Warm and sunny Barcelona is the theatregoers’ main association with Minkus’ ballet Don Quixote. This enthralling production will be held at Astana Opera on November 15 and 16 as part of Zhibek Zholy International Festival. An adventure story, incendiary music, virtuoso performance of temperamental Spanish dances by famous Kazakh ballet dancers and stars of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus, as well as colourful and stylized sets by Ezio Frigerio await the residents and guests of the capital.
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The grand opening of the Zhibek Zholy International Festival will take place on November 12 at Astana Opera. A red carpet event with famous guests and journalists, an exciting program and Mukan Tulebayev’s beloved by all opera Birzhan – Sara will mark the beginning of the festival, which will bring together artists from Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Armenia, Russia, Belarus and other countries.
On November 13, International Opera Academy attendees will present a new unique program Grande Opera, featuring Western European composers’ works. The well-known performer, artistic director of the youth program of the Moscow theatre Helikon-Opera, Honoured Artist of Russia Marina Mescheriakova, is taking part in preparing the soloists for the concert.
On November 13, 2022, the opening of the international exhibition of children’s drawings “We Are the World” will be held at Astana Opera with the support of the Embassy of France in Kazakhstan. The exhibition is aimed at developing creative skills, identifying and supporting young talents.
Moscow greeted the performance of the Astana Opera Ballet Company at the Kremlin Palace with warm applause and shouts of ‘Bravo’! The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, presented by the Kazakh ballet company as part of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and Russia, received high reviews from theatregoers and music critics.
In honor of the 110th anniversary of the opera legend, Honoured Artist of Kazakhstan, People’s Artist of the USSR, laureate of State Prizes Kulyash Baiseitova, on October 29, Astana Opera will host a musical evening Kulyashtin Ani, organized by the republican public association Vocalists’ Union of Kazakhstan. An award ceremony for performers who popularize Kulyash Baiseitova’s work will be held as part of the concert.
In the last autumn month at Astana Opera, residents and guests of the capital will enjoy an unforgettable musical evening Romantics and Contemporaries. On November 25, young, but already famous among the domestic and foreign audiences performers will take the stage in the capital.
The first in Kazakhstan, Umai National Award, established by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is an equivalent to the Tony Award. For three months, Kazakhstan’s well-known painters competed for the right to be the author of the sketch of the Umai Award statuette.
On the Republic Day, October 25, a festive concert Merekelik Shashu awaits the residents and guests of the capital. The musical evening will take place at Astana Opera’s Kulyash Baiseitova Chamber Hall, where Astana Opera’s famous soloists and artists of the well-known classical music ensemble Camerata Kazakhstan will perform.
A master class from a famous Italian opera singer and vocal coach Anna Vandi opens the final academic year at the Astana Opera International Opera Academy. In the coming months, a rich curriculum, in-demand teachers – Honoured Workers of Kazakhstan Azamat Zheltyrguzov, Zhupar Gabdullina, Talgat Mussabayev, as well as new meetings with the audience await the young singers.