Zindagi Trust, in collaboration with Intermach of Russia and Mercury Group of Companies of Pakistan and, brought the artists from the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, Stanislavskiy and Nemirovich- Danchenko Moscow Academic Musical theatre, New Opera Theatre, Tchaikovsky Moscow State conservatoire, Kremlin Ballet theatre an state Academic theatre of Classical Ballet to Pakistan for an artistic tour of opera and ballet. Also partnering with Zindagi Trust in this event was Konica-Minolta as the photography partners.

The Russian Opera & Ballet show took place on Sunday, April 17th, 2005 at the DHA Golf Club mesmerizing the Karachi audience, after receiving glowing reviews from the elite of Islamabad, including the President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz as well as Ambassadors, Ministers, Secretaries and other high-ranking officials on April 14th & 15th, 2005.

The show featured many historic Opera and ballet premieres, including Tchaikovsky’s La Voyavoda, Mazeppa, and Swan Lake, Rachmaninoff’s Aleko and Francesca da Rimini, and Gilnka’s lvan Sussanin and Ruslan and Ludmila.