On 11 November, Bolshoi Theater of Belarus presented Pyotr Tchaikovsky's mystical The Queen of Spades as part of the Tchaikovsky Year (a creative project to mark the 185th anniversary of the composer's birth). The lead role was performed by Ruslan Yudin, a soloist from Natalya Sats Moscow State Academic Children's Musical Theater. The singer, well-known to the Belarusian audiences, performed one of the most famous arias: "What is our life? A game!"
