https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvmdqa/the-story-of-the-soviet-submarine-officer-who-saved-the-world-is-now-an-opera

For a moment on October 27, 1962 the world came close to nuclear annihilation. It was the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the world stood at the precipice of disaster. The Soviet submarine B-59 in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean was cut off from Moscow and its commander wanted to launch a nuclear torpedo at nearby American ships. Another officer on the sub, Vasily Arkhipov, stopped him. He’s a hero who narrowly avoided nuclear war. Now his time on the submarine and that fateful decision has been commemorated as an opera.

Set to run October 21 and 22 at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Los Angeles, Arkhipov is a small-scale opera performed by 10 singers and 18 instruments. It’s two acts long and will run approximately two hours, according to a description on its website.