Svandén tells Svenska Dagbladet that he saw Novikov directed in Moscow Pyotr Tchaikovsky Jolanta Opera House. Based on this, Novikov was hired as a director for Jolanta production in Stockholm.
The royal opera had not elucidated the background of Sergei Novikov. AOP
Novikov had ended up directing Jolanta in Moscow after participating in a competition for young directors, where the prize was opera directing.
According to Svandén, they had been told that Novikov was a freelance director.
According to security experts, the opera has been in good faith with respect to Novikov.
Jolanta was performed in Stockholm last autumn.
Source: Svenska Dagbladet