World famous 83-year-old opera singer Gohar Gasparyan died in YerevanMay 17, 2007 - 13:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World famous Armenian opera singer, USSR and Armenian national singer, professor of the Yerevan Conservatory 83-year-old Gohar Gasparyan died in Yerevan May 16, the PanARMENIAN.Net was told in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Culture. Still there is no news about the cause of Gohar Gasparyan's death. However the singer, who had suffered from a cerebral stroke several years ago, was in the reanimation department of "Nairi" Medical Center during the recent days. The "Armenian nightingale"- as Gohar Gasparyan was called - was born in 1924 in Cairo. She had studied in the local musical academy. Gasparyan moved to Armenia in 1948. Beginning from 1949 she had sung title parts of 23 opera performances in the Opera and Ballet Academic Theater of Armenia. And generally her repertoire included more than 500 musical compositions. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |