“Directing of the opera in Armenia. Times, Events, Circumstances”

Authors

  • Arsen A. Ghazaryan Yerevan State Conservatory

Keywords:

Armenian opera directing, postmodern era, opera art, administrative guidance epoch, designed performances, vocalizing art object, visible and imaginary, director's profession, West Armenian Musical Theater, Russian , Boris Pokrovsky, Serobe Penklian, Tigran Chukhajian, Arshak Burjalyan, Sabir Rizaev, Garnik Stepanyan,, Western and Eastern Armenians' theatres,, Armenian operetta theatre, National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, prominent representatives of Armenian opera theatre

Abstract

Author Biography

Arsen A. Ghazaryan , Yerevan State Conservatory

(born 3.8.1973 , Yerevan).In 1990 ended high school N 80 after V. Vagharshyan, in 1996 graduated from Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema, Faculty of theater, under the guidance of Academician L. Hakhverdyan. Thesis: "William Saroyan's dramaturgy on the Armenian stage", qualification of a theater critic. In 2014 got a postgraduate degree in Russian University of Theater Arts (RUTI-GITIS), Faculty of Music Direction. Scientific Head was a National Artist of RA, Professor, D. A. Bertman. The topic of scientific work was “Armenian Opera Direction, Historical and creative features''. From 2018 - till now he is the member of the Public Council for Education, Science, Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs. In 2018 was founded the troupe "Theater of Musical Drama after A. Burdzhalyan". Since 2003 till now pedagogue of acting skills and director in YSC, at the department of opera preparation. Head and director of numerous graduate and postgraduate examination staging of opera excerpts: G. Verdi "Rigoletto", Ch. Gounod "Faust", G. Puccini "Boheme", W. A. Mozart "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Juan", G. Verdi "Aida", J. Massenet "Manon", G. Donizetti "Lucia Di Lammermoor", S. Rachmaninoff "Aleko", P. Mascagni "Rural Honor", P. I. Tchaikovsky "The Queen of Spades", R. Leoncovallo "Pagliacci", G. Puccini "Willis", N. Rimsky-Korsakov "The Tsar's Bride", etc. From 2000 till 2001 has been a director at the Children's Theater of the National Center for Aesthetic Education. From 1999 till 2006 worked at RadioHay FM-104.1 and broadcast a number of author programs (literary and musical). From 1998 till 2000 has been a director at the Ashtarak city folk theater. Opera's of A. Tigranyan "Anush", monoopera "Goodbye Pagliac" and "On the Night of Ascension". He took part in the international theatre festivals Lori and Armonno (awarded with diplomas and prizes) opera G. Donizetti "The Bell", opera buff a D. Chimoroza "Il Maestro di Cappella", opera buffa G. B. Pergolesi "La serva padrona". Author of the play and director of historical monodrama "Call sign - I miss", theatrical play "Agnus Dei", literary-musical composition "Tagaran" E. Charents, stages B. Nushich "Two Thieves", B. Shaw "The State Husband", P. Proshyan "Sos and Varditer", G. Sundukyan "Khatabala", A. Ghazaryan "New Tale of the Old Yard". As a director and screenwriter, he organized and staged numerous government events and concerts. In his creative work, poetry occupies a special place, as the actor-reader performed in Armenia and abroad. Over the years, he voiced a series of documentary and narrative films, such as "The Promised Land", "My Ani", "GarniGeghard", "Karabakh", "Armenia with You". Awards: Golden Diploma of the International Festival "Karot" 2010. Diploma of the Sos Sargsyan Cultural Foundation at the XXII International Festival "Theater Lori", 2014. Prize and diploma of the 24th International Festival "Theater Lori" (dedicated to the 150th anniversary of H. Tumanyan), 2018. Diplomas and awards of the International Theater Festival "ArmMono", 2017-2018. Special awards and diplomas of the International Competition "Renaissance" - a festival in Gyumri in the nomination of "Musical Theater". Actors and students were awarded the prize of the festival laureates for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 years.  

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Published

2018-12-12

How to Cite

Ghazaryan А. А. (2018). “Directing of the opera in Armenia. Times, Events, Circumstances”. Musical Armenia, 2(55), 14–22. Retrieved from https://yerazhshtakanhayastan.am/index.php/ma/article/view/100

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 55 (2018): Musical Armenia

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Articles