Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations

The opera of the great composer Donicetti “The love potion” with participation of Italian opera masters has been performed in its original language at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, the Uzbekistan National News Agency reported.

The performance of the prominent conductor Eddy de Nadai, leading soloists Leonardo Kaimi and Monica Tarone, who perform solos at La Scala and other world theaters, has been made possible as a part of the joint project undertaken along with Embassy of Italy in Tashkent.

Speaking at the news-conference the Director of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater Bakhtiyor Yakubov has said that arrival of these and other stars of the opera and ballet art stood as very much recognition of the artistic level of the Bolshoi Theater. He also said that it became possible thanks to profound attention now paid on the part of the Uzbek Leadership to developing theatrical art in the country.

Undoubtedly, the international festival of opera art in Tashkent dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Jacomo Puccini, who is also well known in Uzbekistan, is reported to have also promoted the contacts with Italy. For over the span of many years many masterpieces of this outstanding composer, including the Madame Butterfly, Floria Tosca and Bohema, are staged at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater in Tashkent.

“We have been astonished by seeing the reverent attitude of the Uzbek artists and musicians towards their viewer and classics,” the Italian soloists Leonardo Kaimi and Monica Tarone have said. “The theater has accumulated rich traditions of music performance of the Italian operas, including of the works of Puccini, Donicetti and Verdi – and all of them are basically performed in the original language.”

Donicetti is a brilliant representative of the belcanto theater and his “The love potion” has earned a special popularity on the world stage with its witty intrigue, joyful buffoonery and energy of action.

Ikboljon Soliev for the Information Agency “Jahon” in English