Astana Opera to tour Tashkent, to stage Opera Abai
The tour will take place at the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Uzbekistan with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana Opera's official website reads.
It should be noted that this is the first tour to Uzbekistan in the history of the Astana Opera. It is not by chance that the opera Abai was included in the tour program, as just in a year's time the international music community will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the great Kazakh poet, composer, educator and philosopher Abai.
The Uzbek audience will have an opportunity to get to know magnificent voices, as well as brilliant artistry and acting skills of famous opera singers Sundet Baigozhin, Saltanat Akhmetova, Meir Bainesh, Beimbet Tanarykov, Talgat Galeyev, Tatyana Vitsinskaya, Yerzhan Saipov, Bolat Yessimkhanov, Ramzat Balakishiyev, Shyngys Rassylkhan and many others.
The Symphony Orchestra will be performing under the baton of the Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize of Kazakhstan, great-grandson of Akhmet Zhubanov - renowned conductor Alan Buribayev. Thanks to the maestro, the opera Abai was performed for the first time in German at the Meininger Staatstheater in South Thuringia. He is also the Music Director of this opera production at the Astana Opera. National classical masterpiece performed by the capital's company was a great success among the audience in Italy. In 2018, members of the Astana Opera creative team received the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan for this production.
It is safe to say that the opera Abai is the hallmark of the culture and art of Kazakhstan.
Let us remind that in April, the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev opened the Year of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan. In their speeches, the Heads of State noted the long-standing traditions of friendship and good neighborliness that unite Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
