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ARMENIAN OPERA SINGER SPEAKS OF ACTORS' PROBLEMS
18:51 * 11.02.14
Opera singer Barsegh Tumanyan believes that the Armenian people is
carrying a "unique civilization gene," but the people is now being
made to turn into savages.
In an interview with Tert.am, Tumanyan commented on the failed
performance of Anoush at Yerevan Opera House. The actors joined the
movement against funded pensions.
Asked about deductions from the singers' AMD 70,000 ($170) salaries,
Tumanyan said:
"It is not the singers that are in question. Both singers and dancers
use so much energy that it is ludicrous to speak of such sums. Nowhere
in the world can you find such salaries. We are not showing an
emotional attitude at all. Much money is needed for actors to remain
in good form, especially now that more performances are being ordered.
And 5,000 drams (about $12) is quite a sum for them. The problem is
that the salaries do not meet the present-day requirements. Food and
other products are rather expensive now, and you can spend 70,000
drams in a couple of days."
As to what made the actors fail the performance, Tumanyan said:
"Daring has nothing to do with it. The Armenian people is very patient,
but when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. They must have
been forced to. I am sure they had shown patience for so long, doing
their job. I never want my people to turn into savages. We have always
been champions of civilized ways of settling problems. The Armenian
people is carrying a unique civilization gene, and, all of a sudden,
we have to see our people turning into savages. That is a terrible
thing. We are now being made to turn into savages, and I do not see
anything good in it."
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
18:51 * 11.02.14
Opera singer Barsegh Tumanyan believes that the Armenian people is
carrying a "unique civilization gene," but the people is now being
made to turn into savages.
In an interview with Tert.am, Tumanyan commented on the failed
performance of Anoush at Yerevan Opera House. The actors joined the
movement against funded pensions.
Asked about deductions from the singers' AMD 70,000 ($170) salaries,
Tumanyan said:
"It is not the singers that are in question. Both singers and dancers
use so much energy that it is ludicrous to speak of such sums. Nowhere
in the world can you find such salaries. We are not showing an
emotional attitude at all. Much money is needed for actors to remain
in good form, especially now that more performances are being ordered.
And 5,000 drams (about $12) is quite a sum for them. The problem is
that the salaries do not meet the present-day requirements. Food and
other products are rather expensive now, and you can spend 70,000
drams in a couple of days."
As to what made the actors fail the performance, Tumanyan said:
"Daring has nothing to do with it. The Armenian people is very patient,
but when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. They must have
been forced to. I am sure they had shown patience for so long, doing
their job. I never want my people to turn into savages. We have always
been champions of civilized ways of settling problems. The Armenian
people is carrying a unique civilization gene, and, all of a sudden,
we have to see our people turning into savages. That is a terrible
thing. We are now being made to turn into savages, and I do not see
anything good in it."
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian