On 10 March the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater presented the opera Vita Nuova (New Life) on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. The opera was presented as a part of the Golden Mask festival. The performance had a great success and caused a public outcry.

The production was shortlisted for the XXVIII Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask" in six categories at once:

- "Opera/Performance" - opera "Vita Nuova" (New Life);

- "Opera / conductor's work" - chief conductor of the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater, People's Artist of Bashkortostan Artyom Makarov;

- "Opera / director's work" - Elizaveta Korneeva;
- "The work of a composer in a musical theater" - Vladimir Martynov;

- "The work of the artist in the musical theater" - Ekaterina Ageniy, Liana Makaryan;

- "The work of a lighting designer in a musical theater" - Irina Vtornikova.

 “The fact that the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater is turning to such a complex score is a sign that the theater is seriously thinking about the future,” said Maria Revyakina, General Director of the Golden Mask. “I am glad that the opera, written almost 20 years ago, was finally staged.”

The world premiere of the stage performance of the opera Vita Nuova (New Life) by the Soviet and Russian composer, musicologist and philosopher Vladimir Martynov took place at the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater in March last year. The work was written based on the work of the same name by the Italian medieval poet, thinker and theologian Dante Alighieri.