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Anoush and the shepherd Saro fall in love, but Saro humiliates her brother Mossy during a village wrestling match, violating local honor custom. The lovers flee when reconciliation fails; Mossy later kills Saro, and Anoush, overcome by grief, takes her own life.
Opera about the early-18th-century Armenian struggle led by the historical figure David Bek against Persian and Ottoman forces. Armen Tigranian began the work; collaborators completed it after his death.
Anoush and the shepherd Saro fall in love, but Saro humiliates her brother Mossy during a village wrestling match, violating local honor custom. The lovers flee when reconciliation fails; Mossy later kills Saro, and Anoush, overcome by grief, takes her own life.
Opera about the early-18th-century Armenian struggle led by the historical figure David Bek against Persian and Ottoman forces. Armen Tigranian began the work; collaborators completed it after his death.