Юнона и Авось by Алексей Рыбников

Juno and Avos (Russian: Юнона и Авось, Junona I Avos') is a popular Russian-language rock opera written by Alexey Rybnikov, poetry by Andrei Voznesensky. It was first performed in 1981 in the Lenkom Theatre, Moscow, directed by Mark Zakharov. Main roles in the premiere performed by Soviet stars Nikolai Karachentsov and Elena Shanina. The opera is named after the two ships Juno and Avos that constituted the expedition headed by Russian explorer Nikolai Rezanov. The plot is based on the love story of Nikolai Rezanov and Concepción Argüello, a 15-year-old daughter of José Darío Argüello, the colonial governor of Spanish California. The performance was first recorded for television in 1983, the second television version was created in 2002.The opera's first premiere abroad took place at Espace Cardin theater in Paris in 1983.In April, 2017, the opera was performed by local actors in Donbass Opera, Donetsk