The Last Tango
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A musical based on the 1929 novel Ali and Nino. In 1919 Ali, a Muslim boy living in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, meets and falls in love with Nino, a Christian girl, the daughter of a rich trader from Armenia. As the Bolsheviks approach and the Turkish Ottoman Empire retreats, so Ali and Nino are forced to flee their homelands and seek refuge from war-torn Europe. Fro a short time they find happiness in the desert, but finally return to a devastated Baku where tragedy finally overcomes them.
Archive :: musical:S0268778331, venue:V1858052535
