World’s most beloved ballet on Baku stage

After the success of Baku Street Food and Sweet November festivals, the team of the Meal for Real culinary project with the support of the Icherisheher State Historical and Architectural Reserve will host a new project to delight foodies.

Summer Food Fest will take place in Azerbaijan's capital form June 15 to July 1. More than twenty restaurants and cafes of the capital will take part in the festival.

The restaurants will offer guests not only their favorite dishes, but also a special menu.

A gastronomic feast will be organized in the heart of Icheri Sheher, near Gosha Gala. Every day from 11:00 to 23:00 various quizzes from restaurants, master classes, entertainment for children, wonderful music and the famous DJs await you.

Entrance to the festival territory will be free, so every visitor will have a great opportunity to try delicious dishes.

The first Baku Street Food Festival was held in Icheri Sheher on May 19-21, 2017. Sweet November Festival took place on November 23-26, 2017, attracting great interest of Baku residents and city's guests.

Media partners of the event are Azernews.az, Trend.az, Day.az, Milli.az.

"GThe leading soloists of the Russian State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, laureates of international contests of ballet artists Maria Vinogradova (Giselle) and David Motta Soares (Count Albert) will play the main roles in the ballet, Trend Life reported.

Besides, soloists of the theater Ayan Eyvazova (Mirta) and Timur Oduchev (Hans) will also take part in the ballet. Honored artist of Azerbaijan, Eyyub Guliyev will lead the performance.

The romantic ballet in two acts was first performed in 1841.

"Giselle" ballet is about a peasant girl named Giselle, who dies of a broken heart after discovering her lover is betrothed to another. The Wilis, a group of supernatural women who dance men to death, summon Giselle from her grave. They target her lover for death, but Giselle's great love frees him from their grasp.

The performance was an unqualified triumph. Giselle became hugely popular and was staged at in Europe and the U.S.