Two musical evenings celebrating the 75th birthday of opera singer Alibek Dnishev were held at the Abai Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre. Dnishev is a People’s Artist of the USSR and Kazakhstan and a Hero of Labour of Kazakhstan.
The anniversary programme opened with Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata. The gala concert that followed featured Kazakh songs, romances and works from the world vocal repertoire.
In the concert’s second part, Dnishev performed Abai’s “Zhelsiz tünde zharyq ai,” Matvey Blanter’s “Za vysokimi gorami,” Agustín Lara’s “Solamente una vez” and “Aq sisa” by Zhayau Musa. His niece, Karina Abdullina, also took part.
