The Passenger by Mieczysław Weinberg is much more than a stage or musical work: it is a testament to the cruel 20th century, telling about totalitarian regimes which led to annihilation of millions of lives. Completed in 1968 in Moscow, the artwork by Mieczysław Weinberg and librettist Alexander Medvedev, with plenty of universal, anti-totalitarian significance, waited for its world stage premiere until 2010. In Russia, it was only in 2016 that the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yekaterinburg made the effort to fully stage this extremely important opera. The present DVD, issued in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, is a registration of this excellent Russian performance.

Sung in Russian
Subtitles in Polish, English, and Russian

Cast:
- Marta: Natalia Karlova
- Tadeusz: Dmitri Starodubov
- Katya: Olga Tenyakova
- Kystyna: Ekaterina Neyzhmak
- Vlasta: Irina Kulikovskaya
- Hannah: Tatiana Nikanorova
- Bronka: Aleksandra Kulikova
- Ivette: Natalia Mokeeva
- Ol Woman: Lubov Shevchenko
- Liese: Nadezhda Babintseva
- Walter: Vladimir Cheberyak
- First SS Officer: Aleksei Semenishchev
- Second SS Officer: Vladislav Troshin
- Third SS Officer: Kirill Matveev
- Commandant: Garry Agadzhanyan

Director, scene & lighting designer: Thaddeus Strassberger
Costume designer: Vita Tzykun
Choreographer: Nadezhda Malygina