THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS

Biography

Choreographic composition.

Composer - Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto - Bulat Ayukhanov, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas son "The Lady of the Camellias". Choreography and staging - Bulat Ayukhanov.

The premiere took place in 1986. The production was staged for the SECD under the direction of Bulat Ayukhanov.

First performers: Tatyana Anyushenko, Kanat Karazhanov.

The ballet performance is based on the final scenes of the novel, where Margarita revives happy memories, dying in the arms of her beloved.

Ballet in 2 acts.

Music by Giuseppe Verdi, orchestral transcription by Vladimir Milov. Libretto - Francesco Maria Piave, revised by Oleg Uzakov (Tashkent) based on the drama of the same title by Alexander Dumas- son. Choreography and staging - Mintai Tleubayev. Production designer - Vyacheslav Fesko (Tashkent). Production conductors - Renat Salavatov, Balari Akitayev.

The premiere took place in May 1989 at the Abay SAOBT.

Characters and performers: Violetta - Raushan Baiseitova, Bernara Kariyeva (Tashkent, Uzbek SSR), Aisulu Tokombayeva (Frunze, KSSR), Sholpan Musakhanova; Alfred - Bakhytzhan Smagulov, Dmitry Tuboltsev, Murat Adyrkhayev; Germont, Alfred's father - Tursunbek Nurkaliyev; Baron - Bakhyt Abdrakhmanov; Gypsy dance - Leyla Akylbekova, Irina Mineyeva, Murat Tarlanov; Spanish dance - Lyudmila Li, Alma Askarbekova, Assel Musinova, Samat Askarbekov.

In the ballet version of Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera “La Traviata”, all plot collisions and twists and turns were almost completely preserved. The main character Violetta is not a fatal seductress, not a priestess of free love, but a tragic heroine, a strong and honest nature in relation to those whom she loves.

“The performance is a unique project, created especially for three ballerinas of the Kazakh, Uzbek and Kyrgyz opera houses, who danced the main role in turn for three evenings” [1].

The ballet "The Lady of the Camellias" was staged in four theaters - the Kazakh Abay SAOBT (1989), Uzbek A. Navoi SABT (1991), Kyrgyz A. Maldybayev National Order of Lenin AOBT (1991), Chelyabinsk M. Glinka SAOBT (1991)”.

Bibliography

• Жумасеитова Г.Т. Страницы казахского балета. – Астана: Елорда, 2001. – 144 с – С.50-53.
• Уразымбетов Д.Д. Балетные спектакли Минтая Тлеубаева в контексте хореографического искусства Казахстана – Диссертация на соискание ученой степени кандидата искусствоведения – Санкт-Петербург – 2018 – 186 с. – с.89-90
• Программка спектакля «Дамас камелиями». Архив.