2022 / 2023 Main Hall the 10th Season
18 April * Tuesday * 7:00 pm
19 April * Wednesday * 7:00 pm
TO THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF T. ZHURGENOV AND THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF ZH. SHANIN
Yevgeny Brusilovsky
Kyz Zhibek
Opera in 2 acts and an epilogue
Libretto by Gabit Musrepov
Performed in the Kazakh language
(Accompanied by synchronized Russian and English subtitles)
Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes (with one interval)
Management reserves the right to substitute performers
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.
ROLES AND PERFORMERS :*
Zhibek – Madina ISLAMOVA / Zhamilya JARKIMBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Tulegen – Talgat ALLABIRINOV (Debut) / Meir BAINESH, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Bekezhan – Talgat GALEYEV
Shege – Beimbet TANARYKOV
Bazarbai – Bolat YESSIMKHANOV / Zhanat SHYBYKBAYEV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Kamka – Gulzhanat SAPAKOVA
Karlygash – Assem SEMBINA / Yelena GANZHA
Batsaiy – Tatyana VITSINSKAYA / Saltanat MURATBEKOVA
Duriya – Aigerim AMANZHOLOVA / Ulpan AUBAKIROVA
ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, BALLET, EXTRAS AND PUPILS OF THE CHILDREN’S STUDIO OF THE ASTANA OPERA HOUSE
