Theatres in Daghestan

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Theatres in Daghestan
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• Daghestanis are now creating for themselves new
  forms of national art opera, ballet, symphonic
  music.
• The important contribution to the development of
  modern national art in Daghestan has been made by
  the composersG.Gasanov, M.Kazhlaev, S.Agababov,
  Sh.Chalaev, N.Dagirov, S.Kerimov. Some of their
  works are well known outside the republic.
• The 1st Daghestan ballet Mountain Girl by
  M.Kazhlaev was performed at the Kirov (now the
  Mariinsky Theatre ) in Leningrad. Three
  representations of Daghestan peoples help to
  create it composer M.Kazhlaev, a Lak conductor
  Gemal dalgat, a Dargin and the poet R.Gamzatov,
  an Avar. The choreographer was Russian Oleg
  Vinogradov.

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• Another Daghestan composer, Nabi Daghirov,
  created his first ballet entitled Partu Patima,
  which was staged by the Lezginka dance company
  in Makhachkala.

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• The 1st Daghestan national opera Khochbar,
  written by composer G.Gasanov about 60 years ago,
  was for the 1st time staged in Makhachkala in
  1996. Another Daghestan poera is Highlanders by
  Sh.Chalaev was staged in several cities of the
  country.
• The opera by Sh.Chalaev King Lear has been
  received warmly by the professional people in our
  country and abroad. Its first staging took place
  at the close of the World Exhibition in Portugal.
  The latest opera of Sh.Chalaev is Hadji-Murat.

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• In conclusion we must say that today there are 7
  professional theatres in the republic which stage
  plays by well-known local writers and classics of
  world literature. The oldest theatre in Daghestan
  is the Russian Gorky Drama theatre which was
  founded in 1923.

The Russian Theater
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• Other theatres
• The Kumik Theatre of Musical Comedy and Drama
• The Avar Theatre of Musical Comedy and Drama
• The Dargin Drama Theatre
• The Lak Drama Theatre
• The Lezgin Drama Theatre
• The Tat Folk Theatre

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Avar National Theater
Russian National Theater