French-Armenian actor and film director Serge Avedikian will present Armen Tigranyan's Anoush in Yerevan on Apr 26.
According to Avedikian, this is a new original version of the well- known Armenian opera. There will be just 37 people on the stage, including musicians, who will play folk instruments.
In Yerevan the opera will be shown in Sundukyan Drama Theater on Apr 26-27 and May 3-4 and then will be taken to France to be presented to in Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers on May 22, 23, 25 and 265.
Conductor is the artistic director of the Chamber Orchestra of Armenia Vahan Martirosyan, choreographer and stage and costume designer Nicolas Musin. Starring are Sofia Sayadyan (Anoush), Liparit Avetisyan (Saro), Gurgen Baveyan (Mosi), Kristine Sahakyan (mother of Anoush) and Lilit Soghomonyan (mother of Saro).
The project has been supported by the French and Armenian culture ministries and sponsored by VivaCell-MTS.