The theatre began its activity with the staging of V. Valentinov's " Fiery Priestess " operetta and was officially opened on the 22nd of June 1942 with Rudolf Nelson's "King is having fun" operetta. The theater achieved a creative upsurge in the middle of 1940s under the leadership of Vardan Achemian. In 1962 the theater was named after great Armenian comedian Hakob Paronyan. Head of the Art Department Zaven Vardanyan was appointed as director, Shara Talyan as artistic director, Artemy Ayvazyan as music director, Aram Ter-Hovhannisyan as chief conductor and Tadevos Saryan as chief producer.
