Gohar Gasparyan
Gohar Gasparyan | |
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Born |
14 December, 1924 Cairo, Egypt |
Died |
15 May, 2007 Yerevan, Armenia |
Nationality | Armenian |
Known for | Opera singiing |
Gohar Gasparyan (Armenian: Գոհար Գասպարյան; 14 December 1924 – 16 May 2007) also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer.
Life
Born in an Armenian family in Cairo, Gasparyan studied at a Music Academy in the city. In 1948, she migrated to Soviet Armenia along with thousands of other Armenians from the Middle East.
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Gasparyan performed at the Yerevan Opera Theatre in 23 operas during her long career, as well as performing at concerts.[1] In 1951 she was the soprano in Haro Stepanian's "A Heroine" in Yerevan. This opera won one of "Stalin's music prizes".[2]
She also taught at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory. Gasparyan was a People's Artist of the USSR, a Hero of Socialist Labour and a Mesrop Mashtots order-bearer.
Gohar Gasparyan died in Yerevan and is buried at Komitas Pantheon.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Rouben Paul Adalian Historical Dictionary of Armenia 2010 Page 454 "The soprano Gohar Gasparian (1924–2007) monopolized the opera house in Yerevan, and Lusine Zakarian (1937–92) performed a wide range of Armenian music including concertized sacred music.
- ↑ Marina Frolova-Walker (2016). Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics. Yale University Press. pp. 325–. ISBN 978-0-300-20884-9.
- ↑ Gasparyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon
Davt'yan, R. G.: Hayots' sokhake: Gohar Gasparyan. Vol. 1. Erevan 2008. ISBN 978-99941-42-87-3 (In Armenian)