Urin Interview on Running the Bolshoi

[Helene]

I'm posting Ismene Brown's introduction to and translation of an excellent and illuminating interview with Vladimir Urin, General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, in this forum instead of the Bolshoi forum because of its relevance to running a major theater:

http://www.ismeneb.com/Blog/Entries/2015/1/31_Urin_admits_hes_become_conservative_at_Bolshoi.html

I must admit to wishing he were 58 instead of 68.