Organization

Conductor

Yerbolat Akhmedyarov

Askar Buribayev

Stage director

Lorenzo Mariani

Set designer

William Orlandi

Choreographer

Luciano Cannito

Lighting designer

Roberto Venturi

Chorus master

Aliya Temirbekova

Assistant Director

Natalija Stankovic

Serkan Bodur

Singer

Baluan Berkenov

CANIO

Zarina Altinbayeva

Nedda

Oleg Tatamirov

Tonio

Darkhan Zholdybaev

Beppo

Emil Sakavov

Silvio

Soprano

Nadia Nadenova

Santuzza

Tenor

Nurzhan Bazhekenov

Turiddu

Baritone

Evgeniy Shagarov

Alfio

Mezzo-soprano

Oksana Davydenko

Lola

Contralto

Elena Nikonova

Lucia

Abai Opera

Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra of the Kazakh National Opera

Italian

AN EVENING OF ONE-ACT OPERAS

Almaty

Kazakhstan

Abai Opera and Ballet House

AN EVENING OF ONE-ACT OPERAS: Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni (+1 More)

Public

Rustic Chivalry

Pagliacci

Russian

Kazakh

Approved

In the late 70s of the XIX century, a new creative direction appeared in Italy, which defended the position of ruthless truthfulness and reflection of the reality of life, with all its cruel realities and unrealistic romantic illusions. For writers of verists, the most faithful literary genre was the novella, in the center of which is a person doomed to a joyless existence.

The brightest representatives of musical verism were the operas of Italian composers Pietro Mascagni "Rural Honor" and Ruggero Leoncavallo "Pagliacci". Following the creative experience of writers, verist composers also turned to the real depiction of life.

Both operas are written in a very concise single-movement form. The main attention of the composers was given to the personal dramas of their heroes, and transmitted by "bright, flashy tones": no subtexts, only facts.

The premiere of the one-act operas by P. Mascagni "Rural Honor" and R. Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" on the stage of the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Abai took place in 2018. A creative team from Italy was invited to stage the performances: the director - Lorenzo Mariani, the set designer, costume designer - William Orlandi, the lighting designer - Roberto Venturi and the choreographer - Luciano Cannito. The musical director was the Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Buribayev.

It is noteworthy that in the 70s of the twentieth century in the GATOB named after Abai there was a one-act opera by R. Leoncavallo "Pagliacci" with legendary performers: Roza Jamanova (Nedda), Vasily Yakovenko (Canio), Arthur Amonov (Tonio), Kurmanbek Murzabekov (Silvio). The conductor was the People's Artist of Kazakhstan Bazargali Zhamanbayev

English

AN EVENING OF ONE-ACT OPERAS by Mascagni, Leoncavallo, From (2022/2022), Directed by Lorenzo Mariani,, Conductor Yerbolat Akhmedyarov, Askar Buribayev, Abai Opera and Ballet House, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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