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Kyrgyz opera singer Kairygul Sartbaeva dies aged 90
Kairygul Sartbaeva, a celebrated Soviet and Kyrgyz opera singer, has died aged 90.
The Kyrgyz National Conservatory announced her death, but did not give a cause or details of a farewell ceremony.
She spent decades as a soloist at Kyrgyzstan’s national opera and ballet theatre, serving there from 1962 until the early 2010s.
Sartbaeva trained at the Moscow State Conservatory and later completed an internship at the Bolshoi Theatre.
Her roles included leading parts in operas by Tchaikovsky, Verdi and other composers.
She received the title of People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic in 1974 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1980.
Her death marks the loss of a major figure in Kyrgyz art, and no further arrangements have been announced.
Kyrgyz and Soviet opera singer Kairygul Sartbaeva died aged 90, the Kyrgyz National Conservatory announced on October 20, 2026.
She was a soloist at the Abdyлас Maldybaev Kyrgyz National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre from 1962 until the early 2010s.
Her roles included Margarita in Gounod’s Faust, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and Desdemona in Otello.
Sartbaeva was named People’s Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR in 1974 and People’s Artist of the USSR in 1980.
The cause of death was not stated, and no farewell arrangements were announced.
- Who
- Kairygul Sartbaeva, a Kyrgyz and Soviet opera singer and teacher.
- What
- She died aged 90.
- When
- The death was announced on October 20, 2026. The exact date of death was not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The cause of death was not stated.
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Sartbaeva was born in the village of Kara-Bulak.
She graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and began working as a soloist at the Kyrgyz National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
She completed a traineeship at the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre.
She was named People’s Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR.
She was named People’s Artist of the USSR.
The Kyrgyz National Conservatory announced that Sartbaeva had died aged 90.
- Age
- 90
- Birth date
- June 20, 1936
- Birthplace
- Kara-Bulak
- Theatre
- Abdyлас Maldybaev Kyrgyz National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
- USSR honour
- People’s Artist of the USSR, 1980
- Death announcement
- Kyrgyz National Conservatory, October 20, 2026
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What people are saying
With her passing, Kyrgyz art loses one of its brightest stars, an outstanding personality whose talent went far beyond the stage and whose name became a symbol of high skill, the beauty of the voice and selfless service to art.