Abay Opera House

Abay Opera House (Kazakh: Абай атындағы қазақ мемлекеттік академиялық опера және балет театры, romanized: Abaı atyndaǵy qazaq memlekettik akademııalyq opera jáne balet teatry) was built in Almaty in 1934 and named after Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli.[1]

Abay Opera House
General information
TypeTheatre
LocationAlmaty, Kazakhstan
Coordinates43°14′56″N 76°56′45″E
Completed1941
Opening1941
Renovated2000
Ownermunicipality of Almaty

Founder (1934) and first director - Yevgeny Brusilovsky, who created eight national operas and a ballet ("Kyz-Zhibek", "Yer-Targhyn", "Aiman-Sholpan", "Birzhan and Sara", "Kamar-sulu" and others).

Over forty western and Kazakh pieces are performed, including operas, ballets and classical music performances.[2] Another famous opera staged in the Abay Opera House - "Abay", music by Akhmed Zhubanov and Latif Khamidi, libretto by Mukhtar Auezov.

The last renovation of the building was completed in 2000.

Theater repertoire

Opera
  • Abay
  • Aida
  • Abylai Khan
  • Aisulu
  • Masquerade ball
  • Birzhan and Sarah
  • Bohemia
  • Merry widow
  • Anne Frank's diary
  • Don Pasquale
  • Eugene Onegin
  • Enlik kebek
  • Cinderella
  • Iolanta
  • Pearl seekers

Ballet
  • Anna Karenina
  • Bakhchisarai fountain
  • La Bayadere
  • Bolero
  • Don Quixote
  • Giselle
  • Carmen Suite
  • Carmina Burana
  • Coppelia
  • Corsair
  • Swan Lake
  • The legend of love
  • Pavana Mavra
  • Pulcinella
  • Romeo and Juliet[3]

See also

References
  1. "Abay National Theater and Opera House". Almaty. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  2. "Abay Opera House". Hg2 Almaty. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. "Репертуар". www.gatob.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2021-12-14.



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