Haykanoush Danielyan

Haykanoush Danielyan (Armenian: Հայկանուշ Դանիելյան, December 3 (16), 1893 – April 19, 1958) was an Armenian opera singer (soprano), Armenian classical singer, music educator, laureate of the USSR State Prize. Danielyan was the first Armenian singer who was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1939).

Haykanoush Danielyan
Armenian: Հայկանուշ Դանիելյան
Background information
BornDecember 3 (16), 1893
Tiflis, Russian Empire
Origin Russian Empire  Soviet Union
DiedApril 19, 1958
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Genresclassical music
Occupation(s)Opera singer, Music educator

Biography

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, 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 2 convocation (1946-1950), Member of parliament of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR of the 1st and 3rd convocations.

Legacy
Hamo Beknazarian, Alexander Tamanian, Vahram Papazian, Vasil Tahirov, Leonid Yengibarov, Haykanoush Danielian, Sergey Hambartsoumian, Hrant Shahinian, 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.[2]

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
  • Haykanoush Danielyan's house in Yerevan

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. "Armenian stamps". www.iatp.am. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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