LA CENERENTOLA
ABAI STATE ACADEMIC OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE TOUR
7 July 2019
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA
Opera in 3 acts
The premiere at the Abai State Opera and Ballet Theatre took place in 2017
Music Director: Askar BURIBAYEV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Conductor: Yerbolat AKHMEDYAROV
Director: Lyailim IMANGAZINA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Set Designer: Vyacheslav OKUNEV, People's Artist of Russia, Laureate of State Prizes of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan (St. Petersburg)
Chorus Master: Aliya TEMIRBEKOVA, Chief Chorus Master of the Abai State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Multimedia Designer: Viktoria ZLOTNIKOVA (St. Petersburg)
Two centuries ago, during the Christmas season, the Teatro Valle in Rome commissioned Gioachino Rossini an opera, which he wrote in just twenty four days. La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) became one of Gioacchino Rossini’s finest operas.
La Cenerentola premiered in Rome on 25 January 1817, and quickly became one of the most performed operas written by the great composer. Gioachino Rossini and librettist Jacopo Ferretti turned Charles Perrault’s well-known fairy tale about the poor girl who met the Prince into a comic opera, having completed it with new characters, unexpected plot twists, sparkling humour and surprises. From the first notes, the opera captivates audiences with its extraordinary beauty, wit and fun, and, of course, magic. In the opera, Rossini jokes about human weaknesses and makes the main characters look funny in various comic situations.
La Cenerentola has been gracing the repertoire of the best opera houses worldwide for 200 years. To celebrate the opera’s bicentenary, Rossini’s masterpiece was presented for the first time in Kazakhstan at the Abai State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
LEAD ROLES AND PERFORMERS:
Cenerentola (Cinderella), Don Magnifico’s stepdaughter: Oksana DAVYDENKO
Don Ramiro, Prince: Damir SADUAKHASSOV
Dandini, valet to the Prince: Emil SAKAVOV
Don Magnifico, Baron: Oleg TATAMIROV
Alidoro: Tair TAZHI
His daughters:
Clorinda: Zarina ALTYNBAYEVA
Tisbe: Nadiya NADENOVA
Chorus and Orchestra of the Abai State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
