AIDA OF GIUSEPPE VERDI TO BE STAGED IN YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
27.07.2009 19:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the framework of a joint Armenian-Italian project
Aida of Giuseppe Verdi will be staged at the National Academic Opera
and Ballet Theater after Spendiaryan in Yerevan.

The agreement on the joint production was reached during the meeting
the RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan and the Italian Ambassador
to Armenia, Bruno Scapino.

The officials also agreed to organize the restoration and
transportation of frescoes.

Stressing the importance of establishing a center for restoration and
reconstruction of cultural and historical monuments, the interlocutors
touched upon the need to transfer the invaluable experience of
Italian specialists to Armenian experts. Exhibition in memory of
140th anniversary of Komitas in the museum of musical arts in Rome
was also discussed at the meeting.