Controversial director back at Bolshoi to shatter opera clichés Opera director Dmitry Chernyakov made a name for himself staging Russian classics but kept away from his hometown Moscow for nearly a decade after scandalising local audiences. But he is now back with a new interpretation of Rimsky-Korsakov's classic "Sadko" at the Bolshoi as the theatre seeks contemporary relevance while pleasing traditionalist audiences. IMAGES [from rehearsals of the first scene] AND SOUNDBITES