State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater faces serious problemsDecember 9, 2010 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater has only one stage, what greatly complicates the work, theater director Kamo Hovhannesyan said. “We use it to hold common and dress rehearsals, perform shows, which is highly unsuitable,” he told a news conference in Yerevan. “The building was not initially meant for opera and ballet performances. It was projected as a Culture House,” Hovhannesyan said, going on to speak of other problems the theater faces, including lack of accommodation and old musical instruments. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |