Theater and music are always in dialogue. Articles, notes, essays on musical theater.

The book by the well-known music and theater critic Larisa Barykina contains texts from different years and genres. The author is a musicologist with a classical education and a wealth of experience as an expert in various forms of musical theater. The central theme of the collection is contemporary musical theater and music today: theatrical premieres and concert life, festivals and competitions, awards and tours, creativity and management. The main characters of the book are prominent figures in music and theater: conductors G. Rozhdestvensky, V. Gergiev, T. Currentzis, directors G. Isaakyan, A. Titel, D. Chernyakov, choreographers E. Panfilov, V. Samodurov, T. Baganova, S. Vikharev, instrumentalists E. Virsaladze, N. Petrov, V. Repin, theater and concert hall directors and managers V. Urin, A. Kolotursky, V. Safonov, composers V. Kobekin, A. Pantykin, and many others.