'Sleeping Beauty' premiere opened in Astana
19:47, 3 July 2013
ASTANA. July 3. KAZINFORM President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has visited "Astana Opera" State Opera and Ballet Theatre, where "The Sleeping Beauty" ballet premiered this evening, Kazinform has learnt from the President's press service.
The choreograph is a Russian ballet master Yuri Grigorovich. Theater designer, a well known scenewright, Ezio Frigerio and Oscar Best Costume Design Award winner Franca Squarciapino were invited from Italy to help bring to life "The Sleeping Beauty" in Astana.