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.

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