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    Opera for Kids: National company to perform 3 concerts for Children's Day

    http://armenianow.com/arts_and_culture/54825/armenia_national_opera_and_ballet_international_ch ildren_s_day
    ARTS AND CULTURE | 30.05.14 | 15:43


    GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
    ArmeniaNow reporter

    The National Academy of Opera and Ballet announced today its plans to
    give three special performances in honor of International Children's
    Day.

    On June 1 in Gyumri, June 2 (National Children's Day) in Vanadzor and
    June 3 in Yerevan, the company will perform "The Tale is Calling".

    Vice-president of the National Academy, Hrach Grigoryan, said that the
    orchestra, the soloists, the choir of the Opera, as well as other
    Armenian artists, children choirs, State Puppet Theatre and Henrik
    Malyan Theatre actors will take part at the concerts organized with
    the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and theatre support fund.

    "The purpose of the project is to connect the younger generation and
    children with the Opera. There are always complaints that we don't
    have audience, that the audience has left the theatre, this way we are
    trying to bring the young generation closer to the theatre, so that we
    don't have audience related problems later," says Grigoryan adding
    that in Armenia everything is normally concentrated in the capital and
    children residing in the provinces miss out of all events thus they
    will be involved as well.
    The project authors say that the aim of the project is to do good to
    orphanages as well.

    "Although the government always keeps the orphanages in the focus,
    there still are some gaps, which we decided to fill in. Two-three
    months ago around twenty people went around Armenian orphanages, found
    out about their problems and needs, starting from beds, household
    appliances, clothes, etc, and we can say that as of today eighty
    percent of their needs are met with the help of a group of initiators
    and benefactors," says Grigoryan.

    The director of the concerts, Davit Harutyunyan, says the 90-minute
    program will include children's songs and that children will perform
    scenes from Armenian folktales.

    The president of the fund and the author of the project, Shmavon
    Grigoryan informs that at "The Tale is Calling" concert-event a
    charity educational project will be launched - educational musical
    project for orphanages, thus musical events will be held at
    orphanages, music teachers will hold lessons with the children for a
    year, as well as for a year round children at the orphanage will have
    free access to theatres.

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