Opera-legend "Kara Polat" - "Black Chamber" will be first presented in Moscow

October 12, 2016, in Moscow,  at the State Academic Maly Theater,  showing opera - legend "Kara Polat" ( music by E.Nizamov, libretto R. Haris), dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Tatarstan, the national poet of the  Republic of Tatarstan, a laureate of the  RF State award, RT  State award after G. Tukai, a literary  award  after F. Karim,  Grand  Literature  award  after  R. Gamzatov, a nationwide after A. Delvig award, national awards after M.  Jalil and G. Derzhavin, member of  Council for culture and arts under the President of Russian Federation  Renat Magsumovich Kharisov (Renat Haris).

Kharisov Renat Magsumovich (Renat Haris) is one of the brightest representatives of the modern Tatar poetry. He has written more than forty poems under  his scripts  music and newsreel films were created, based on poems of the poet written about two hundred vocal works. For the creation of the libretto of the ballet "Legend about Yusuf" (composer L. Lyubovsky), namely for the development of the national epic traditions in modern conditions of the dialogue of cultures R.M. Harisov was  awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation. Opera "Poet's Love" on the libretto R.M. Haris  (composer R. Akhiyarova) in one of the nominations was awarded the Russian theater award "Golden Mask".

Organizers of the show  legend- opera “Kara Polat”  in Moscow - Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republican Fund for revival of historical and cultural monuments of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre named after Karim Tinchurin.

The event will be held October 12,  at 19.00pm  at the State Academic Maly Theater (in Ordynka) (Moscow, Bolshaya Ordynka, d.69).

Premiere of the opera - legend "Kara Polat" was held January 20, 2015 on the stage of the Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre named after Karim Tinchurin. Opera has been created with the support of the National Fund of Revival of monuments of history and culture of the Republic of Tatarstan. Premiere of the play in 2015 was attended  by  State Councillor of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Republican Foundation "Revival" Mintimer Shaimiev, who  called the opera "Kara Polat" a great event in the cultural life of Tatarstan.

In the creation of the opera  took part  the poet Renat Haris (libretto), composer Elmir Nizamov,  director-set designer Georgi Kovtun ( Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan), costume designer Asel Ismagilova, set designer Vladimir Samokhin, chamber orchestra "New music "under the direction of Anna Gulishambarova (Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan), choirmaster Dina Venediktova, choreographer Fanis Ismagilov (Honoured Art worker of the Republic of Tatarstan), concertmaster Ekaterina Gorbunova.

Soloists: Gulnora Gatina,  Ruzil Gatin, Artur Islamov, Zufar Kharisov, Denis Hanbaba.

Artists of the choir: Dina Venediktova, Laysan Davletshina, Lilit  Yolchyan, Elvira Titova, Guzel Kamalova, Ilsiyar Nizamieva, Ivan Savin, Ruslan Khabibullin, Ilgiz Mukhutdinova, Ilya Kazakov, Dmitry Dorofeev, Dmitry Zheleznov, Ilnur Bainazarov, Ruslan Ayupov, Ruslan Hafizov.

The plot of the opera "Kara Polat" refers to   Tatar legend of the twelve girls, who were burned by warriors of Tamerlane. The soldiers of the Emir of Samarkand after  the capture of the Great Bulgar took twelve beauties girls, one of which - the daughter of the Bulgarian Khan. Warriors have to deliver it to Tamerlane as a concubine, but could not find out who of them is the Khan's daughter. These girls were subjected to various tests, but faithful friends of the Khan's daughter do not give her, and enclosed  in every way, by introducing the warriors of Tamerlane misleading. But someone told  that Khan's daughter does not burn in the fire.

Nuker of  Samarkand Emir ordered to drive all the girls into  a stone chamber, to encircle by  woods and set on fire. Fire surrounds the chamber. The fire was over. Chamber door opens and from there, fully white and unharmed, Khan's daughter goes out ...

Black Chamber - a building in Bulgar, built in the XIV century, is the best preserved monument of Bulgarian architecture. This building was  a court  seat. Court was  administered  by  Khan and the board of three persons. When it was necessary to judge, then Khan, and each of the judges entered the chamber through a special door to the sides of light. Khan  always entered through the western door. The ground floor is used for temporary detention of prisoners.