''Rostam and Sohrab'' is an opera by
Loris Tjeknavorian
Loris Haykasi Tjeknavorian ( hy, Լորիս Ճգնավորյան; fa, لوریس چکناواریان; born 13 October 1937) is an Iranian Armenians, Iranian Armenian composer and conductor. He has appeared internationally as a conductor, servin ...
. It is based on the story
Rostam and Sohrab in the epic ''
Shahnameh
The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,00 ...
''. Its composition took 25 years. In 1963,
Carl Orff granted Loris Tjeknavorian a scholarship which allowed him to reside in
Salzburg
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The town is on the site of the ...
and to complete his opera in Austria.
Iranian director
Behrouz Gharibpour
Behrouz Gharibpour ( fa, بهروز غریبپور) (born 1950 in Sanandaj) is an Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre.
He studied theatre at Tehran University and at ''Dramatic Arts Academy'' in Rome ( ...
brought ''Rostam and Sohrab'' to the stage as a
puppet show
Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...
in October 2006.
It was first puppet show in Iran to feature the tale. The show involves 100
marionettes and 15
puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, called a puppet, to create the illusion that the puppet is alive. The puppet is often shaped like a human, animal, or legendary creature. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from ...
s and it was first performed in Tehran's Ferdowsi Hall in 2005.
See also
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Music of Iran
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Persian theatre
Persian theater ( fa, تئاتر ایرانی) goes back to antiquity. The first initiation of theater and phenomena of acting can be traced in ceremonial theaters to glorify national heroes and legends and to humiliate the enemy, as in the class ...
References
External links
Documentary film about ''Rostam & Sohrab'' puppet opera
Operas
Persian-language operas
1963 operas
2005 operas
Operas based on literature
Operas by Loris Tjeknavorian
Works based on Shahnameh
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