Abelyan Hovhannes
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Biography
Was born on October 23, 1865 in the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
Education
- Received his primary education in Shamakhi.
- Studied at parochial school in Baku.
- Studied at Russian college in Baku.
- In 1886 entered the group of "Armenian dramatic club", took lessons about voice training, diction or pronunciation from Petros Adamyan.
Work activity
- In 1880 took part in school performances and in tours of the group of S. Safrazyan.
- In 1882 started his professional activity in the Russian group of A. Goncharov as an actor in dramatic and opera performances.
- 1887–1891 played in Russian and Armenian performances.
- Since 1891 acted in Armenian theatres in Baku, Tiflis, etc.
- In 1895 founded the troup of "Armenian acting organization".
- 1901–1905 along with G. Petrosyan conducted permanent theatrical group of Tiflis (since 1905 also a director).
- In 1908 organized Abelyan-Armenyan theatrical group with A. Armenyan.
- In 1912 headed the tours of the Armenian theatre in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
- In 1913 along with his group performed in Iran and Central Asia.
- In 1917 became the president of "Armenian dramatic actors' union".
- In 1925 performed in Costantinople, Zmyurnia, Egypt, Paris, Brussels, London and in the USA.
- In 1925 became an actor at the first State Theatre in Yerevan (now named after Sundukyan).
- Since 1926 started his tours in Caucusus, Central Asia and in the southern part of Russia.
- 1927-1928 was an actor at Armenian theatre in Baku.
Roles
- Elizbarov in "For the sake of honor", Shirvanzade.
- Rustam, Barkhudar in "Namus"("Honor"), Shirvanzade.
- Gizh Daniel in "Evil spirit", Shirvanzade.
- Svengali in "Trilby".
- Dr. Stockmann in "An Enemy of the People", Henrik Ibsen.
- Pepo in "Pepo", G. Sundukyan.
- Abbot in "Ancient Gods", L. Shant.
- Abisoghom Agha in "The honorable beggars", H. Paronyan.
- Paghtasar in "Paghtasar aghbar", H. Paronyan.
- Aslan Ami in "In the circle", Vagharshyan.
- Othello in "Othello", Shakespeare.
- Lear in "King Lear", Shakespeare.
- Zhadov in "A profitable position", A. Ostrovsky.
Achievements
- In 1925 People's Artist of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Other
- His friendship with V. Gunia, K. Ghipiani, K. Meskhi, V. Abashidze, L. Alexi-Meskhishvili, H. Arablinski, A. Sharifzade fostered the strenghening of mutual relations of Georgian, Azerbaijani and Armenian theatres.
- In 1936 The dramatic theatre of Vanadzor was named after him.
- One of the streets of Yerevan bears his name.
- The brother of Abelyan Alexander .
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See also
- Ով ով է.հայեր (կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով՝ Հ. Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ., Հ.1, Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան, 2005:
- Մելիքսեթյան Ս., Հովհաննես Աբելյան, Երևան, Հայպետհրատ, 1954:
- Հայ Սովետական Թատրոնի Պատմություն, 1967:
- Երկանյան Վ.Ս., Հայկական մշակույթը 1800-1917թթ., Երևան, 1982:
- Հայ թատրոնի մասին:Հովհաննես Աբելյան:
- ԵՊՀ Հայագիտական հետազոտությունների ինստիտուտ:Հովհաննես Աբելյան