Seven Beauties

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Gara Garayev
“THE SEVEN BEAUTIES”
(Ballet in 3 acts)

Libretto authors: based on the poem of the same name by Nizami Ganjavi — Y. Slonimsky, R. Akhundova, M. Mammadov
Choreographers: People’s Artists Rafiqa Akhundova and Maqsud Mammadov
Repetiteurs: People’s Artists Madina Aliyeva, Gulagasi Mirzayev;
Honored Artists Farid Ibrahimov, Makar Fershtandt, Yuriy Lobachev
Set Designers: People’s Artist of the USSR, laureate of State Prizes of the USSR and Azerbaijan Toğrul Narimanbeyov;
Honored Cultural Worker Tehran Babayev
Conductor: Honored Artist Ayyub Guliyev

Cast:
Bahram — Timur Odushev
Aisha — Yuliya Fershtandt
Vizier — Seymur Gadiyev
The Most Beautiful — Ayan Eyvazova
Indian Beauty — Maryam Shabakayeva
Byzantine Beauty — Sabina Hacidadaş
Khwarezm Beauty — Nigar Aliyeva
Slavic Beauty — Liana Praga
Maghreb Beauty — Elmira Suleymanova, Honored Artist
Chinese Beauty — Zehra Tanriverdiyeva

ACT I

The young king Bahram lives in joy, friendship, and love. Yet a deceitful vizier lures him into the world of temptations, distancing him from his people and his beloved Aisha.

ACT II

Enchanted by the seven beauties, Bahram becomes a prisoner of illusion. But the cries of his people and Aisha’s voice awaken him. The king breaks free from the deception and ends the vizier’s tyranny.

ACT III

The oppressed people rise in rebellion. Bahram destroys the vizier but loses Aisha. In the end, he realizes that true happiness lies not in power, but in love and unity with his people.