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Sketches by Nathan Altman for a concert on 12 March 1942
Nathan Altman and his family were evacuated to Molotov along with the theatre, and on 1 October 1941 he was asked to be Principal Designer*. As all the sets had remained in Leningrad, he basically had to redesign from scratch the sets for Faust, Prince Igor, Dubrovsky by Nápravník and Laurencia by Krein as well as the operas Into the Storm by Khrennikov, Shchors by Fardi and Three Encounters by Khodzha-Einatov.
In Molotov there were performances almost every day, and there were also frequent night-time concerts. In just the first six months the company had performed eighteen different operas and ballets. At the same time, new productions were being rehearsed.
* Employee’s personal record form. Mariinsky Theatre Archive