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Anoush (also Anush, Armenian: Անուշ) is a five-act opera composed by Armen Tigranian, based on the 1892 poem of the same name by Hovhannes Tumanyan.Originally composed in 1912, it was first performed in Alexandropol, but it had to wait until 1935 for its full professional staging at the Armenian National Opera Theater.
During the years 1908 and 1912 he composed his masterpiece «Անուշ» (Anoush), generally considered the "national opera of the Armenian people". [4] Anoush, based on Hovhannes Tumanian 's story of romance and tragedy, is a social drama distinguished by the originality of its national style, its folk characters, and its musical language.
Her opera appearances include the Gayarre Opera Theater (as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor), the Roman Theater in Mérida "Festival de Teatro Clasico" (as Paolina in Poliuto) in Seville and the Teatro Colón in A Coruña (as Desdemona in Otello), at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles (as Anush in Anush), and the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow (as ...
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It was a great step in Armenian opera history. Anush remains a part of the repertoire of the theatre. One of sopranos currently performing this role is Mary Movsisyan. Since it was opened, the Armenian National Opera & Ballet Theatre has performed more than 200 different operas and ballets by Armenian, Russian and Western European composers.
In 1962 he became the soloist of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Armenia performing the roles of Saro (opera "Anush" by Tigranian), Tirith ("Arshak II" by Chuhajyan), Othello ("Othello" by Verdi), Canio , Carlos (Don Carlos), Alfred (La Traviata), Shahumyan (David Bek), Manrico (Trubadur), Cavaradossi with great depth of dramatic ...
He conducted Tigranian's opera Anush and performed the Armenian Divine Liturgy in a number of French cathedrals. In the fall of 1947, Alemshah visited the United States for a series of appearances. In October, he conducted a concert at Town Hall, NY, devoted to Armenian orchestral and choral music.
In 2000, the President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan invited him to be the artistic director of the Yerevan Opera Theater. He directed the theater in that position until 2007. In those years, the theater staged the following operas directed by Grigorian: Verdi's La Traviata, Tigranyan's Anush, Chukhajian's David Bek and Arshak II. Under Grigorian ...