Hakob Paronyan Comedy Theatre

Yerevan State Musical Comedy Theatre was founded in 1941, December 23, with the performance of V. Valentinov’s “The Fire Priestess” musical comedy and was officially opened in 1942, June 22, with Rudolf Nelson’s “The King is Enjoying” musical comedy.1940s were the years of creative raising of the theatre, under the direction of stage manager Vartan Adjemyan.

Since 1962 February, the theatre was named after the great Armenian classic writer Hagop Paronyan. The first director of the theatre was Zaven Vartanyan, the first artistic director – great singer Shara Talyan. The musical part of the theatre was held by the composer Artemy Aivazyan, the chief conductor was Aram Ter- Hovhannessyan and the chief stage director – Tadevos Saryan.

In Yerevan State Musical Comedy theatre were staged performances by not only Armenian stage directors (Levon Kalantar, Armen Gulakyan, Tigran Shamirkhanyan, Vartan Adjemyan, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Tachat Vartazaryan, Hrachya Ghaplanyan, Manya Aslanyan, Vavick Vartanyan) but also by guest artists from Bulgaria, the Ukraine, Moscow, Tbilisi.

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