It's a story of the struggle between good and evil.<br/> <br />Moscow's acclaimed Bolshoi Theater is staging this eternal story as opera for children, based Hans Christian Anderson's 'The Snow Queen'<br/> <br />It's called the 'The story of Kai and Gerda' and director Dmitry Belianushkin says it's not easy keeping a child entertained.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) PRODUCTION DIRECTOR, DMITRY BELIANUSHKIN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We tried to make the performance last not more than two hours, because a child of more than six years old is accustomed to the lesson of 45 minutes, then you have to give a break quickly. So we made it concise, compact and full of events."<br/> <br />Svetlana Shilova plays the villain in the opera who says her character's traditional color was switched from blue to black and is intended to make the child audience think.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ACTRESS, SVETLANA SHILOVA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Of course they will maybe ask themselves, first, 'why is she dressed in black?' Our Snow Queen is m
