Mr. Serebrennikov is also a welcome guest at Komische Oper Berlin. “It’s with great sadness that we think about Kirill,” Barrie Kosky, the Komische Oper’s artistic director, said in an interview. Mr. Serebrennikov has repeatedly protested innocence, most recently on Feb. 21. A Change.org petition initiated by Thomas Ostermeier, artistic director of the Schaubühne (another Berlin theater where the Gogol Center has performed in the past) has garnered more than 50,000 signatures. Mr. Putin, he said, stood for stability, while Mr. Serebrennikov’s work reflected and was inspired by the turmoil of contemporary Russia.

Source: New York Times March 27, 2018 16:41 UTC