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.

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.



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