The premiere of The Rostov Mystery was held on the 30th of June 1982. Over the past decades, the performance has become one of the trademarks for the theatre of Boris Pokrovsky. “A faith in peace, good and justice has always been the main component of the Russian art. This is what The Rostov Mystery is about”, as Boris Pokrovsky said. In the musical performance that he created, a struggle between sin and virtue, which is so clear and impresses with its dramatic power, leads to a bright and natural ending. “Life, given from heaven, be blessed!”, these are the words the main character, Human Nature, utters as he completes his journey in The Rostov Mystery.

One of the most unusual performances, included in the repertoire of the Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre, is based on the play A Christmas Drama (A Comedy on Christmas Day), which belongs to the pen of Metropolitan Dimitry of Rostov, in the world — Daniil Savvich Tuptalo (1651-1709). The author was an outstanding figure in the Russian Orthodox Church, an educator and dramaturg and wrote it for amateur actors, the students of a Latin-Greek college. In December 1702 in Rostov, they performed this Christmas Drama for the first time.