Melissa's Aria (from "Amadis Of The Gali" Opera)

Zaruhi Dolukhanyan was born in Moscow. In 1933 she graduated from Gnessin Music College in Moscow and in 1957 graduated from Gnessin Moscow Musical Pedagogical Institute (now Gnessin Russian Academy of Music). In 1941 she started singing at Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Alexander Spendiaryan. Zaruhi moved to Moscow in 1944. Dolukhanyan was a member of the All-Union Radio and Television and from 1959 soloist at Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1972 she taught at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow (Professor from 1983). She became a member of the Union of Russian Theatrical Figures in 1977. In 1951 she awarded the USSR State Prize and in 1966 the Lenin Prize. In 1952 she awarded the title of Honored Artist of Armenia. She received People's Artist of Armenia in 1955, in 1956 of Russia and in 1990 People's Artist of USSR respectively. Zaruhi Dolukhanyan died in Moscow.