This is from last
weekend, but I've only just now gotten around to uploading all the video clips
necessary for this post. Last Sunday was the 25th anniversary performance of
Сталбек Алмасбеков (Stalbek Almasbekov), the premier opera singer of
Kyrgyzstan. He's also the father of one of my former students. This student now
studies with M, and decided to invite both of us to his father's performance.
We received free tickets and prime seats in the fifth row, center. Too bad I'm
rather a philistine and not all that big into opera. Anyway, while I'm certainly
no judge of operatic quality, he seemed to be an exceptional singer. I took
numerous photos (below), although since it *was* opera after all, I took some
videos as well, and have uploaded three short clips to YouTube. The show
consisted of two abridged operas, Сельская честь (Village Honor) and Паяцы
(Pagliacci).
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