Konstantin Orbelian dismissed as director of Armenia’s National Opera and Ballet Theater
29.03.2019,
16:25
Konstantin Orbelian was dismissed as director of Armenia’s National Opera and Ballet Theater, but retained the post of artistic director of the theater, Anush Ghazaryan, an official of the Ministry of Culture said today.
YEREVAN, March 29. /ARKA/. Konstantin Orbelian was dismissed as director of Armenia’s National Opera and Ballet Theater, but retained the post of artistic director of the theater, Anush Ghazaryan, an official of the Ministry of Culture said today.
She said Orbelian was dismissed as director of the theater because of a breach of the law, which says that the director of the theater cannot hold another position nor have other paid job. Ghazaryan said the Ministry of Culture did asked Orbelian several times to choose one of the posts, but Orbelian replied that he was not ready to refuse any of them.
Ghazaryan also said that the written request was sent to Orbelian twice - in January and February of the current year. After another refusal, the Ministry of Culture decided to remove Orbelian from the post of director of the National Opera and Ballet Theater.
“Considering that under the law the minister has the right to both appoint and dismiss director, the minister terminated Orbelian’s powers based on clause 3 of article 15 of the Law on State Non-Profit Organizations,” she said.
Earlier reports said after the change of power, disagreements emerged between Orbelian and the new Culture Minister Lilit Makunts. The latter told an August 27 news conference that the theater needed serious structural changes. Orbelian retaliated by saying that the intention of the Ministry of Culture to separate the posts of director and artistic director was ineffective idea.
Konstantin Orbelian was appointed artistic director of the National Opera and Ballet Theater in 2016. In 2017 he was also appointed as director of the theater. -0-
She said Orbelian was dismissed as director of the theater because of a breach of the law, which says that the director of the theater cannot hold another position nor have other paid job. Ghazaryan said the Ministry of Culture did asked Orbelian several times to choose one of the posts, but Orbelian replied that he was not ready to refuse any of them.
Ghazaryan also said that the written request was sent to Orbelian twice - in January and February of the current year. After another refusal, the Ministry of Culture decided to remove Orbelian from the post of director of the National Opera and Ballet Theater.
“Considering that under the law the minister has the right to both appoint and dismiss director, the minister terminated Orbelian’s powers based on clause 3 of article 15 of the Law on State Non-Profit Organizations,” she said.
Earlier reports said after the change of power, disagreements emerged between Orbelian and the new Culture Minister Lilit Makunts. The latter told an August 27 news conference that the theater needed serious structural changes. Orbelian retaliated by saying that the intention of the Ministry of Culture to separate the posts of director and artistic director was ineffective idea.
Konstantin Orbelian was appointed artistic director of the National Opera and Ballet Theater in 2016. In 2017 he was also appointed as director of the theater. -0-
