Critics
In 1995 Grigorovich left the Bolshoi due to a scandal, only to return in 2001. He is strongly criticized for being rude and ill-tempered with actors and denying modern ideas in the sphere of theatre and art. Grigorovich himself blames Kokonin and Russian Ministry of Culture for his past difficulties.
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“Neither can I do anything to please critics belonging to the good old school of “projected biography,” who examine an author’s work, which they do not understand, through the prism of his life, which they do not know.”
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“Some have at first for wits, then poets passed,
Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last.”
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