Gohar Mikayeli Gasparyan (14 December 192416 May 2007, ), also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer.
Life
Born in an Armenian family in Cairo, Egypt, 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. Gasparyan performed at the Yerevan Opera Theatre in 23 operas during her long career, as well as performing at concerts.Rouben Paul Adalian Historical Dictionary of Armenia 2010 Page 454 "The soprano Gohar Gasparian (1924–2007) monopolized the opera house in Yerevan, and Lusine Zakaryan (1937–92) performed a wide range of Armenian music including concertized sacred music. In 1951 she was the soprano in A Heroine by in Yerevan. This opera won one of "Stalin's music prizes".
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.Gasparyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon
Awards Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (14 December 1994) Hero of Socialist Labour (11 December 1984) Order of Lenin (11 December 1984) Order of Friendship of Peoples (7 August 1981) People's Artist of the USSR (1956) People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1954) Stalin Prize 1st class (1951) See also Armenian opera
Notes
References
Further reading Davt'yan, R. G.: Hayots' sokhake: Gohar Gasparyan. Vol. 1. Erevan 2008. (in Armenian)
External links
Gohar Gasparyan – Armenian National Music Gohar Gasparyan died, PanArmenian.Net