The première was unsuccessful only in the sense that it failed to provoke a protest. Musically and visually, the production was excellent. Monteux conducted capably; the singers – particularly Death and The Nightingale – were good; and Alexander Benois’s costumes and sets were stunning. Boris Romanov composed the dances, and Alexander Sanin was the metteur en scène. The opera was sung in Russian, and that is all I remember about the première.