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Gohar Gasparyan ( hy, Գոհար Գասպարյան; 14 December 1924 – 16 May 2007), also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an
Born in an Armenian family in Gasparyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon
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** {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasparyan, Gohar 1924 births 2007 deaths Musicians from Cairo 20th-century Armenian women opera singers Armenian operatic sopranos People's Artists of the USSR Egyptian people of Armenian descent Egyptian emigrants to the Soviet Union Burials at the Komitas Pantheon
Armenia
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n opera
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singer.
Life
Born in an Armenian family in Cairo
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, Egypt, Gasparyan studied at a Music Academy in the city. In 1948, she migrated to Soviet
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Armenia
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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. In 1951 she was the soprano in Haro Stepanian's ''A Heroine'' in Yerevan. This opera won one of "Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
'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 Mesrob or Mesrop ( hy, Մեսրոպ) is an Armenian given name.
Mesrob / Mesrop may refer to:
* Mesrop Mashtots, also Saint Mesrop, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist. Inventor of the Armenian alphabet
** Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient M ...
order-bearer.
Gohar Gasparyan died in Yerevan and is buried at Komitas Pantheon./ref>
See also
* Armenian operaReferences
* Davt'yan, R. G.: Hayots' sokhake: Gohar Gasparyan. Vol. 1. Erevan 2008. (in Armenian)External links
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** {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasparyan, Gohar 1924 births 2007 deaths Musicians from Cairo 20th-century Armenian women opera singers Armenian operatic sopranos People's Artists of the USSR Egyptian people of Armenian descent Egyptian emigrants to the Soviet Union Burials at the Komitas Pantheon