The Music of Great Victory in «Astana Opera»

On Victory Day, May 9, a gala concert «Victory Waltz» will take place in the Main Hall of the Astana Opera House. Film stills and wartime paraphernalia will adorn the stage, and the creative team of the Astana Opera House will recreate the atmosphere of that distant and difficult era.

The Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Abzal Mukhitdinov will be conducting this evening’s performance. Remembering the heroism of those who trod this difficult path to victory, masters of the stage arts Aigul Niyazova, Saltanat Akhmetova, Saltanat Muratbekova and young soloists will perform songs that helped the generation of winners to fight, survive, hope, struggle, stand up till the very end.

In addition to well-known songs of the war and postwar years, such as «Den Pobedy» by David Tukhmanov, «Ballada o Materi» by Yevgeny Martynov, «Ana TuralyBallada»by ZhaksygeldiSeilov,classical pieces that are related to the great day will be featured in the program, which makesthis concert unique. Thus, the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra will perform a fragment from Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 titled «Leningrad», written during the siege of Leningrad. Leading soloist SaltanatAkhmetova will perform Victory Waltz from Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra by R. Gliere. The Astana Opera Choir and Ballet Company will also take part in the concert.

An important event of this celebratory concert will be the premiere of the song «ErlerDastany», music arrangement by Abzal Mukhitdinov to the lyrics by a poet from Karaganda Sailau Bertkodzhaev.