ARMENIA AND FRANCE TO PRESENT JOINT PROJECT - TIGRANYAN'S "ANOUSH" OPERA
ARMINFO
Tuesday, March 26, 13:35
Armen Tigranyan's "Anoush" opera's opening night will take place on
26 April in Yerevan. The opera performance is a joint Armenian-French
project implemented with the assistance of Culture Ministries of
both states.
Serzh Avetikyan made the staging and adapted the libretto, and young
composer Anahit Simonyan - the orchestration.
Serzh Avetikyan said at today's press-conference that "Anoush"
will be presented to audience in a new way. The number of musicians
and performers in the opera will be reduced, he said and added that
there will be only 5 soloists, 4 dancers, 12 members of the known
"Hover" choir and 15 musicians on the stage. Armenian national musical
instruments will be used in the opera for the first time, he said.
He said that the staging of "Anoush" opera have not been changed since
1935, but thanks to the new staging, They managed to fully disclose
the depth of the opera. The opera will be performed in Yerevan
on 26-27 April and 3-4 May in the National Academic Theatre after
Sundukyan. Then on 22,23,25 and 26 May the opera will be performed
in France.
VivaCell-MTS is general sponsor of the project.
From: Baghdasarian
ARMINFO
Tuesday, March 26, 13:35
Armen Tigranyan's "Anoush" opera's opening night will take place on
26 April in Yerevan. The opera performance is a joint Armenian-French
project implemented with the assistance of Culture Ministries of
both states.
Serzh Avetikyan made the staging and adapted the libretto, and young
composer Anahit Simonyan - the orchestration.
Serzh Avetikyan said at today's press-conference that "Anoush"
will be presented to audience in a new way. The number of musicians
and performers in the opera will be reduced, he said and added that
there will be only 5 soloists, 4 dancers, 12 members of the known
"Hover" choir and 15 musicians on the stage. Armenian national musical
instruments will be used in the opera for the first time, he said.
He said that the staging of "Anoush" opera have not been changed since
1935, but thanks to the new staging, They managed to fully disclose
the depth of the opera. The opera will be performed in Yerevan
on 26-27 April and 3-4 May in the National Academic Theatre after
Sundukyan. Then on 22,23,25 and 26 May the opera will be performed
in France.
VivaCell-MTS is general sponsor of the project.
From: Baghdasarian