A beautiful love story of a foreign woman, Jane, and a Russian junker, Andrei. A chance meeting on a train sparks a deep feeling! But Jane’s goal in Russia isn’t love at all — it’s something else: she must help sell a steam engine. For that purpose, she sets out to seduce General Radlov. Andrei, meanwhile, thinks she has genuine feelings for him. In a fit of jealousy, he rushes at the general. All this happens during the opera premiere “The Barber of Seville.” Andrei is accused of attempting to murder the Tsarevich Mikhail, who is present at the performance. Siberia, penal servitude — this is the price for love. Will they meet again, or not? It’s unknown!