ROSTOV THEATER PRESENTS TIGRAN THE GREAT PERFORMANCE TO BULGARIANS
Noyan Tapan
Aug 19, 2009
ROSTOV-ON-DON, AUGUST 19, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Gorki
Dramatic Theater of Rostov-on-Don returned from Bulgaria last
week. The company of actors showed three comedies in the sister city of
Pleven. According to the Yerkramas newspaper of Armenians of Russia,
after the performances the Bulgarian friends gave a trip to Veliko
Tyrnovo to Rostov theater. "With those historic decorations we managed
to play three performances from our repertoire – Romeo and Juliette,
The Queen and certainly, Tigran the Great," Nikolay Sorokin, the Art
Director of Gorki Theater, said.
The newspaper reported that the premiere of Tigran the Great
performance staged by RF People’s Artist Nikolay Sorokin took place at
Rostov theater as far back as on October 26, 2008. Having the courage
to stage Ara Gevorgian’s Tigran the Great historic drama Rostov theater
decided to tell the 2000-year-old tragedy to its contemporaries.
In the period after the premiere Gorki Dramatic Theater delighted its
spectators with that performance not only in Rostov-on-Don, but also
during tours in various regions of Russia.