THEATRICAL FIGURES MARK TIGRAN LEVONIAN’S 70th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
Noyan Tapan
Oct 24 2006
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The jubilee memorial event held
on October 23 at the Union of Theatrical Figures of Armenia was
dedicated to the 70th birthday anniversary of Tigran Levonian, a RA
People’s Artist, leading soloist and producer of the opera theater,
professor. In theatrical critic Haykaz Yeranosian’s words, the famous
artist was first on the stage with the part of Cavaradossi (Puccini
"Floria Tosca") and charmed extremely pedantic Armenian spectators
and his partners. Then Levonian’s art became crystallized role by
role, became clear and joined famous singers’ voice. Having been
the leading tenor for many years, he personified with great success
the best parts of the national and world repertoire: Saro, Tirith,
Herman, Edgar, Don Carlos, Othello, etc. "The prominent singer was
gifted also with an actor’s exclusive talent: emotional inner world,
pleasant appearance, clear speech articulation and, added to all these,
astonishing diligence," the speaker of the day emphasized. With all
these, however, a keen producer lived in T.Levonian’s deep essence what
is proved by about a dozen and a half of performances which he staged
at the Al.Spendiarian National Opera and Ballet State Academic Theater.
"Basis of Levonian’s producer work is music. Starting point of
the stage actions created by him and interpretation of characters
is music," H.Yeranosian emphasized. Performances of Donizetti’s
"Poliuto" and Tigranian’s "Anush" operas were among the greatest
creative achievements of the artist.