Last year The Bolshoi Ballet Company took part in The Northern Lights Festival which for over 25 years has been regularly held in the Arctic city of TromsГё, making the 2nd ever appearance in Norway. The tour made a huge success and this year the Festival organizers invited The Bolshoi's Opera Company.
The Bolshoi Opera soloists and Young artists opera program members gave concert performances of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" opera at the Aurora Kino Fokus, the city's largest cinema-concert hall. The Bolshoi Opera have been accompanied by the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro William Lacey as the conductor.