Sats was condemned as the mistress of Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky, one of the eight top Red Army commanders purged by Stalin in 1937.
[1][2] "It was her strong will, courage and innate feeling of dignity that helped her to survive through all the hardships," the Itar-Tass news agency wrote in 1993, when reporting on the theater pioneer's death at the age of 90.
[5] The theatre that bears her name was founded in 1965, and developed a strong repertoire from close work with contemporary composers.
Sats' ambition was both to create new productions specifically aimed at a younger audience, and to present the classics in a way that made them accessible to children.
"[7] The composer, who had recently returned to Russia after 13 years abroad, wrote his symphonic fairy tale in a couple of weeks.
[5] Eleanor Roosevelt, David Bowie, Sir Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, Zero Mostel, and Boris Karloff have all recorded narrations of Peter and the Wolf.
The exterior combines elements of a medieval castle and modern design: the portals are adorned with sculptures depicting characters from various fairy tales.
Real birds sing in the aviary, decorative fish swim in aquariums, and there is a special mural room painted in story-book style.,[13][14] The theater now stages approximately 30 operas and ballets a year.