Ovsep VOSKANYAN

February 21, 1883 (age 56)

1902 stage debut; in 1910’s toured Turkey and Persia with OA. Abelyan’s company. Helped establish Arm musical theater in Transcaucasia. 1910 founded a musical drama company which performed throughout the Caucasus. After establishment of Soviet regime worked at Baku Arm Theater. Roles: Arbenin in Maskerad (Masquerade). Krechinskiy in Svad’ba Krechinskogo (Krechinskiy’s Wedding). Othello; Tokeramo in Lendel’s Tayfun (Typhoon). Andrey Belugin in Ostrovskiy and Solov’yov’y Zhenit’ba Belugina (The Marriage of Belugin). Sagatel, Voskan and Mintoyev in Shirvanzade’s “Foreign Honor”, “The Evil Spirit” and “Morgan’s Godfather”. Ayrapet aga in Tarayan’s “Azrail”’. Nazar in Demirchan’s “Brave Nazar”, et cetera

Ovsep Atanasovich VOSKANYAN

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VOSKANYAN, Ovsep was born on February 21, 1883.

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From 1905 studied in Professor Durasova’s opera class, Musical Drama College, Moscow Philharmonic Social. Also attended drama courses at Moscow Arts Theater.

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1902 stage debut; in 1910’s toured Turkey and Persia with OA. Abelyan’s company. Helped establish Arm musical theater in Transcaucasia. 1910 founded a musical drama company which performed throughout the Caucasus.

After establishment of Soviet regime worked at Baku Arm Theater. Roles: Arbenin in Maskerad (Masquerade). Krechinskiy in Svad’ba Krechinskogo (Krechinskiy’s Wedding).

Othello; Tokeramo in Lendel’s Tayfun (Typhoon). Andrey Belugin in Ostrovskiy and Solov’yov’y Zhenit’ba Belugina (The Marriage of Belugin). Sagatel, Voskan and Mintoyev in Shirvanzade’s “Foreign Honor”, “The Evil Spirit” and “Morgan’s Godfather”.

Ayrapet aga in Tarayan’s “Azrail”’. Nazar in Demirchan’s “Brave Nazar”, et cetera

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