Puss in Boots

2022/2023                  Kulyash Baiseitova Chamber Hall               the 10th Season

1 June * Thursday * 3.00 pm

 

PREMIERE

 

César Cui

Puss in Boots

Opera-fairytale

Libretto: Marina Pol' based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault

 

Running time: 50 minutes

Please note that the age limit is 5+.

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed

 

ABOUT THE OPERA-FAIRYTAIL:

Puss in Boots is a fairy tale by the famous French writer and poet Charles Perrault. It is included in his famous collection Mother Goose Tales, which was published in 1697, more than 320 years ago!

 

Everyone knows the story of how one of the miller’s sons received a meagre inheritance: a cat and some coins. The cat turned out to be a clever and loyal friend and asked to buy him some boots, using the last of the boy’s money. The cat then showed great wit, cleverly arranged everything, promoted his master to the position of Marquis and married him to the king’s daughter.

The Russian composer César Cui wrote the music for the children’s opera Puss in Boots, and it is full of charming melodies. This opera is also quite old – over a hundred years old – and was written in 1912. It first appeared on the theatre stage in 1913, not in Russia but in Rome, Italy, in the Theatre of the Little Ones (Puppet Theatre). This is how the opera Puss in Boots appeared to the public in the form of a puppet show, which was a real success, with at least 50 full houses in a row.

And in 2013, on the centenary of the first production, Puss in Boots premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

 

PRODUCTION GROUP:

Author of the New Musical Version: Alikhan Idrisov

Conductor: Ruslan Baymurzin

Stage Director: Yerenbak Toikenov

Set Designer: Malika Tulegenova

Costume Designer: Dariga Taishikova

Projection Designer: Azamat Kuttyguzhin

Lighting Designer: Sergey Kulak

Head of the Children’s Choir: Altynganym Akhmetova

Responsible Accompanists: Yelena Sakhno, Zhanar Akhmetova, Irina Kurguzkina, Zaru Zhazykbayeva, Zhanyl Rakhimbekova, Aishabibi Askarova, Gulshan Konusheva, Honoured Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic

Opera Company Director: Azamat Zheltyrguzov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan

Technical Project Manager: Victor Carare

Project Manager: Marzhan Zhakenova

 

LEAD ROLES AND PERFOMERS:

The Cat – Ramzat BALAKISHIYEV / Artur GABDIEV / Nurkanat TAPIEV

Marquis – Alikhan ZEYNOLLA / Ramzat BALAKISHIYEV / Talgat ALLABIRINOV

King – Valeriy SELIVANOV / Shyngys RASYLKHAN

The Ogre – Valeriy SELIVANOV / Shyngys RASYLKHAN /Zhandarbek YERKINBAEV

Princess – Zhamilya JARKIMBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan /Yelena GANZHA / Ulpan AUBAKIROVA / Nazym SAGYNTAY

 

OPERA SOLOISTS, ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, STUDENTS OF THE ASTANA OPERA CHILDREN’S STUDIO

 

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