Night on Bald Mountain Night on Bald Mountain Night on Bald Mountain (), also known as Night on the Bare Mountain, is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky composed a "musical picture", "St. John's Eve on Bald Mountain" () on the theme of a witches' sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve, which he completed on that very night, 23 June 1867. Together with Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's "Sadko" (1867), it is one of the first tone poems by a Russian composer. Although Mussorgsky was proud of his youthful effort, his mentor, Miliy Balakirev, refused to perform
Bare: A Pop Opera Los Angeles and New York productions were both directed by Kristin Hanggi. "Bare" had its Canadian premiere in summer 2009 at the Hart House Theatre, Toronto, produced by WatersEdge Productions Inc. "Bare" had its Sydney premiere in September 2010 at the New Theatre, as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival. "Bare" had also been produced in the Philippines by the Ateneo de Manila University in 2009, with the initial run hosted by the undergraduate musical theatre organisation Blue Repertory. A new production of the original version has been produced again in Los Angeles, this time at the Hayworth Theatre. It