YEREVAN, December 7 (Noyan Tapan). The "Last Waltz" performance of the "Arion" theatre after Edgar Elbakian was recognized the best staging at the 12th theatrical festival in Damascus. Armen Elbakian, Head and Art Director of the theatre, informed about this during the December 7 press conference. He said that Vladimir Msrian, RA People's Artist, received a special prize for the best acting in the Fridrich Durenmat's play. A.Elbakian said that both the spectators and local press highly estimated the skill of the Armenian troupe. "Msrian was brilliant, his skill charmed everybody," the producer of the performance mentioned. According to A.Elbakian, Zurel Ramadan, Director of the festival, mentioned that he has seen the "Paganini" film for several times and was fascinated with Msrian's acting. According to the art director of the theatre, Anna Elbakian's acting was also perfect. It was mentioned that the "Last Waltz" was the longest performance represented at the festival, it lasted 2 hours 10 minutes and it was played without translation. But spectators understood it very well and at the end of the performance they expressed their delight with exclamations "Bravo, Armenia," "Bravo, Msrian." It was mentioned that the "Arion" also played for the Armenian communities of Damascus and Aleppo upon the initiative of RA Embassy to Syria.

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