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ROSY-ANOUSH SVAZLIAN: EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF ARMENIA
http://asbarez.com/118211/rosy-anoush-svazlian-embodiment-of-the-spirit-of-armenia/
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Rosy-Anoush Svazlian
BY H. BALIAN
Decades ago, in the Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theater, a
tradition was established. World-recognized Diaspora Armenian singers,
such as Lusin Amara, Lili Chukasyan, Ara Beberyan, Anayis Bozabalyan,
and Garbis Zobyan, were invited as guest performers. Today we are
happy to hear the Armenian opera on stage once again with young
Diaspora Armenian singers whose dreams have been to be revived by
Armenian music lovers.
Recently we have become listeners to American Armenian singer Rosy
Svazlian's role of 'Anoush' from Armen Tigranian's famous opera,
who attained her initial education in music in violin with her father
Gerard Svazlian who for a long time has been and continues to be the
violinist of the San Francisco Opera orchestra. Later on she continued
her music education in piano for nearly over 10 years. After she
decided to pursue her carrier in vocal, therefore she moved to Milan
where she studied in vocal at 'Verdi's' Conservatory and completed
her master's degree with Maestros Mastino and Tonini.
Rosy faced serious challenges singing an Armenian Opera. She had
to overcome the language difficulties, since English was her first
language; however thanks to her parents' relentless efforts of teaching
her Armenian, she finally mastered her mother tongue.
"Anoush" was a lover, who through her performance had to overcome
her parent's, brother's, the public's and other villagers' objections.
The Armenian spectator had already become acquainted with various
versions of 'Anoush.' Some had impression of an 'Anoush' in love,
while the others thought of her as a villager. And since art must
mirror beauty, everything must be done artistically. Thanks to her
beautiful voice and her artistic talent, she constructed the artistic
image of her 'Anoush.'
Rosy-Anoush was in total control of her breathing tempo and voice flow
because of which her musical notations were sounding highly cultivated,
expressed with effortless flight of beautiful sounds. Her talent as
a singer helped her provide a more expressive version of 'Anoush.' It
was understood that her excessively short time-frame of preparing for
her role demanded strong willpower under intense pressure. It is also
worthy to note that the opera was directed by Garen Durgarian and
"conducted by Atanes Arakelian, who helped bring the opera to life.
When we requested the opinions of Vilen Charchoglian, the former
concertmaster of the symphony orchestra of the Opera Theater who is
currently one of the conductors, he said: "I listened to Rosy with
great pleasure. I also heard her sing with Placido Domingo. When she
comes out on stage, you would think that the stage is filled with her
aura. She is very artistic and musical. The impressions of 'Anoush'
are very authentic and beautiful. By listening to her, you receive
a lot of pleasure."
Having heard the impressive Anoush Opera, the audience members gave
a warm and standing ovation to Rosy once she left the stage.
Let's wish Rosy-Anoush Svazlian new achievements in her difficult and
diligent profession while keeping the hopes of listening to her once
again in the motherland alive.
http://asbarez.com/118211/rosy-anoush-svazlian-embodiment-of-the-spirit-of-armenia/
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Rosy-Anoush Svazlian
BY H. BALIAN
Decades ago, in the Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theater, a
tradition was established. World-recognized Diaspora Armenian singers,
such as Lusin Amara, Lili Chukasyan, Ara Beberyan, Anayis Bozabalyan,
and Garbis Zobyan, were invited as guest performers. Today we are
happy to hear the Armenian opera on stage once again with young
Diaspora Armenian singers whose dreams have been to be revived by
Armenian music lovers.
Recently we have become listeners to American Armenian singer Rosy
Svazlian's role of 'Anoush' from Armen Tigranian's famous opera,
who attained her initial education in music in violin with her father
Gerard Svazlian who for a long time has been and continues to be the
violinist of the San Francisco Opera orchestra. Later on she continued
her music education in piano for nearly over 10 years. After she
decided to pursue her carrier in vocal, therefore she moved to Milan
where she studied in vocal at 'Verdi's' Conservatory and completed
her master's degree with Maestros Mastino and Tonini.
Rosy faced serious challenges singing an Armenian Opera. She had
to overcome the language difficulties, since English was her first
language; however thanks to her parents' relentless efforts of teaching
her Armenian, she finally mastered her mother tongue.
"Anoush" was a lover, who through her performance had to overcome
her parent's, brother's, the public's and other villagers' objections.
The Armenian spectator had already become acquainted with various
versions of 'Anoush.' Some had impression of an 'Anoush' in love,
while the others thought of her as a villager. And since art must
mirror beauty, everything must be done artistically. Thanks to her
beautiful voice and her artistic talent, she constructed the artistic
image of her 'Anoush.'
Rosy-Anoush was in total control of her breathing tempo and voice flow
because of which her musical notations were sounding highly cultivated,
expressed with effortless flight of beautiful sounds. Her talent as
a singer helped her provide a more expressive version of 'Anoush.' It
was understood that her excessively short time-frame of preparing for
her role demanded strong willpower under intense pressure. It is also
worthy to note that the opera was directed by Garen Durgarian and
"conducted by Atanes Arakelian, who helped bring the opera to life.
When we requested the opinions of Vilen Charchoglian, the former
concertmaster of the symphony orchestra of the Opera Theater who is
currently one of the conductors, he said: "I listened to Rosy with
great pleasure. I also heard her sing with Placido Domingo. When she
comes out on stage, you would think that the stage is filled with her
aura. She is very artistic and musical. The impressions of 'Anoush'
are very authentic and beautiful. By listening to her, you receive
a lot of pleasure."
Having heard the impressive Anoush Opera, the audience members gave
a warm and standing ovation to Rosy once she left the stage.
Let's wish Rosy-Anoush Svazlian new achievements in her difficult and
diligent profession while keeping the hopes of listening to her once
again in the motherland alive.