Cinderella

Cinderella

Ballet in 2 acts

Ballet to music by Sergei Prokofiev, Jimmy Durante, Billy Ray Cyrus and Louis Armstrong

Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Please note that the age limit is 10+

Management reserves the right to substitute performers

The libretto (based on Perrault’s fairytale) and choreography are by Raimondo Rebeck, known to our audiences for his one-act ballet How Long is Now? and Beethoven Immortal Love, which were very successful.

The ballet will present the familiar fairytale of Cinderella in a modern reading. The plot of the fairytale and the characters are the same, while the time and place of action are transferred from the Rococo period to the present day and back again. The romantic relationship between Cinderella and the Prince unfolds against the backdrop of the realization of their creative ideas: Cinderella (Ella) dreams of becoming a couturier, while the Prince wants to become a composer and a DJ.

The music of Sergei Prokofiev performed by the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra is complemented by the atmospheric acoustic sound of contemporary popular compositions by Jimmy Durante, Billy Ray Cyrus and Louis Armstrong.

The ballet is choreographed in the neoclassical style, with elements of pop dance and breakdancing.

Cinderella is a kind and beautiful production for family viewing, with the idea of being able to realise one’s dreams, regardless of life circumstances and social background.

LEAD ROLES AND PERFORMERS

Cinderella Madina UNERBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan /

Aigerim BEKETAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan /

Shugyla ADEPKHAN

Prince Galymzhan NURMUKHAMET / Dias KURMANGAZY (Debut) /

Yerkin RAKHMATULLAYEV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (Debut)

Good Fairy Arman URAZOV / Sultanbek GUMAR / Aidan KALZHAN (Debut)

Stepmother Adelina TULEPOVA / Assel SHAIKENOVA /

Anel RUSTEMOVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (Debut)

Stepsister Sneezy Alina ZYRYANOVA / Moldir SHAKIMOVA

Stepsister Praline Zhuldyz ZHUMAZHANOVA / Nazira ZAYETOVA

King Beibarys AKARYS / Bostan KOZHABEKOV

Queen Gulnur KAISSAROVA / Assel KENZHEBEKOVA (Debut)

Two friends Bekzat ORYNBAYEV, Islam KAIPBAY /

Zhaksylyk SAUKYMBEKOV (Debut), Erkin BAZARBAEV (Debut)

Dance Master Zhanibek AKHMEDIYEV / Olzhas TARLANOV

Hairdresser Kuat KARIBAYEV

Master of Ceremonies Zhanibek AKHMEDIYEV / Olzhas TARLANOV

THE ASTANA OPERA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND BALLET DANCERS

PRODUCTION TEAM

Choreographer: Raimondo Rebeck

Composer / Arranger: Davidson Jaconello

Music Director and Conductor: Abzal Mukhitdin, People’s Artist of Kazakhstan

Conductor: Ruslan Baimurzin

Set Designer: Yoko Seyama

Lighting Designer: Tim Waclawek

Projection Designer: Sergio Metalli

Costume Designer: François-Noël Cherpin

Technical Project Manager: Victor Carare

Artistic Director of the Astana Opera Ballet Company: Altynai Asylmuratova, People’s Artist of Russia

Tickets purchased at the Astana Opera are exchangeable and refundable only in cases of cancelled or postponed performances. In all other cases, no refunds and exchanges are possible.