Ngokukhiqizwa kwe-“Othello” ka-Shakespeare kanye ne-opera, impilo yamasiko e-Turkmenistan ibuya kancane kancane ngemva kokugaya futhi ime ngaphansi kombuso we-eccentric despot uSaparmurat Niyazov.
U-Niyazov, owashona ngo-2006, wayala kabi ukuthi kuvalwe izinkundla zemidlalo yeshashalazi yase-Asia Ephakathi ngo-2001 futhi manje owangena esikhundleni sakhe uGurbanguly Berdymukhamedov usefuna ukuxegiselwa phansi ngokuqapha.
Kodwa-ke kuseyiTurkmenistan, izwe elihlukaniswe yedwa neNyakatho Korea. Ukuphumula kulinganiselwe futhi ubuciko buyaqhubeka nokusetshenziswa ngokugcwele ukuze kuthuthukiswe ubuntu bukamongameli.
U-Niyazov, owazibiza ngoTurkmenbashi (uYise wawo wonke amaTurkmen), wengamela elinye lamahlelo abantu abayinqaba emlandweni wangemva kwempi, elafinyelela ekumiseni umfanekiso wakhe wegolide owawuzungeza ilanga.
UBerdymukhamedov, owaziwa ngelika-Arkadag (uMvikeli), useqale izinguquko ezivivinyayo ngisho noma abagxeki bethi uvele athathe indawo yehlelo lomuntu oyedwa afake elinye.
Isibonelo esiphawuleka kakhulu sokuvunyelwa okusha eTurkmenistan ukukhiqizwa kwe-“Othello” e-Russian Dramatic Theatre, ebilokhu idlala ezindlini ezigcwele phama.
"Ekugcineni, ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10 sebeqalile ukuvumela ukukhiqizwa kwemidlalo yeshashalazi kwakudala emhlabeni," kusho ohola impesheni u-Anna Leonidovna, 58, owazivuma yena ngokwakhe. “Kuze kube muva nje bekunemicimbi yokudumisa amaTurkmenbashi futhi balethe amasosha aphuma ezitokisini nabafundi bamanyuvesi kahulumeni ukuze bagcwalise amahholo,” kusho yena.
Kwenye indawo, iDramatic Theatre, umdlalo udlalwa umbhali wemidlalo waseRussia u-Alexander Volodin ngomculo ohlanganisa ukukhetha okumangazayo komqambi we-elekthronikhi waseFrance uJean Michel Jarre. Amanqe amasiko ase-Ashgabat njengamanje anomdlalo we-opera owodwa nje kuphela - ukuvuselelwa kwe-Eastern-themed folkloric ethi "Layla and Majnun" - kodwa kwabaningi lokhu ngokwakho kuyinto emangazayo. “Kwaba sengathi ngikhule amaphiko ngesikhathi umongameli engiyala ukuba ngidlale i-opera ngemva kweminyaka eminingi nginganakwa,” kusho umculi waseTurkmen odumile, ongumculi nomlingisikazi we-opera, uMaya Kuliyeva, 90, owayeqondisa i-opera.
