“Astana Opera” State Opera and Ballet Theater was opened in 2013 at the initiative of the First President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Astana Opera, the largest theater in Central Asia, was built according to the best classical traditions of world architecture, adding some Kazakh national flair. Its technical equipment meets international standards.
The repertoire includes works by outstanding national composers: the operas “Birzhan – Sara” by M. Tulebaev, “Abai” by A. Zhubanov and L. Hamidi, “Kyz Zhibek” by E. Brusilovsky; “Karagoz” ballet to the music of G. Zhubanova. World classics are represented by operas: Aida, La Traviata, Don Carlos by G. Verdi, La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Turandot by G. Puccini, Carmen by J. Bizet, The Barber of Seville, The Silk Stairs by G. Rossini, Eugene Onegin by P. Tchaikovsky; ballets: Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev, Spartacus by A. Khachaturian, Fountain of Bakhchisarai by B. Asafiev, La Bayadere and Don Quixote by L. Minkus, Le Corsaire and Giselle by A. Adan, Coppelia by L. Delibes; Chopiniana and Scheherazade by M. Fokine, Rodin by B. Eifman, Notre Dame Cathedral by R. Petit, Manon by K. McMillan, etc.
The chief conductor is Alan Buribayev, the Artistic Director of the ballet troupe is Altynai Asylmuratova. The performances are staged by Franco Zeffirelli, Yuri Grigorovich, Boris Eifman, Giancarlo Del Monaco, A. Buribaev and others. Set designer is Ezio Frigerio. Costumes are designed by Franca Squarciapino.
Placido Domingo, Zubin Mehta, Elena Obraztsova, Valery Gergiev, Jose Carreras, Anna Netrebko, Marcelo Alvarez, Svetlana Zakharova, and Ildar Abdrazakov have performed on the stage of the Astana Opera together with famous Kazakhstani artists Bibigul Tulegenova, Alibek Dnishev, Aiman Musakhadzhaeva, Nurzhamal Usenbaeva, and others.
The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Neapolitan San Carlo, the Genoese Carlo Felice, the National Paris Opera, the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg and others have toured here.
During EXPO-2017, the theater hosted Placido Domingo’s 25th Operalia International Opera Competition.
In 2014, the Astana Opera went on a world tour, which included New York, Toronto, Paris, Antwerp, and Rotterdam. The theater also toured at the Royal Theater in Muscat (Oman), Graz Opera (Austria); Mariinsky Theater (Russia), Theatro Municipal (Brazil), Roman Opera (Italy), Teatro Carlo Felice (Italy), Reina Sofia Palace of Arts (Valencia, Spain) and other theaters. In September, a performance is planned at the Bolshoi Theater of Russia.
The Astana Opera is a two-time laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of literature and art for the opera “Abai” by A. Zhubanov and L. Hamidi (2018). The theater also won the International BraVo Prize in the field of classical art in the nomination “Theater of the Year” (Moscow, Bolshoi Theater, 2019).
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ВремяВремя11:00amPress conference12:00pmTheatrical exhibition opening ceremony4:30pmThe red carpet5:30pmFestival opening ceremony6:00pmAstana Opera Kyz Zhibek by Еvgeny Brusilovsky /opera/
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ВремяВремя6:00pmAstana Opera Giselle /ballet/
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ВремяВремя11:00am“Modern theater in Kazakhstan: problems and solutions” Scientific-Practical Conference7:00pmFestival closing ceremony «Theatre ALL» Award Ceremony