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Nikolai Zubkovsky (Karen) and Tatiana Vecheslova (Nune)
The premiere took place on 9 December 1942. Nina Anisimova wrote in the theatre’s in-house newspaper: “On the days when the premiere is being rehearsed the Fascists are attacking Trans-Caucasia. Our production is a fraternal message of support to the heroic peoples of the Caucuses.”
In the finale the ballet’s protagonists are Armenian collective farmers standing next to loudspeakers listening to the news of the German aggressors invading Soviet lands. The mischievous Nune and Karen, their roles performed by Tatiana Vecheslova and Nikolai Zubkovsky, were the first to leave for the front. The audience saw them off with warm applause. A new version of the ballet with a different finale appeared once the company had returned to Leningrad.
For Soviet Art, 1942, No 6