Gohar Gasparyan
Gohar Gasparyan (Գոհար Գասպարյան; * December 14, 1924 in Cairo ; † May 16, 2007 in Yerevan ), also known as "Armenian Nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer.
Life
Gohar was born into an Armenian family in Cairo and studied at the local music academy. In 1948 she emigrated to the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic together with thousands of other Armenians from the Middle East .
Gasparyan has appeared in 23 operas and concerts during her long career at the Yerevan Opera Theater . In 1951 she took over the soprano part in Haro Stepanian's A Heroine in Yerevan. This opera won one of Stalin's music awards.
She also taught at the Yerevan State Conservatory . Gasparyan was the recipient of the People's Artist of the USSR , Hero of Socialist Labor and the Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots .
Gohar Gasparyan died in Yerevan and is buried at the Komitas Pantheon .
literature
- RG Davt'yan: Hayots' sokhake: Gohar Gasparyan. Vol. 1. Erevan 2008, ISBN 978-99941-42-87-3 (Armenian).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rouben Paul Adalian: Historical Dictionary of Armenia 2010, p. 454. “The soprano Gohar Gasparian (1924-2007) monopolized the opera house in Yerevan, and Lusine Zakarian (1937-1992) performed a wide range of Armenian music including concertized sacred music. "
- ↑ Marina Frolova-Walker: Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics. Yale University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-300-20884-9 , pp. 325 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Gasparyan's memorial tombstone at Komita's Pantheon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gasparyan, Gohar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 2007 |
| Place of death | Yerevan |