'Nasimi' ballet to be staged in Baku on May 25

The State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater invites you to enjoy a ballet dedicated to one of the greatest Azerbaijani poets Imadaddin Nasimi on May 25.

The team of the Opera and Ballet Theater has prepared the ballet 'Nasimi' to the music of an outstanding Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the USSR, Professor Fikrat Amirov.

The ballet tells about the fate of the great poet and thinker who left a deep imprint on the centuries-old artistic and philosophical thought of the Azerbaijani people, as well as on the world treasure of humanity, AzerTAc reported.

The choreographer is the national artist, artistic director of the theater's ballet troupe Kamilla Huseynova. The author of the libretto is Ajdar Ulduz, the musical director and conductor of the ballet is the People's artist of Azerbaijan Yalchin Adigozalov, the production director - honored artist Nusrat Hajiyev, the costume designer - People's Artist Rafiz Ismayilov.

The leading soloists of the ballet troupe are the honored artists Nigar Ibrahimova, Samir Samadov, Islam Mamedov, Anar Mikayilov and Dinara Shirinova.