On January 28, in the opera "Kyz Zhibek" by E. Brusilovsky, dedicated to the 80th birthday of Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR Kenes Baktayev, who will perform the role of Shege and will perform on stage with his famous daughter Zhannat Baktai
On January 28, in the opera "Kyz Zhibek" by E. Brusilovsky, dedicated to the 80th birthday of Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR Kenes Baktayev, who will perform the role of Shege and will perform on stage with his famous daughter Zhannat Baktai.
The leading soloist of “Astana Opera” , Honored artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In 1996 she graduated from Almaty State Conservatory named after Kurmangazy, obtaining a degree in “Solo Singing” (class of the professor N. A. Sharipova) and “Piano” (class of the professor N. Izmailov). In 1998 she has passed the international training in: Jesi (Italy, 2009); Associazione Opera Italiana di Bologna (Bologna, Italy); Accademia Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy). Since1998 she has been a soloist of the Republican Guard; from 1998 – soloist of State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Abay; from 2000 – soloist of National Opera and Ballet Theatre named after K. Baiseitova; from 2013 – leading soloist of State Theatre of Opera and Ballet “Astana Opera”.
AWARDS:
- Laureate of the International Competition named after Glinka (1997)
- Laureate of the International Competition named after Byul-Byul in Baku (1998)
- Laureate of the International Festival “April Spring” (Phenyan, 2003)
- International Vocal Competition in Bulgaria ( Sofia, 2003)
- Laureate of “Choice of Kazakhstan” prize, “Person of the year -2003”
- “Kurmet” prize (2005)
Zhanat Baktai performed on the stage of State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Abay (Almaty), Kazan Opera Theatre, Bolshoi Theatre, New Opera (Moscow), Saratov Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. She also sang in famous concert halls such as: “Kennedy Centre”, “Linkoln Theatre” (Washington), “Carnegie Hall” (New-York), “Santori Hall” (Tokyo) and others. She collaborated with many famous conductors: Renat Salavatov, Fuat Mansurov, Gintaras Rinkevicius. REPERTOIRE: Zhibek («Kyz Zhibek» by Y. Brusilovsky),Altynai («Birzhan-Sara» by M. Tulebayev),Kamar («Kamar Sulu» by Y. Rachmadiyev),Mamyr («Kalkaman Mamyr» by B. Kydyrbek),Violetta («La Traviata» by G. Verdi),Gilda («Rigoletto» by G. Verdi),Desdemona («Otello» by G. Verdi),Odabella («Attila» by G. Verdi),Rosina («Il Barbiere di Siviglia» by G. Rossini),Cio-Cio San («Madam Baterfly» by G. Puccini),Susanna («Le Nozze di Figaro» by W.A. Mozart),Mimi («La Boheme» by G. Puccini), main roles in the following operas: «The tales of Hoffman» J. Offenbach, «Manon Lescaut», «Turandot» G. Puccini.
Natural artistic talent affords her to sing not only operatic repertoire but also chamber music. The concert repertoire of the singer spreads from G. F. Handel, B. Pergolesi to R. Straus, R. Wagner, and S. Prokofiev.