Tickets to Astana Opera premier range from 500 to 30,000 tenge

The ticket to the world premier of Astana Opera will cost from 500 to 30 thousand tenge ($3.3-196), Tengrinews reports citing the press-service of the theater. The tickets can be bought starting from September 20 from the theater's booking office. Astana Opera is staging Attila opera by Giuseppe Verdi for its world premiere on October 21. World famous opera artists will be singing the opera. Famous Valeriy Gergiyev of Mariinsky Theater is the musical director and conductor of the performance; staging will be done by the outstanding Italian maitre Pier Luigi Pizzi from Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; Attila part will be played by the world's best bass singer Ildar Abdrazakov and the owner of a beautiful voice, a soprano perfect for Verdi, Anna Markarova of Mariinsky Theater will play Odabella. A gala-concert of classic music artists Denis Matsuyev, Svetlana Zaharova, Alibek Dnishev, Ildar Abdrazakov, Anna Markarova, Sergei Krylov, Olga Peretyatko, Maira Kerey, Medet Chotabayev, Alfiya Karimova, Abzal Mukhitdinov, Aigerim Beketayeva, Tair Gatauov and others will be held on October 22. Verdi's Attila opera will be repeated one more time on October 23. But this time Antonio Pirolli from Mariinsky Theater will be conducting the performance. A gala-concert of Astana Opera stars will take place on October 24.