Behrouz Gharibpour to restage the puppet show “Rumi”

The third production repertoire of the Aran Puppet Theater Group, The puppet opera "Molavi" by Behrouz Gharibpour, was first performed in February 2009 and last in 2019 on the stage of Ferdowsi Hall.

Rumi is a Persian-language opera by Iranian composer Behzad Abdi to a libretto by puppet theatre director Behrouz Gharibpour. The opera combines Persian traditional dastgāh modal system and sama dance with Western music. The libretto is based on the story of Shams and Rumi.
It was performed
Behrouz Gharibpour 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. He founded Tehran and Esfahan puppet theatre centers and changed Tehran's slaughterhouse into the greatest Iran's Cultural Centre.

 

The puppet opera "Molavi" directed by Behrouz Gharibpour and produced by the Rudaki Foundation and the Aran Puppet Theater Group, will be staged at Ferdowsi Hall from November 12, and ticket sales starts at

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