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    INTERESTS IN OPERA AND BALLET INCREASES

    ARMENPRESS
    FEBRUARY 6, 2012
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, ARMENPRESS: Very often an opinion is being voiced
    that the age of opera and ballet has already passed and the growing
    generation is not interested in it. To find out the real picture,
    Armenpress spoke with the director of the Al. Spendiaryan Opera and
    Ballet National Academic Theatre Kamo Hovhannissyan.

    - Mr Hovhannissyan, what kind of interest does exist in the Opera
    and Ballet Theatre today?

    - Each century has its peculiar, firm forms of art loved by the
    people and during the past twenty years the Armenian people have been
    attracted by the easily perceived arts. Of course it is difficult
    to name them art. I prefer saying perceivable forms reaching to
    preference to restaurant music. But thank's God the situation is
    controllable as there is big difference since 2006.

    - There is a concrete mass visiting the opera theatre. Who are they?

    - Yes, we have a clear mass visiting the theatre, but when young
    people come it is more pleasant to work. For bringing people here,
    we applied different measures, like organization of concerts that
    raised big interest among the audience. It already proves that the
    interest in these arts has increased.

    - What steps are you going to undertake to attract school age children
    and young people?

    - During each performance we invite more than 30 schoolchildren both
    from Yerevan and the provinces. We are also cooperating with the
    Yerevan City Hall as a result of which a number of schoolchildren
    come to see our performances. Students from Yerevan State Institute
    of Theatre and Cinema, Teachers' Training University, etc are also
    our expected guests.

    - What problems do you see connected with the level of education of
    contemporary Armenian audience?

    - I see no issues in our permanent audience. The problems are connected
    with the upbringing of the newly growing generation. I mean aesthetic
    upbringing. The solution of this issue is connected with time. I am
    an optimist in this issue.

    - Which is our place in the world culture? What do we have to show
    the world?

    - With "Aida", "Spartak," "Gayane" ballets we not once proved the whole
    world our right of existence. But we must not ignore the circumstance
    that we had great losses in this area and cannot be compared with
    other countries. It is agreed with a number of financial difficulties,
    issue of continuation of traditions that still must be solved. In
    separate cases we do not concede.

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