Merope Sahaki Kantarjian (Armenian: Õ„Õ¥Ö€Õ¸ÕºÕ§ Õ Õ¡Õ°Õ¡Õ¯Õ«
Ô³Õ¡Õ¶Õ©Õ¡Ö€Õ³Õ¥Õ¡Õ¶) Siranuysh or Siranush or Siranoush (Armenian:
Õ Õ«Ö€Õ¡Õ¶Õ¸ÕµÕ·) was born on May , , in Constantinople and died on
June , , in Cairo) at the age of , and was buried in the Armenian
Cemetery alongside the tomb of the famous Armenian satirist, Yervant
Odian. Siranush was a famous ethnic Armenian actress, one of the few
whose work is tied to an entire era of theatrical history. Her
artistic career started in in the theatres of Constantinople. In she
moved to Transcaucasus and played in Tiflis, Yerevan, Baku and other
towns with her group. She also visited Russia, Balkans and Egypt.
Among her best roles were: Ophelia and Hamlet, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth
(Shakespeare), Rouzan (Muratsan's "Rouzan") and others.The legend of
Siranush has been living in the memories of the Armenian people for
over a century. Her name went down in the history of Armenian theater
as a norm and a height that was not reached. This remarkably talented
actress was one of the few artists who helped Armenian arts reach
world fame through her career.The French are fortunate to have
perpetuated great French actress Sarah Bernhardt through film
production in the s. The Italians are also fortunate because they were
wise enough to show their genius Eleonora Duse to the world through
the production of one film.Siranush lived longer than her
aforementioned contemporaries, she died in . But Siranush was an
actress who represented a small nation with no statehood and her
compatriots were being subjected to acts of violence as in the
genocide of and the Armenian Genocide and Death Marches of .
Ô³Õ¡Õ¶Õ©Õ¡Ö€Õ³Õ¥Õ¡Õ¶) Siranuysh or Siranush or Siranoush (Armenian:
Õ Õ«Ö€Õ¡Õ¶Õ¸ÕµÕ·) was born on May , , in Constantinople and died on
June , , in Cairo) at the age of , and was buried in the Armenian
Cemetery alongside the tomb of the famous Armenian satirist, Yervant
Odian. Siranush was a famous ethnic Armenian actress, one of the few
whose work is tied to an entire era of theatrical history. Her
artistic career started in in the theatres of Constantinople. In she
moved to Transcaucasus and played in Tiflis, Yerevan, Baku and other
towns with her group. She also visited Russia, Balkans and Egypt.
Among her best roles were: Ophelia and Hamlet, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth
(Shakespeare), Rouzan (Muratsan's "Rouzan") and others.The legend of
Siranush has been living in the memories of the Armenian people for
over a century. Her name went down in the history of Armenian theater
as a norm and a height that was not reached. This remarkably talented
actress was one of the few artists who helped Armenian arts reach
world fame through her career.The French are fortunate to have
perpetuated great French actress Sarah Bernhardt through film
production in the s. The Italians are also fortunate because they were
wise enough to show their genius Eleonora Duse to the world through
the production of one film.Siranush lived longer than her
aforementioned contemporaries, she died in . But Siranush was an
actress who represented a small nation with no statehood and her
compatriots were being subjected to acts of violence as in the
genocide of and the Armenian Genocide and Death Marches of .
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