Type Theatre Completed 1941 Owner municipality of Almaty Phone +7 727 272 7934 | Location Almaty, Kazakhstan Opening 1941 Opened 1941 | |
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Address ул. Кабанбай батыра 110, Almaty, Kazakhstan Similar Ascension Cathedral - Almaty, Central State Museum, Kok‑Tobe, Republic Palace, Medeu Profiles | ||
Giacomo puccini chrysanthemums performed by string quartet of abay opera house
Abay Opera House (Kazakh: Абай атындағы қазақ мемлекеттік академиялық опера және балет театры, Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet House Abay) was built in Almaty in 1934 and named after Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli.
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. 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.
References
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