Abay Opera House. Named after Kazakh poet poet, composer, and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli.

Founder (1934) and first director - Eugeny Brusilovsky who created eight national operas and a ballet ("Kyz-Zhibek

Kyz-Zhibek

Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century, tells about the period in the Kazakh nation when the people suffered from bloody feuds. In those times each province of the Kazakh nation had its own Khan and each tried to supersede the other....

", "Yer-Targhyn", "Aiman-Sholpan", "Birzhan and Sara", "Kamar-sulu" and others).

Another famous opera staged in the Abay Opera House - "Abay", music by Akhmed Zhubanov and Latif Khamidi, libretto by Mukhtar Auezov

Mukhtar Auezov

Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov was a prominent Kazakh writer, known best for his work as a playwright.-Life:...

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