Fikrat Amirov's Ballet Captivates Audience In St. Petersburg
Date
8/10/2023 5:43:07 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Laman Ismayilova read more Fikrat Amirov's ballet "One Thousand and One Nights" has
captivated the audience in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Mariinsky Theater's Primorsky Stage presented the ballet as
part of its tour, Azernews reports.
The ballet production in St. Petersburg was staged under the
baton of the musical director and the principal conductor of the
Azerbaijani State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Honored Artist
Ayyub Guliyev.
The artists presented original versions of classical
performances edited by the artistic director of the ballet troupe,
Honored Art Worker of Russia Eldar Aliyev.
The ballet on the oriental theme "A Thousand and One Nights"
plunged the St. Petersburg audience into a magical atmosphere.
For more than forty years, this ballet has been staged with
triumph on world stages.
Well-known in English as the Arabian Nights, the work is about
Scheherazade, a Sassanid Queen, who tells a series of stories to
her husband, King Shahryar in order to delay her execution.
The ballet was first staged at the Azerbaijan State Academic
Opera and Ballet Theater in 1979.
The ballet's new version was premiered as part of the 5th
Mariinsky International Far East Festival in 2020.
Over 300 costumes with hand embroidery were made for the ballet
show directed by Honored Art Worker of Russia Eldar Aliyev.
Azerbaijan's traditional musical instruments - tar and naghara
(drum) - were presented to the theater on behalf of the national
musicians.
The idea to add tar performance came from Eldar Aliyev. Ramin
Azimov, the soloist of the Azerbaijani State Academic Opera and
Ballet Theater, performed on tar during the premiere.
Noting that, the theater tour takes place at the invitation of
the director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater,
world-famous conductor Valery Gergiev.
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