Gohar Gasparyan

Gohar Gasparyan with her students. Left to right: Karine Jalalbekyan (Armenia), Mari Tombulian (Greece), Yelena Hovhannisyan (Armenia), Gohar Gasparyan, Armenuhi Tovmasian (USA), David Varjabed (Canada), Shakeh Aschyan (Armenia), Ellada Chakhoyan (Armenia), Olga Zakharyan (Armenia).

This article is about Armenian opera singer. For Armenian television announcer, see Gohar Gasparyan (entertainer).

Gohar Gasparyan (Armenian: Գոհար Գասպարյան; December 14, 1924, Cairo, Egypt – May 16, 2007, Yerevan, Armenia) also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer.

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 hundreds of thousands of other Armenians from the Middle East.

From 1949 she performed at the Armenian Opera Theater in 23 operas during her long career, as well as performing at concerts. She also taught at Yerevan State Musical Conservatory.

Gasparyan was a People's Artist of the USSR, Socialist Work hero and Mesrop Mashtots order-bearer.

See also

• Armenian opera

Literature

Davt'yan, R. G.: Hayots' sokhake: Gohar Gasparyan. Vol. 1. Erevan 2008. ISBN 978-99941-42-87-3 (In Armenian)

External links

• Gohar Gasparyan deceased, A1+ News
• Gohar Gasparyan died, PanArmenian.Net