The long-awaited premiere of the "Duchess. G" operetta took place on the Big Stage of the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater. After the premiere, the theater's art director, People's Artist of Bashkortostan Askar Abdrazakov, congratulated the artists.

The "The Duchess of Gerolstein" operetta, whose name in the Ufa production was reduced to the piquant "Duchess. G", was written by Jacques Offenbach in 1867 and is considered one of the most striking satire operettas, where court politics, stupid generals, and incompetent ministers are ridiculed. The production director of the play, winner of the Golden Mask Prize, Philip Razenkov, being the initiator of the production, himself translated the text into Russian. The director added an anti-militaristic, pacifist message to his concept.

Musical director and conductor-director - is the Honored Artist of Bashkortostan, laureate of the Golden Mask award, Artem Makarov.

Both presented compositions found unique colors for their characters. People's Artist of Bashkortostan Larisa Akhmetova and Regina Zvegintseva played the leading part of the Duchess.

The theater prepared thoroughly for the premiere, which was postponed several times, even released a whole guide to the performance as a modern comic.

The production designer is Ernst Heydebrecht (Germany), familiar to Ufa residents from the production of Prince Igor, costume designer - Tatyana Noginova, plastic director, choreographer - Tatyana Bezmenova, choirmaster - Alexander Alekseev, lighting designer - Irina Vtornikova.