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Kyz Zhibek
2018
06 December
Starting Time 01:00
Astana, 1 Kunayev Str.
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Libretto by Gabit Musrepov
Author of the New Musical Version, Music Director and Conductor –
Abzal Mukhitdinov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Producer – Mikhail Pandzhavidze (Belarus)
Set Designers – Sofia Tasmagambetova / Pavel Dragunov
Choirmaster – Yerzhan Dautov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Choreographer – Producer – Mukaram Avakhri
Projection Designer – Pavel Suvorov (Russia)
Lighting Designer – Sergei Shevchenko (Russia)
Consultant – Askhat Mayemirov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Philosophy
Assistant Director – Yeren Toikenov
Assistant Costume Designer – Arassel Dosmuratova
Conductor – Ruslan Baimurzin
Head of Children’s Choir – Altynganym Akhmetova
The first Kazakh opera Kyz Zhibek was staged at the Kazakh Musical Theatre (now, the Abai State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre) in 1934, and was immediately recognized as a gem of the national musical art. The well-known director Mikhail Pandzhavidze and conductor Abzal Mukhitdinov offer the audience a new reading of the national classical opera. Thanks to 3D technologies, the pages of the folk lyric and epic poem Kyz Zhibek come to life in the eyes of the audience: the projected moving caravan unexpectedly continues to go on stage, turning into real horses and camels. City walls, created by designers almost in full size, slide apart in an instant to present a vivid picture of life going on in the square in front of the Palace of Bazarbai. Bright costumes, video installations, the lighting designer’s interesting work, and most importantly – music – that we all know and love since our childhood, beautiful voices of soloists and harmonious sound of the orchestra make the production of Kyz Zhibekunforgettable.
The performance has one interval
Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes
Performed in the Kazakh language
(Accompanied by synchronized Russian and English subtitles)