Haykanoush Danielyan

Haykanoush Danielyan
Հայկանուշ Դանիելյան
Background information
Born(1893-12-15)15 December 1893
Tiflis, Russian Empire (present-day Tbilisi, Georgia)
Died19 April 1958(1958-04-19) (aged 64)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
GenresClassical
OccupationsSinger, music educator
InstrumentSinging

Haykanoush Bagdasari Danielyan[a] (15 December 1893 – 19 April 1958) was an Armenian and Soviet opera singer (soprano) and music educator. Danielyan was the first Armenian singer who was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1939).

Biography

Martiros Saryan drawing Haykanoush Danielyan between 1946 and 1949

Haykanush Danielyan was born in Tiflis. In 1920 she graduated from the Petrograd Conservatory. In 1920–1932 she sang in the opera theaters of Petrograd and Tiflis. In 1924, together with the singers Levon Isetsky and Shara Talyan, she participated in the performances of Leninakan opera group and performed with concerts.[1]

In 1941–1951 she taught at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. In 1949–1952 she was the director of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky musical school. Since 1932 she had been a soloist at the Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1941, she starred in the film Armenian Film-Concert shot at "Yerevan" TV studio.

Haykanoush Danielyan had performed songs and romances from Armenian and foreign composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Glazunov.

Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1941. Member of parliament of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union for two convocations (1946–1950), member of parliament of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR of the first and third convocations.

She died in 1958.[2]

Legacy

Hamo Beknazarian, Alexander Tamanian, Vahram Papazian, Vasiliy Tairov, Leonid Yengibarov, Haykanoush Danielian, Sergey Ambartsumian, Hrant Shahinyan, Toros Toramanian
  • The School of Art in Yerevan's Nor-Nork administrative district is named after Haykanoush Danielyan.
  • In 2000, a postage stamp of Armenia dedicated to Danielyan was issued.[3]

Performances

AuthorPerformanceRole
Giuseppe VerdiRigolettoGilda
Giuseppe VerdiLa traviataVioletta
Gioachino RossiniThe Barber of SevilleRosina
Giacomo PucciniMadama ButterflyCio-Cio-san (Madama Butterfly)
Armen TigranianAnoushAnoush
Mikhail GlinkaA Life for the TsarAntonida
Giacomo MeyerbeerLes HuguenotsMarguerite de Valois
Tigran ChukhajianArshak IIOlympia

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ Armenian: Հայկանուշ Բաղդասարի Դանիելյան, romanized: Haykanowš Baġdasari Danielyan

References

  1. ↑ "Haykanush Danielyan, singer of the Erevan Opera". OVENK – Armenian pictures, Armenian photos, Armenian discussions and Armenian video. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Айкануш Багдасаровна Даниелян" (PDF). Kommunist (in Russian). Yerevan. 20 April 1958. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Armenian stamps". www.iatp.am. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О присвоении звания Народной артистки СССР заслуженной артистке Армянской ССР Даниелян Айкануш Багдасаровне". Pravda. No. 307. 5 November 1939. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Постановление Совета Народных Комиссаров Союза ССР О присуждении Сталинских премий за выдающиеся работы в области искусства и литературы за 1943-1944 годы". Pravda. No. 23. 27 January 1946. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении участников декады армянского искусства". Pravda. No. 307. 5 November 1939. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДИУМА ВЕРХОВНОГО СОВЕТА СССР О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ОРДЕНАМИ И МЕДАЛЯМИ КОЛХОЗНИКОВ, КОЛХОЗНИЦ, РАБОТНИКОВ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА, ПРОМЫШЛЕННОСТИ, НАУКИ, КУЛЬТУРЫ И ИСКУССТВА АРМЯНСКОЙ ССР". Izvestiya (in Russian). No. 277. 25 November 1945. p. 2.
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