The Astana Opera is going on another tour. The artists will present Gioachino Rossini’s operatic farsa comica La Scala di Seta on November 8 at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre as part of the 8th Musical Theatre Festival "Seeing Music". The Kazakh company’s performance promises to become one of the main events of the Moscow festival, Astana Opera press office reports.
This enthralling opera production will be performed under the baton of the Honored Worker of Kazakhstan Abzal Mukhitdin. The audience will see Aizada Kaponova as Giulia and Alikhan Zeinolla as Dorvil. Azamat Zheltyrguzov will portray the enterprising Germano and Yevgeniy Chainikov will take the stage as Blansac. Tatyana Vitsiskaya will present Lucilla, Ramzat Balakishiyev - Dormont.
The opera will transport listeners back to the 18th century. Guilia will secretly marry her beloved Dorvil, who will get to his wife via a silken ladder that she throws down from her window. Giulia’s guardian, old Dormont, not knowing about the marriage, will try to marry her off to Blansac, Dorvil’s friend, who is very popular with the ladies.
The magic of the soloists’ artistry and the interesting solutions of the stage director Ala Simonishvili will convey an inimitable atmosphere of incongruity and theatrical panache onstage. The magnificent sets and costumes created by the Italian designer Manana Gulia in the Commedia dell’Arte style will make it possible to recognize the famous Italian characters in the guise of the opera’s heroes: Harlequin, il Capitano, il Dottore, and others.
Daily rehearsals, creative discussions and pleasant efforts regarding touring remain hidden from the public eye backstage of this unique musical event.
The company is preparing for an important performance. Despite the fact that the production is quite well-known for us, since we presented it in Saint Petersburg, in Minsk, and in many cities of Kazakhstan, there is still excitement. It is known that about forty different musical collectives perform at this festival, including teams from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Certainly, we want to demonstrate our professionalism and worthily present the art of our country. It is no coincidence that we chose this particular production to perform, because it is cheerful, easy to comprehend and captivates with Rossini’s brilliant music. This is one of his early operas, which became a springboard for the fame of the outstanding Italian composer," Azamat Zheltyrguzov, the Astana Opera’s opera company director, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, said.
The tour will be possible thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which emphasizes the importance of cultural cooperation between countries. The audience can be certain that the riddles will certainly be solved, the secrets revealed, and good impressions of the Astana Opera’s tour performance will remain in memory for a long time.
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