 On 23 November, 2016 a concert version of the opera (albeit with some sizable cuts) was presented at The Mariinsky Theatre, 
St. Petersburg, Russia.Vladimir Dubrovsky is a young nobleman whose land is confiscated by greedy and powerful aristocrat Kiril Petrovitch Troekurov.Determined to get justice one way or another, Dubrovsky gathers together a band of serfs and goes on a rampage like another Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.