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Kazan Opera finished spring tour in Netherlands 31.03.2015

Kazan Opera finished spring tour in Netherlands

Last weekend touring opera company of the Tatar State Academic Theatre named after Musa Jalil ended in Europe. For six weeks artists gave 28 performances abroad. Bizet opera "Carmen" was presented in Rotterdam, The Hague, Gouda, Amsterdam and other cities.

"Carmen" - a very popular name, opera hit, and in this regard, there was an increased interest of the public, for example, in a huge theater "New Premium" for 1700 spectators, we could hardly find even a few seats to accommodate our guests of honor - Embassy staff the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, - says Deputy Director for International Affairs of TASTOiB   Edward Bagautdinov. - Over the 22 years that the company of Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre goes on tour abroad, we have managed to create a European brand StaatsOpera Tatarstan, so the fact that of some   tense relations between the Russian Federation and the EU does not affect the public interest in our artistic production - more average attendance of our performances this season slightly above normal for the Dutch theaters. "

In concert tour soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre, guest soloists, conductors Renat Salavatov, Andrei Anikhanov (St. Petersburg) were involved.

Immediately after the return,   the troupe started rehearsals of nearest premiere  by  theater - the play «DONA NOBIS PACEM» («Grant us peace") to the music of J.S. Bach Mass in B minor staged by Vladimir Vasiliev. The premiere of the play will take place on April 14,   15, in Kazan and April 18 in Moscow, on the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Regular tours of the Kazan Opera in Europe are  scheduled for autumn 2015.

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