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World premiere of Astana Opera theater to take place in October 2013

The new theater will open its season on June 21 with Mukan Tulebayev's classical national opera "Birzhan and Sara" directed by Yuri Alexandrov. In the framework of celebration of the Day of the Capital the new theater will stage Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" ballet on July 3.

Almaty. June 18. Kazakhstan Today - World premiere of the new opera and ballet theater "Astana Opera" is scheduled for October 2013. It will open with Giuseppe Verdi's "Attila", Kazakh Minister of Culture and Information Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed has said today at a meeting of the Government.

According to the Prime Minister's official website, the new theater will open its season on June 21 with Mukan Tulebayev's classical national opera "Birzhan and Sara" directed by Yuri Alexandrov. In the framework of celebration of the Day of the Capital the new theater will stage Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" ballet on July 3.

"As for the selection of the creative team of the theater, there was formed a special competition commission consisting of Kazakh and foreign experts (Russia, Italy, Austria, Germany)," the Minister said.

The preliminary stage of the competition was held from April 3 to May 31. The main stage will be held in September.

"Every year the theater will stage two new opera and two new ballet performances. We will show premieres on the channel "Madeniet" for the most remote corners of Kazakhstan, which will increase our audience to hundreds of thousands of viewers," Kul-Mukhammed concluded.

The construction of the theater "Astana Opera" began on the instruction of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2010. The total floor area is 64,000 square meters. The audience hall has 1,250 seats, it has a horseshoe shape. Ground floor can accommodate up to 450 spectators and has a slope that provides good visibility to every viewer.

The building also has 8 additional halls, 11 rehearsal rooms, a chamber music hall with 250 seats, press rooms, and other functional rooms.

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