Belarus against the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar"

View of the rock opera "Jesus Christ - Superstar" St. Petersburg Theatre "Rock Opera" take place in four of the five cities of Belarus because of the protests of the faithful, according to a statement released by the theater on Thursday. "Due to the aggressive stance was taken by a number of leaders of the Orthodox dioceses of Belarus, in several cities of the tour banned play" Jesus Christ -. Superstar "supposedly in the local cultural departments received letters from" insulting believers' prohibit rent "blasphemous" rock opera, "- said in a statement. Wishes of the workers, "the secular cultural institutions of our theater admission was denied. Was as a result of the show filmed in four cities in five rounds. (As it turned out, was in danger, and the power of theater in Brest.) In this case, "To fulfill" that any breach of contractual practices, has been the theater in advance, notified to cancel the game only in Mogilev, and we were able to agree on a replacement. instead of "Jesus" Mogilev residents see the rock opera "Orpheus and Eurydice "- said the representative of the theater, they expressed the hope that" attempts radical religious community dictate to limit freedom of speech and set the cultural context, but by the recognition he deserves and does not affect the possibility of organizing a tour the theater, "Rock Opera" in the future. "As previously reported, to overthrow one of the regional centers of Belarus Mogilev group of Orthodox believers written request of the head of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee Piotr Rudnik a rock opera, because in their opinion, it is is wrong and twisted the key points the biblical stories. Organized collection of signatures for a petition. A similar situation exists in other cities, where he was touring theater. RIA Novosti