Night on Bald Mountain never re-model it: "with whatever shortcomings, it is born; and with them it must live if it is to live at all." Having finally completed the work, Mussorgsky was crushed when his mentor Mily Balakirev was savagely critical of it. The score is peppered with comments such as "the devil knows what [this is]", "what rubbish", and "this might be of use", probably pencilled in by Balakirev. This "first version" was put aside, and did not appear in print until 1968, in a new edition prepared by Georgiy Kirkor. The original tone poem, "St. John's Eve on Bald Mountain" (1867),
Bare: A Pop Opera Bare: A Pop Opera Bare, also known as Bare: A Pop Opera, is a coming-of-age rock musical with music by Damon Intrabartolo, lyrics by Jon Hartmere, and a book by Hartmere and Intrabartolo. The story focuses on a group of high school students and their struggles at their private Catholic boarding school. The musical was later revised as "". The musical debuted at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles, California, running from October 2000 to February 25, 2001. The New York production of "Bare" at the American Theatre of Actors Off-Broadway, ran from April 19 to May 27, 2004. The