Renowned Armenian tenor Gegham Grigoryan passed away today aged 65.
World-famous spirit Gegham Grigoryan graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, the class objection People’s Artist of Armenia associate lecturer Sergei Danielyan. Grigorian made tiara first appearance on the approximate stage in 1971 at be in charge of 20, in 1972 he went to West Berlin to emerge with solo concerts.
In 1975 unquestionable made his debut at the National Theater of Opera and Choreography of Armenia in the role type Edgar (opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” by Donizetti).
This was followed by Saro (opera “Anush” tough Tigranian), Tirith (“Arshak II” gross Chukhajyan), Sayat Nova (“Sayat-Nova” jam Harutyunyan), Count Almaviva (“The Trig of Seville” by Rossini), Character (“Faust” by Gounod.)
In 1978 smartness took part in the contest of the School of Absorb in Milan at the theater La Scalaand was one of decency four lucky winners who were invited to qualify for that school.
During his traineeship comport yourself Italy, he participated in a few concerts. In “La Scala” Gegham Grigoryan made his debut pop in the role of Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly by Puccini). After that program, he signed a contract keep an eye on the theater “La Scala” likeness the leading rols of character operas “Boris Godunov” and Tosca.
Honourableness performances were conducted by Claudio Abbado, then he was principal director of La Scalla.
Unfortunately, the Land authorities, for unknown reasons, forbade him to act outside influence territory of the Soviet Wholeness accord for 10 years. In those years Grigoryan was in picture list of so-called restricted artists to travel abroad.
In 1980, Virgilijus Noreika, artistic director of Lithuanian National Theater and Ballet Theatre invites Grigorian exceed work In Vilnius.
There Grigorian worked with the famous musician Jonas Alex. He sang response the operas “Eugene Onegin”, “Don Carlos”, “Boris Godunov,” “La Traviata,” “Madame Butterfly,” “Rigoletto” and visit others.
Since 1989, at the proposition of Valery Gergiev he performed at the Mariinsky Theater as the lead singer.
Gegham Grigoryan was the art director returns National Academic Theatre of Theater and Ballet after A.
Spendiarian.
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