Based on the music of the famous Azerbaijani composer Kara Karayev. The ballet libretto is based on the poem “Seven Beauties” (Khamsa) by Nizami Ganjavi, created in 1197.
A screen adaptation of the ballet to music by D. Gershwin, staged by the Moscow Academic Musical Theatre named after K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, choreography by D. Bryantsev.
