BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19. The premiere of
Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s renowned The Nutcracker ballet was
held in Mexico City under the baton of Honored Artist of Azerbaijan
Ayyub Guliyev, chief conductor of the Azerbaijan State Academic
Opera and Ballet Theater and conductor of the Gara Garayev
Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra, Trend reports.


The grand premiere took place on December 18 at the iconic
National Auditorium in Mexico City. The Azerbaijani conductor’s
participation in the project was made possible with the support of
the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Mexico.


The ballet was performed by the orchestra of the Instituto
Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Art Theater of the National
Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, INBAL) under the Mexican
Ministry of Culture, together with the ballet troupe of the
National Dance Company. The opening performance was staged to a
full house.


The production featured leading members of the National Dance
Company as well as child ballet performers. In total, more than one
hundred ballet dancers and an orchestra comprising over eighty
musicians took part in the project.


With a history spanning more than seven decades, the Art Theater
orchestra is among the country’s leading musical ensembles. The
National Auditorium, which can host ten thousand spectators, is
regarded as one of the largest and most significant concert venues
in Latin America and the world, regularly hosting major national
performances.


This marked the first time an Azerbaijani conductor was invited
to such a prestigious project organized by Mexico’s leading
cultural institutions. Representing Azerbaijan’s rich and
distinguished conducting tradition, Ayyub Guliyev’s performance
captivated Latin American audiences.


According to the organizers, all tickets for the ballet’s
scheduled performances through December 23 have already been sold,
with total attendance expected to reach approximately 100,000
spectators.













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