At Midnight

Angela Harutyunyan was born in the Chechen capital of Grozny. In 1956 she graduated from the opera singing department of the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Tamar Melik-Shahnazaryan's class. She then completed her post-graduate degree under the direction of Tatevik Sazandaryan. From 1958 to 1988 she worked as a soloist at the Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre named after A. Spendiaryan. In 1964 she won Mussorgsky’s 2nd prize at the All-Union Competition. In 1971 she started teaching at Yerevan Conservatory (since 1991 - Professor). In 1977 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of Armenia. She died in Yerevan.