Kyz Zhibek
2021 / 2022 Main Hall the 9th Season
28 October * Thursday * 6:00 pm
OPENING OF THE THEATRE FESTIVAL
NUR-SULTAN THEATRE WEEK
The Main Hall of the Astana Opera House will host the opening of the annual Theatre Festival “NUR-SULTAN THEATRE WEEK”, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The organizer of the festival is the Akimat of Nur-Sultan city.
Festival participants: Kuanyshbayev Kazakh State Academic Music and Drama Theatre, M. Gorky State Academic Russian Drama Theatre, Zhastar Theatre, Astana Ballet Theatre, Ye. Rakhmadiyev State Academic Philharmonic, Musical Theatre for Young Spectators and Nomad City Hall Theatre named after Azerbaijan Mambetov. A special guest of the festival is the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre.
The rich festival programme features theatrical performances from the golden fund of the capital's theatres, open workshops from the best theatrical figures of Kazakhstan: direction, acting techniques, scenic speech, scenic movement, performance training, etc., as well as art exhibitions and creative concerts of the capital artists.
The opening ceremony of the Theatre Festival “NUR-SULTAN THEATRE WEEK” will take place on the stage of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre “Astana Opera” before the performance of the opera Kyz Zhibek by Ye. Brusilovsky.
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Yevgeny Brusilovsky
Kyz Zhibek
Opera in 2 acts and an epilogue
Libretto by Gabit Musrepov
Author of the New Musical Version, Music Director and Conductor – Abzal Mukhitdin, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Conductor – Ruslan Baimurzin
Producer – Mikhail Pandzhavidze
Set Designers – Sofia Tasmagambetova, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan / Pavel Dragunov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Choirmaster – Yerzhan Dautov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Choreographer – Producer –Mukaram Avakhri, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Projection Designer – Pavel Suvorov
Lighting Designer – Sergei Shevchenko
Consultant – Askhat Mayemirov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Assistant Director – Yerenbak Toikenov
Assistant Costume Designer – Arassel Dosmuratova
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 conductor Abzal Mukhitdin and director Mikhail Pandzhavidze 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 Zhibek unforgettable.
Zhibek – Zhamilya JARKIMBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Tulegen – Meir BAINESH, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Bekezhan – Talgat GALEYEV
Shege – Beimbet TANARYKOV
Bazarbai – Zhanat SHYBYKBAYEV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Kamka – Gulzhanat SAPAKOVA
Karlygash – Assem SEMBINA
Batsaiy – Saltanat MURATBEKOVA
Duriya – Bibigul ZHANUZAK, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Running time of the play: 2 hours 20 minutes (with one interval)
Performed in the Kazakh language
(Accompanied by synchronized Russian and English subtitles)
ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, BALLET, EXTRAS AND PUPILS OF THE CHILDREN’S STUDIO OF THE ASTANA OPERA HOUSE
Management reserves the right to substitute performers